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Yet, in Star Wars films/tv series, (and in just any other tv/film) the duels are rarely static. Dualists constantly move around and interact with the environment while fighting. So, I'm thinking about for melee fights, how to make them more dynamic/mobile/cinematic. One thought I have is some sort ...

The ideaspace of all possible housefules is essentially infinity, not because "roll a a billion d one million" is a practical possibility, but because of infinitesimally minor variations that arise organically within a play group, which are probably not big enough to be actual written rul...

The Iomadae encounter was retarded but I've never seen a 15th level party that couldn't auto-succeed a DC 25 knowledge check. Then again, the only time I've seen a cleric roll a knowledge: religion check was because the bard and the wizard both failed. Could be our table rules, it's an unspoken rul...

I summed up the problems with the adventure in this shameless plug . Very good article. Unfortunately I'm not good enough in english language to express the problem with the encounter as well as you. A few other remarks: 1/ Answering the first question requires a DC 25 (or 35) Knowledge check. Acco...

You seem to be assuming that Pelor doesn't tell the truth of the afterlife in a crystal clear way to people he wants to convert from the worship of Asmodeus. Or, apparently, the worship of Corellon Larethian. (no I haven't checked that these are the correct Pathfinder knockoffs of "an NG god&q...

It's better than the Shifter, no doubt, but the Synthesist primarily just has build-time versatility, not in-play versatility. Any of the latter it has comes from also being a caster. This is where the spell Evolution Surge comes into play: the spell makes you gain evolution points on the spot, you...

* But back to those problems, because that's more interesting than this shoddy class. One of the goals I was trying to hit was for the shapeshifter class to be versatile, able to change role - both for thematic reasons and to be a non-caster that doesn't run on auto-pilot. It's not that hard; the s...

If it's a beginner class, it's in the wrong book, and it also doesn't have the capabilities to survive a beginner making mistakes with it. It's inability to punch at it's weight class and contribute is not going to leave new players with a good impression of the game. It's far too complicated for a...

Shifter is on PFSRD now. Look ye upon their works and despair. ... This is so full of shit. Is there 1 player who intend to play a shifter, or is this class a complete waste of space ? Dex is very good, and maybe having a SAD fighter is too overwhelming for paizo, but CHA is probably the god stat o...

Voss wrote:Also included is a big sidebar on how your dice might be fucked with: rerolls [...]

WTF ? Why would anyone include a reroll mechanic in a roll&keep system (instead of simply rolling more dice) ?

Seriously ? There was a need for a VtM sourcebook stating you can live in a motel or in a commercial building, and btw vampires also need to wash their clothes ? Every haven you reviewed sounds boring. Intruders will be disappointed that this Tremere doesn't keep much in the way of occult material i...

I feel like a theoretical archmage game should basically be Chronicles of Amber. There's you and your peers, and everyone else doesn't really matter. And like in Chronicles of Amber, if there are spirit worlds or inifinite realities or whatever, there should be some central nexus over which everyon...

Joker Immunity: An iconic one, where your super villain just gets captured and sent to prison, rather than shot in the head. I've seen a few ideas... [*] Magneto the Lobbyist - Some super villain has taken the mantle of supporting the rights of metahumans, and will start tossing nukes if he thinks ...

So what are the elements of D&D that must be in a new edition, lest the fans revolt? Every edition killed a fair number of sacred cows; including 3e, which is one of the most D&D-esque edition (no THAC0? one single ability bonus table? bonus spells for wizards? spontaneous casting for bards...

I'm sure the star destroyer's track team will be in a panic. Where did you read "in panic" in my post ? Why are you lying ? running troopers in source material. Remember the stormtroopers who guard the switch of the tractor beam in A new Hope ? You mean the ones on an artificial moon ? Th...

Shouldn't such a weapon kill half the crew by de-activating (and then re-activating) artificial gravity (and other life support systems) ? No. Why would you think that? Because being suddenly in zero G can be dangerous - give a strong impulsion and you're strongly propelled to a wall with a high ve...

Ion cannons have the same basic properties as laser cannons in terms of range and energy consumption, but their blasts forgo direct destructive power in favor of delivering a focused EMP to their target. Ion blasts rapidly drain ray shields, as compared to a turbolaser blast of equivalent power, an...

Like, right out of the gate when you pick a creature type, none of the adjustments are remotely on par with each other. If you pick Humanoid, your creature gets +2 to one save. If you pick Dragon, they increase their poor saves by +2, gain +2 attack, and get darkvision, low-light vision, and immuni...

Has anyone here actually played this? If so, did you obey the randomized character creation rules? No choice if there's not other creation rule. Or everyone would play a melnibonean assassin/noble/warrior with magic powers. The standard way of generating a character was suicide. You roll, if you do...

Is the book about playing men in black, or does this book try to pretend Technocracy are the bad guys and mages the good guys?

http://imgur.com/TFxK1Am.jpg Who says you can only proxy epic with lego for 40K tabletop? Koumei already showed a lot of awesome lego proxies for wh40k in the other thread. So I know it exists; it's just easier to proxy in epic since 1 lego piece = 1 vehicle (and then you may add a canon or somethi...

Will you do Space Marine/epic 40 000 OSSR? I played it when it was called Space Marine, and it was for me the most enjoyable GW's game (seconded with Blood Bowl 2 - which is quite an anomaly in the gaming world, it look like a fantasy american football game but it's a luck management simulator; you ...

Eventually they had a bit of a rebirth in 7th edition - where they were re-invisioned once again, albeit without the Big Hats, and as hideously expensive Forge World models, before the whole game setting blew itself to hell. https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1SlvCHVXXXXauXXXXq6xXFXXXE/Chaos-Hellcannon....

Basically, the enhancement of arrows determine their new DR rule (+3 cold iron or silver, +4 is adamantine, etc) The bow only grants higher hit/dam if enhancement higher. Oh yeah. Because when you can afford a +4 bow (at least 32kgp), what you absolutely want is to maintain a precise accountancy of...