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I'd just like to point out that number does not include all descendants.

but that's the point: dnd goes into this territory in epic play . characters become unkillable, immortal, able to snip their fingers and just go where they want and they do stop time and alter the past. God dammit no it does not . Have you ever read a high-level spell? They are variations on becomi...

How about I put forth an idea here. All social interaction in an RPG should be entirely magical tea party, because no one really understands sociology and certainly the players of RPGs do not. Is there merit to that claim, or a watered down version of it? No. No. Alright fair enough. The disadvanta...

:rolleyes: Anyway , lets talk about possible ways to make an actual system and not continue to dump scorn on shitty systems no matter how justified. Fundamentally, your benchmark is MTP. MTP has the advantage of being able to accept any input the social minigame might want to have, which is a big a...

Discussing the grounds for ignore... is like debating the grounds for me not liking peanut butter rather than jelly. There is no objective "Right" answer because you can't argue another's opinion on a non-factual subject is factually wrong or factually right. Another way to phrase it is: T...

ishy wrote:So basically, you're saying that you can make games with a limited 'power level'. And that Frank and Lago are totally wrong about stuff?
Except you take 1260 words to do so?

Jesus, ishy. Shit like this is why I have you on ignore.

I feel vaguely proud that I was close to the actual number. That and vaguely ashamed.

If it is at all similar to the size categories in DnD 3.5, where you have to add a +4 instead of a +16 because the monster is three sizes larger than you normally fight.... it's a headache to adjust for different sizes if you run into a variety. But if there are only 3 sizes (human, superhuman, mech...

Ice9, I think your attempts to make an organization were screwed from the start by DnD 3.5's general lack of organization rules, rather than any particular lacking rule. Response to the original post: What actually matters in an infinite environment is the relative density of people making hats of d...

I feel option 3 is a bit too complex. I believe the term is exception based design (You can do this, except with that, that and that, and this and that don't mix, while that and this do mix, except....) It could be made simple and easy to understand, but my first impression is "too complex"...

Mask_De_H wrote:Saxony, if we're getting that reductionist then every argument on the Den boils down to "I'm an asshole and I need to shit in somebody's Cheerios."

This is more than usual.

Phonelobster, perhaps Frank's arguments for his recurring conclusion that "Phonelobster's game sucks" boils down to "I'm an ass hole and I need to shit in someone's cheerios".

Maybe your game sucks, too, I don't know. But I'm getting the shit-in-cheerios vibe.

To make this thread a somewhat different than its many ancestors, I'll ask the following question: How can we give people the non-magical heroes they want to play so much.... while dodging all the problems that come with it? We're talking about games so of course we must give people what they want. ...

Any news on when the next season starts? Spoilers: So it seems like everyone called it in some way or another. I'll agree the finale seemed a bit rushed. Perhaps the show is having difficulties. And I also agree many things got wrapped up... but eh. That just means the next season is more open. The ...

I was referring to the fact that the show is only one season long and Korra has not yet air bended once. She did know all other three types as a toddler. Thus.... it's taking a while. It is two seasons long. 26 episodes were commissioned. This first season ends at the end of this month, but there'l...

I was referring to the fact that the show is only one season long and Korra has not yet air bended once. She did know all other three types as a toddler. Thus.... it's taking a while.

Perhaps Amon would take away Korra's bending before she got air bending, and thus if she learned it, she would have bending again. It's taking quite a while for Korra to learn air bending any way....

Can you point me to the new wiki?

Thanks,
Saxony.

They sell shit games all the time. They advertise shit games on their front page all the time.

I honestly don't think it's a stretch.

Steam can sell whatever they want. That is your major problem.

I am not seeing you offering a better deal than Steam does to existing game developers. You are simply beat. Now, if you could somehow do everything you say you want to do (beating steam in the eyes of game developers), I am still not going to buy your product. * Buying cheap, digital copies of game...

Does having sidekicks decrease the number of castles you can own? If so, I disagree. I'm just getting confused that dramatic plot twists and property are bought with the same currency. In other words, why does being homeless and equipment-less make everyone my secret friend? And why does owning a ca...

So how about you give them both sidekicks and castles?

Make separate resources perhaps?

Thanks for the explanation, K. I thought it weird Amon had the avatar power to take away bending... That, or we'll find out that Amon is also transferring bending power and the Fire kid of Team Avatar was actually given his parent's killer's fire-bending as some kind of justice. You know, I'm not su...

Virgil, what's heart bending? Never heard of it.