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angelfromanotherpin wrote:All I can tell you for certain is that my gaming store carried it and in 13 years I never sold a single book from the line.

While, yes, that's anecdotal... but it pretty much tells me what I wanted to know. That's unfortunate. :/

I had no idea they made a Jack Vance RPG.
Pelgrane seems to have put out a bunch of stuff for it, did it ever have legs?

Crustacean/Insect people. Maybe make 'em bee people so there's some excuse for the women having breasts like "that's where honey is stored". Saw a great PIXIV illustration of that concept, forgot where i put it. [img]data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgEASABIAAD/4RzARXhpZgAATU0AKgAAA...

Dragons of some variety are something I see a lot of younger players want to be.
So, if there's a half-dragon, kids tend to be all over that. As well as shape-shifting classes like druids. (Or wizards with Poly)

Shrapnel wrote:Ooh, my birthday was just last week! Maybe we can share a cake. What flavor do you suppose an internet forum would like, anyway?

This forum?
Chocolate Salted Caramel

Happy Continued Existence TGD.

Harshax wrote:ship-dragon-wars, CarWars but with ships, but in D&D, but in space,

Yes, I realize the typography is all over the place. That just added to my own personal amusement.

Touche, I neglected to specify that I wanted to remove Charisma from the basic stat array and then also specify that I have no intention of replacing it. Because it's fucking useless and I haven't seen much supporting evidence for MOAR STATS. I will now proceed to try and be as concise and specific ...

What is used to resist charisma 'attacks' then, and what are the effects of charisma in this game. I could see charisma attacks being defended with a will save in d20 terms. Other skills could provide bonuses or possibly act as a stand-in defense if high enough or applicable. Effects would most lik...

... Or something akin to a skill. However your imagined system works. Naturally charismatic people can simply represent themselves with a frontloaded charisma skill or by picking talents/backgrounds... Whatever. From a d20 perspective I think it pretty easily fits in that Gray space most of the usef...

No, it's not abandoned, just that life is getting in the way. I am studying to get my OCA Certification. I need to gather my annoyance and snark to give a good critique of this product. Completely understood. I was just trawling the threads looking for stuff to read while waiting the rain out at wo...

Abandoned?

I just ran into a nifty homebrew page-layout generator in the style of 5e. I haven't played with it much, but it seems like a pretty cool way to turn house rules into a professional-looking digital format for your players. (I can see both dark and light side uses for this.) As for useful tools that ...

I thought the thread that determined "Klugian" was interesting. I wouldn't mind that being a dennism. (Like Mister Cavern)

But I do think it's difficult for people outside The Den to know why it's supposed to mean, considering Klug doesn't have the same name recognition as Gygax.

TBH I didn't read the rants Yeah. Look stop being part of the problem and either interact with the content or shut the fuck up. Running around being a mindless ad hominem attack dog and reverse tone troll white knighting a "this is not for the critics" poster without even reading shit isn...

Be careful with the Lobster. You know, for all that I usually disagree with Phonelobster and find him frustrating to argue with, in this case he's entirely in the right. It is a pretty big problem if your game claims to be based on another system while changing every aspect of that system. There is...

Be careful with the Lobster.

the ninja turtles run around the tuck in pointy weapons all the time, and their new cartoon is a lot of fun. Also there is Adventure Time. That literally riffs off of D&D all the time and is immensely popular. So it's actually a little disappointing that Dungeons & Dragons actually doesn't h...

What about devising a way to utilize 2 "super-stats" that were summed from the individual stats? Assume number assignments between 0 and 5. PHYS = STR + DEX + CON MENT = INT + WIS + CHA The individual stats are then used on specific rolls for skills or opposed tests. But BAB (or something ...

What if the "slots" were more like... Array slots? You then only allow specific sets of powers to be slottable feats. Then you have access to different arrays in different "stances"? So your feats would act more like equipment, almost. The stance system has,already been done, tho...

Using physical books as crunch/art books, especially for settings and monsters, is definitely something worth doing. One of my personal favorite things is looking at the art associated with the games. Especially these days with the high production values. Along with that I tended to love the FR and ...

The Monster Manual will be presented as a "Volo's Guide" I'm not quite sure how to feel about that. In one hand I loved reading Volo and Elminster snark at each other in the 90s. On the other hand, Fuck Mearls. You'll buy it and feel bad, because the entire reason for the name change is t...

Volo The same line of thought ran through my head, too, Momo. But I think he's referencing the blasé(sp?) approach to monster lists. ADnD used Volo in a bunch of lore stuff. "Volo's Guide to..." books were set up sort of like shadowrun's weapon books with the in-world chatter on the sides...

The Monster Manual will be presented as a "Volo's Guide"
I'm not quite sure how to feel about that.
In one hand I loved reading Volo and Elminster snark at each other in the 90s.

On the other hand, Fuck Mearls.

Neurosis wrote:*Unlike the Den, which hates everything seemingly as a matter of policy.

We hate out of love.
Also, critique isn't always hate.
Also, also, out of a large enough group you will find someone to hate everything.

I would think renaming standard action might be better?

* Full is now called Standard
* Standard is now called Basic

Full might now even take up ALL the things. ( no extra moves possibly not even a quick )
E.g..
* full action, done
Or
* standard action, move, done
Or
* basic action, move, move, done