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1197927641[/unixtime]] 1197924084[/unixtime]]But a "mage with a sword" is different. He casts spells one turn, and then attacks with a sword on another, and I just don't see a problem with that. [br][br]But I do see a problem with that. Whether it's a big problem is subject to debate. If ...

1197923797[/unixtime]]Oh, yes, it ... wait, nooo, it does have checks.[br][br]Wisdom checks.[br][br]It's Track.[br][br]You're proposing the Invisibility/Sneaking problem again.[br][br]-Crissa [br][br]I'm saying "remove the check". Its not needed and I hate waiting for someone to roll dice...

1197898848[/unixtime]][br]Now, the possibilities of sword mages should certainly exist. But not every kind of magic should blend smoothely with swordcraft. Not for game balance, for versamilitude.[br] [br][br]They don't have to blend. [br][br]"Sword Mages" are mages that cast spells out o...

1197898848[/unixtime]][br]Now, the possibilities of sword mages should certainly exist. But not every kind of magic should blend smoothely with swordcraft. Not for game balance, for versamilitude.[br] [br][br]They don't have to [o]blend.[/i][br][br]"Sword Mages" are mages that cast spells...

1197881701[/unixtime]]Yeah, but then you can't have animals that are good at scent tracking or camouflage or deception or port that ability to intelligent creatures because it gets crazy.[br][br]It's bad enough that Squirrels can't feint. Do we want wolves and tigers not able to find their prey?[br...

The answer is: some of both.[br][br]The biggest problem is that I think you are brainwashed by a lifetime of RP games where everyone has to be minmaxxed to fit a stereotype. In novels, there really are magicians that can fight with swords really well and there are warriors who cast awesome magic out...

1197878687[/unixtime]]The only purpose of Wisdom that I can see is to differentiate the kinds of attacks which work on tigers from those which don't without making tigers good at automotive repair.[br][br]While you could plausibly achieve the same effect by having leopards and owls have high Charis...

1197862785[/unixtime]]Mind Flayers are the long-removed descendants of smart (and evil) Wizards who used the Power Points to evolve themselves. Rather like the Yuan-Ti, only with much smarter grandcestors. Humans compete by having a higher population with more adventurers per capita; as such, despi...

1197871263[/unixtime]]Why do we have multiple physical attributes and not multiple non-physical attributes?[br][br]I think that is short-sighted.[br][br]-Crissa [br][br]When I was going through all the things that adventurers get hit with and need to make saves, things really started to blur into o...

1197845893[/unixtime]] 1197839873[/unixtime]][br][br]3. Doing something with your move. People keep asking to be able to "do a big attack and not get a move", and thats because we know that there are a bunch of reasons to not move and they want to feel like they aren't wasting that action...

Yeh, thats mostly the plan.[br][br]But I think its also important that heroes and villains also create spots. I mean, if a powerful wizard buys a plot of land in the city and builds a tower, you know there are crazy golems and bound demons and stuff guarding his crap.[br][br]He'd be happy to do his ...

Ok, we know that a lot of DnD doesn't work with a lot of other DnD. Shadows or vampires or lycanthropes or something should rule the world, and farming should be impossible considering the number of manticores in the world. [br][br]So here is the setting:[br][br] Points of Darkness, And Not Much Els...

1197840589[/unixtime]][br] People whose largest attack is a spell or other ranged attack.[br][br]I don't want the game to turn into Dragonball, where while it is nominally possible to run over to your opponent and jab at them, what you actually do is just stand there going "AAAAAAAAAH!" u...

Ok, here are the arguments for stats as pure defenses:[br][br]1. No bad characters. Ok, you what if you want to make an "sea wizard" who is a swashbucker that carries a cutlass and swings from ropes and can bail water with the best of them. You choose a high Str. Then some guy comes up to ...

OK, here are the benefits to the new system:[br][br]1. You still use lesser powers. In DnD, you very quickly stop using lesser powers and just hit enemies with your biggest power. If we remove the per days limits, something else needs to fill the gap so that 10th level wizards still cast Magic Missi...

Neeek for the win.....or the cookie...whatever.

1197760078[/unixtime]]I thought 2 actions per round that could only be spent on two things from the same action list was a poor compromise. [br][br]10 actions per round that can be spent on any combination of 1 to 10 actions of varying cost displease me in many ways. [br][br]Read it again. you got ...

OK, here's an idea. You get a cookie if you guess which game inspired it.[br][br] Rule 1: You can't move through people's squares unless they are prone. You might have abilities that push people around or make them prone, but that all depends on your character.[br][br] Rule 2: You can't attack or us...

1197621131[/unixtime]]I think you run the risk of too much strike proliferation that way. Consider the idea of "taunting" an opponent. It probably gives them the option of successfully hitting you with a strike on their turn or allowing you to get a bonus against them next turn. A fundame...

I think having stats apply to offense is still a mistake. I mean, when has minmaxxing ever been cool? Sometimes its necessary, and fun as an intellectual challenge, but when has it ever done anything other than made people feel bad about their their non-minmaxxed character because someone else is be...

1197592284[/unixtime]] That doesn't sound fun at all. It just means that every turn you also say "and I press" automatically. [br][br]My idea is that some of your Presses are going to be pretty weird, and you'll definitely have the opion for more than one of them at a time.[br][br]For exa...

1197591086[/unixtime]] As for Press, I don't think Jyhad is too helpful here. [br][br]I think it is. Imagine for the moment that you had the option every turn of imposing some kind of geas on your opponent in addition to trying to kill your enemy. So you can carry the battle forward, or you can try...

1197589421[/unixtime]]I would like to divorce the idea of there being "attacks" and "special abilities" from the universe. There should just be "abilities" and some of them should be attacks.[br][br]Heck, it wouldn't be at all bad I think if every turn someone got a Ma...

1197588202[/unixtime]][br]The last one I think needs especial attention. I was dead serious when I said that Necromancer should be a sample class with a bunch of Strength related abilities on it. From Dracula to Mum-Ra, necromancers have the strength of 20 men all the time in literature. And so a c...

1197586566[/unixtime]]Do we really need full attacks? Trading your move action for more offense makes combat much less interesting, imo. [br][br]I think so. The ability to move means you can avoid attacks and concentrate on specific targets to drop them first, and thats a big ability.[br][br]But, p...