The Gaming Den

Think fins-to-feet, Guest.

-Crissa

Well, GURPS Y2K has several interesting scenarios...[br][br]...But no, apocalyptic, not post. There's lost of games that are post, probably even most. Heck, even WoW is post-post-post apocalypse.[br][br]But as I mentioned in the original post, I was watching/reading materials which were influenced b...

I'm not sure, power, since all the examples and methods specifically work to make the story-driven adaptable settings with power accumulation.

That last bit is really the only 'special' I can think of for 'anime'.

-Crissa

I don't like min-maxing D&D anymore because it used to feel like it had rules, and now it feels like 2.0 again - where anything goes, and there's no rhyme or reason to it.[br][br]They don't add in interesting rules, or fix what's there, they just layer on more and more spells and abilities which...

1125993374[/unixtime]]Ah yes, Supernova...[br][br]I never bothered to see it, but a friend of mine tells me that he learned three very important things from that movie:[br][br]1) Never have sex in hyperspace.[br]2) Never have sex with an alien artifact[br]3) ...I can't recall what the third one was...

1120161215[/unixtime]]Well, back then the strongest ruled. You still had alpha males, just like wolf packs do now. And that's the natural thing. Some people are rulers, some people are followers and the weak die off from natural selection. [br]More BS.[br][br]Greaaat.[br][br] 1120975114[/unixtime]]...

1122605216[/unixtime]]Handing out guns to civilians is a great deterrant to street crime, like armed roberries, muggings, rapes, hate crimes and so on. It works because it forces every violent criminal to consider that he could be against not only the police, but the entirety of society. [br]I thin...

Since end of the world subjects have become popular again - after being out of style since the Cold War - I've run into a few on cable, and seen how terrible their production values have been.[br][br]While I don't really ponder why these are popular, since it's a simple answer that the Christian com...

Balanced decks don't win. The combos win. Because when the combo fires, it wins. The deck is designed to fire its combo - even 'balanced' decks - and if it fires first, it wins.[br][br]I don't like min-maxing D&D anymore because it used to feel like it had rules, and now it feels like 2.0 again ...

I wish they were clearer on writing about this subject. The fact that constructs can't be healed, yet don't have any language in the spells is annoying. It's like it was all an afterthought.[br][br]If you want creatures to be immune/vulnerable to a class of spells, it ought to have some obvious flag...

Backstory sells books, despite the D&D logic. Despite what Frank's preference is, or mine, or yours.

Prestige classes sound cooler when they're woven into a story, and that's the idea here.

-Crissa

...So does my spouse.

If only I could get her to run a game or something!

-Crissa

1123434999[/unixtime]]Which pretty much furthers my case that the racial subtypes are used for nothing more than favored enemy and not to classify for the race requirement of a PrC. [br]How?[br][br]Because favored enemy, which is a numerical bonus, had explicit text, as numerical bonuses are wont; ...

I rather like the new subtype rules.[br][br]I just wish they were more explicit, as then they could be used against or for these edge cases which drive us batty.[br][br]Either way, I don't see a story reason why a Dwarf reincarnated as an Elf couldn't be accepted and trained as a Dwarven Defender, o...

I rather like this idea, myself.[br][br]Automatic weapons could be turned into templates, which the spray or burst would be assigned randomly - Frank's die method would be useful here. Some of the damage lands, and poof, you've got damage to deal.[br][br]In D&D, you can opt not to use your Dodge...

Didn't the 3.0 errata say that when you couldn't use a feat or ability, it couldn't be used for a pre-requisite?

Either way, what's wrong with being polymorphed into a dwarf to learn Dwarven ways?

-Crissa

Why is this 'dangerous', RC?[br][br]It simulates highly accurate, but low damage; and highly inaccurate, but high damage. The math is more difficult, but the result is the same, within variances.[br][br]Doing damage with your accuracy stat guarantees superiority over a foe without needing tactical i...

Or the damage output that a combatant can do is mitigated from being 'engaged' by another combatant:[br][br]If Fighters I-III focus on A; B and C will be free to hack on the backs of Fighters I and II, doing more damage than they otherwise would.[br][br]Basically, making combat more into 'suppressio...

Stats aren't trumps - it doesn't matter how much you beat someone with your Attack over their Defense if you also then have Damage and Mitigation.[br][br]Which is, by the way, how D&D does it: You have your Attack (BAB, Spells), vs their Defense (AC) and your Damage vs their Mitigation (Saves, H...

Frank, of course, was assuming that Attack and Damage from spells was from one stat again... Which I didn't specify.[br][br]Are we wed to a system which is AC vs physical damage, then three saves vs magic damage? Why?[br][br]Why can't skills affect attacks and perception affect combat?[br][br]-Crissa

Frank, you missed the point.[br][br]In Random's numbers, it didn't matter by how much you defeated your opponent, it matterd that you defeted him at all. Best out of five, so to speak.[br][br]Look, stats as they stand aren't balanced, I know this.[br][br][*]STR: +Melee Attack; +Damage[br][*]DEX: +Ra...

Random, I don't see how your argument faces my point at all.

Wasn't my point, a page ago, that the uses of the stats needed to be balanced first.

The number of stats otherwise is irrelevent.

-Crissa

I still say there's no reason for races to have insane stats. There's just no reason for it - most of the RP ability of being the big guy comes from being able to carry larger things, and that come from 'large', not from more Strength.[br][br]I want room for humans, centaurs, pixies, and avariel.[br...

Well, I think Frank has a good point - the system needs an overhaul - and I think K has a point - we're more moaning about D&D than playing it - and Frank has a good point - classes are not inherently balanced - but K has a good point - classes are easy to use.[br][br]What I would like is a poin...

1122199297[/unixtime]] 1122190206[/unixtime]]PS, you do know there is two translated TV series of One-Piece running concurrently, right? [br]IIRC, Cartoon Network's version of One Piece is the one FoxKids aired, which was done by 4kids... [br]Okay.[br][br]Cartoon Network is going from the start. 4K...