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I had another party member conjure the creature and order them to fail their save.

If I used a miscast system in an RPG, the chance of a severe miscast would increase based on spell power, the effects would be consistent and bounded (no "your head asplode" result) and not party-hosing.

Warhammer-derived RPGs typically use the possibility of miscasts as a balancing lever for powerful spells. How viable is this? Is it worth an analysis across multiple systems?

I did not see any indication that called shots can only be used against invulnerable creatures.

combat in which one participant cannot be damaged Fighting invulnerable beings sounds like an interesting topic on which either bad or good advice could be given. Be it good, or bad, in this case? The advice is functional. At the beginning of combat, the MC decides whether or not an opponent can ac...

Combat Combat in Space Madness uses an action point system. Each character has 5 action points to spend, with a different cost for each activity. Each round, the MC determines which characters have the initiative, either through speed of attack, preparedness, or offensive performance. Initiative ca...

To define some example challenges:

Covering up a masquerade breach
Deposing the Prince of Atlanta
Fighting Sabbat shovelheads
Negotiating with vampires from a neighbouring city

These are typical tasks for a vampire conspiracy, which is the mode of play I would design the game around.

Certainly one of the issues is that when you say something like "I'm playing an Elvish Ranger" in D&D or "I'm playing a Street Samurai" in Shadowrun, that tells the other players what your character can contribute and also it tells the other players a good deal about how you...

When this review is finished, will I be able to choose an OSSR separately from DrPraetor?

Is Cthulhu present on Earth? Is his presence relevant?

Lago PARANOIA wrote:So who's the worst game designer who worked on 4th Edition? I'm thinking either Andy Collins or Mike Mearls.

Mike Mearls.

My leg pain has increased to the point where I can't function, and I've literally been screaming and crying all day. I can't go to the hospital, because everyone in my family have been labeled as "drug-seekers" and I don't want that on my record (I got 4 pain pills after having oral surge...

I vote in favour of designing an RPG.

We already have a preliminary class list, and a basic setting.

Beginning development of religions with aesthetic elements is good advice. Establishing a distinct style for each religion will enable ease of development later. If your setting contains a character archetype that draws power from divine sources, and the specific abilities vary by source, the availa...

Suggestion: Inspired by Birthright regency, once a fighter becomes lord of a land, they gain a mystical connection to it that enables them to summon level appropriate armies of "tiny mans". A fighter who reaches a certain level is promoted to lord. Example: Asskicking Equals Authority (Su)...

What happens if there are more than two parties involved in the combat, and two characters who both have initiative fight each other? Having initiative in Space Madness! is not like having the higher initiative value in Dungeons & Dragons or Shadowrun . It has nothing to do with who goes first....

Ancient History wrote:I'm pretty sure I give exactly that case in the combat example in Space Madness!

Confirmation: Priority goes to the party with initiative, who is considered to have acted first, unless the MC decides otherwise based on circumstances (such as visibility)?

Logical solution.

Ancient History wrote:Go for it. Everything I touch seems to turn to shit these days.

Preliminary reading did not reveal any severe flaws in the system itself. Worst case scenario: mediocrity.

Your poor opinion of your skills as a writer is illogical.

They have to wait to see if they make it to cover in time. It's closer to a cutscene than than something you can rigorously plan out with mathematical precision. Please provide an example. If A declares that they are shooting at B, and B declares that they are diving into cover, how is this sequenc...

Carl Benjamin has recently become a member of UKIP. Milkshakes have been thrown at him four separate times. Nigel Farage was afraid to leave a bus because of milkshake-wielding antifascists.

I have little experience with Shadowrun, but I advise you to consider whether or not willpower has uses other than soaking drain. If not, you may consider removing it entirely and assuming a flat soak rate or letting players assign soak to any mental attribute. The latter option is a simple solution...

Most RPGs treat combat as a central mechanic. Therefore, unless combat is less central, playability takes priority over accuracy to historical magic. I presume this hypothetical RPG will take the latter route On another note, most Western fantasy incorporates only the surface elements of the culture...

OgreBattle wrote:So what do you guys want to play as and do in oriental adventures

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