The Gaming Den

" Overlapping Grenade Blasts: Occasionally, a gamemaster will have more than one grenade or other explosive simultaneously affecting a single target. In these cases, treat the damage as a single blast with a Damage Values equal to the sum of the highest Damage Value of one explosion plus half t...

A Great Dragon going down to a Troll using a fucking Composite bow is stupid. Hell, even going down to a single mini gun is dumb. You can masturbate over your 50 caliber machine gun all you want. I never said the dragon died. Taking 7 boxes of physical damage was enough to convince him to retreat. ...

There have been a lot of dumb plot ideas over the years. But Ghostwalker is the worst. -Username17 My campaign took a detour through Denver once. Ghostwalker arrived to enforce the law after a PC-instigated series of shootouts and running gunbattles (the dragon intended to intimidate, he wouldn't b...

I'm guessing he's making anything that people like to build lots of into an artifact? That's goofy...next up, basic magic swords become artifacts. To be contrary, some of the changes are extremely useful. A few examples from the more recent builds: "LA ry'leh freespawn upkeep free" "...

Tiny question: is the awakened trait hereditary? I'm wondering whether or not there are any countries in the SR world who attempt eugenics because of this. At the very least, I can imagine the look of disappointment a mage parent would have towards their muggle kid. I- Get DNA from a mage. II- Clon...

First, it’s about atmosphere – creating a sense of danger and foreboding that lingers over every decision the PCs make. Raise Dead: 8th Level Ritual. Cost - 500 gold. Penalty = -1 to rolls/defenses for 3 milestones. Oh wait, there's no sense of danger. Apply some unguent on the dead person (or pay ...

Yeah, this was a great format for large writing pools. Check out Shadows of Asia, because it tells you who was writing which sections... -Username17 I will definitely check that out; that book slipped in during the interim period between my Shadowrun 3rd campaigns and Shadowrun 4th campaign and con...

Sigh, I miss the FASA guys... I was reading through my copy of Shadows of North America (2002, 3rd Edition) and I must add that I miss the WizKids / FanPro era as well. 14 (17 if you count secondary authors) people are credited for the writing, yet it still manages to meld together well. I suppose ...

People take the Lady of Springs because you can get a cheap Clammer for nations that otherwise don't Clam. So what does QM do? He makes her really cheap , and then bumps the price of new paths up a lot. -Username17 The last few editions of CBM have changed the following items to artifacts: Clams, B...