The Gaming Den

Stop being an idiot Swordslinger. You are not playing a TTG. You do not win by killing the PCs. You have a very weird view on what a challenging encounter is. The moment you plan to actually kill a PC you plan to ruin that players evening. If you do that you are an ass, but we figured that much by n...

So because Fighters are eating shit everyone has to eat shit aswell at high level? There are spells who just won't work in my campaigns. like CoP, but that is mainly because I do not plan specifics and do not care to do so 2 sessions in advance. A more structured MC should not have problems with thi...

While your poorly thought out spirit issue is fun, it is only part of the basic issue with designing one of the archetypical shadowruns: B&E. The op lists alot of the problems. Even when using Ends of the Matrix rules instead of the normal clusterfuck. How can this work in the usual frame of Sha...

I don't see why we don't want the mechanism of clerics being able to have all their powers turn off when their patron is displeased. -Crissa I don't see why we would want that. Sure, one more thing to empower the GM, just what we need. Playing a weirdo praying to a powerful being should not force y...

While I have no issue with your hacking changes, certain missions will always push someone out of the spotlight into a more passive role. I never really like the one-trick-pony style a lot of SR characters showcased. I would expect every runner to have a certain skillset just to survive the streets ...

Balance is when my char is better than others, but the rules obfuscate it so the rest of the group and the DM don't realize it.

The system IS in a state of flux from the point of view all but a privileged few, as evidenced by a fanboy who can't even keep track of the new changes. And let's be honest, there are a lot of tiny changes to the system. This is actually what I hated about 3.5. I once went through the 3.5 spells to...

Hi, first post here :thumb: Just a question about this trick: Isn't it kind of ...not well thought out to do that? Secret Page can be dispelled, and when I DM, I usually include dispels by the enemy, like Dispelling Screen and Wall of Dispel Magic (both from the Spell Compendium). I don't think thi...