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Keywords in magic aren't meant to be represented 1-to-1 with a feat or special class feature. They're abstractions of combats. Gearshift Ace gets first strike because he's fast. Toolcraft Exemplar gets first strike because he's using special weapons (like a gun?). Skyship Stalker gets first strike b...

For those who didn't know, VPG decided to include all stretch goals with Darkest Night, at the price of not making extra copies for distribution to retail stores. Not sure how much possible profit was lost there, but I really appreciate it. Also the proofing step just got finished. Darkest Night is ...

Ah, I see. Thank you.

EHAN TIMING!

That is an impressive typo.

They turned a Mein Kampf quote into ASCII art?

I love this as a new way of doing Vancian daily spells. Primary / Secondary don't evoke the feeling of a buff that gets expended for a spell effect though. Not high priority, but maybe Imbue / Exhaust are better substitutions? I don't like the idea of a daily pool for his healing / damage effects, b...

Rawbeard wrote:got to ask though... why? not that someone playing a non cheesed healbot has any right to judge, but playing a monk seems odd.

As with most things, probably just a fun thought experiment.

Looking at it, I'd say there's no way to make it good without making your average DM grimace.

So, why is Trump doubling down on running his campaign just like the primary? Doesn't he realize that what made him appealing to one branch of the Republican Party is pushing him farther away from everyone else? There was an NPR segment where an analyst suggested that he wants to win, but he wants ...

I love that the VP announcement for Hillary involved her and Kaine fist bumping.

I like the idea of something having HP other than your base, because it can increase the number of ways of achieving a win condition regardless of your deck (as long as you have things that deal damage, which you will). Tech buildings are a way of exploring that, but they are way too important to th...

With some of those very specific archetypes, why pick something as bland as warrior? Honor-focused knights and nature-loving rangers seem like they would fit in better with Necromancers, Ninjas, and Elementalists. Similar question goes for wizard v. sorcerer, which use different resource management ...

I would buy tentacle-shaped fries in a heartbeat.

This is like way too many words for something that doesn't bring the fighter in line with cast-y types, which I assume is the default goal for classes posted on TGD. This also doesn't work for of anyone who wants to use the fighter as a default 'simple' character, which is bad for NPC fighters and n...

This still seems to have the problems of being worse than the wizard at the later levels and not being particularly exciting. I understand if those aren't part of the goals, but they seem important in a sorcerer food. Reasons to use this over the sorc on the D&D wiki? https://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/S...

Also, does anyone else read the cynical warg as speaking with a vague russian accent?

I totally do, and I didn't even think about it.

Yes, it does say something about the game. You made the claim that inconsistently applied Aristotelian physics is necessary for Ars Magica to be Ars Magica. You seem to have back-tracked this statement to be that of personal preference, where it belongs. I don't think that's what Daniel is doing. T...

Two and three player variant modes, praise the lord.

I am completely down for this.

My experience with CoC is that it turns into a joke campaign pretty quick, even though that usually isn't the sell. You do stupid brave/stupid things and die in funny ways like Oceans 11 + Scooby Do.

Do other people see that in their games as well? Maybe I'm a minority.

It's the one used in Koumei's Necromancer and my Blighter.

I don't think Koumei wrote a necromancer. Maybe I'm wrong, but I couldn't find one.

I have this problem too. Some people I hang out with would rather play 3.5 because they can fall back to the CharOp they know and love or they have a sourcebook in mind. But I have another group that I know just wants simple rules and will take whatever homebrew I give them unless it's complicated. ...

The reason Char Op people liked it was that it was very dippable. You could pick up a soulmeld with a feat; they were such a grab bag of abilities that you could usually find something useful. This is what I usually see. People seem to like the 1-level dip in Totemist for 4 natural attacks, or 1 fe...

If anyone is curious, I think most of GW's ignores came from the passive-aggressive weirdness in the L5R LCG thread.

OK, double post because now there is a second locked thread -- this time it's a thread asking about how to talk about cards. Apparently that has to go. The post in question was like a screen of text. It contains stuff like: It's a 1/6 for 3, in one of the weaker tech II suites, and it has the abilit...

Yeah, everything Sirlin had done since the start of this campaign has pushed me forget away from buying future games.