The Gaming Den

I hate to bring back up the discussion from two pages back, but I feel the issue of card rarity wasn't resolved satisfactorily. (Well, my satisfaction) Either the value of more than two* rarities wasn't explained sufficiently (I accept this possibility), or I still feel it's a waste of card design. ...

deaddmwalking wrote:20-card pack

At what point does it stop being a "pack" and start being a "box"?

More seriously, what're the consequences of killing the entire "uncommon" grouping? You don't want everything at common, but do you need more than one rarity?

Tossing ideas into the fray... or by the Final Fantasy Card Game method of being able to use any card as a resource card in lieu of its top half purpose Funnily enough, I came up with a similar idea myself: just let players put a card face down and declare a color. The card then taps as a basic land...

Given Frank's earlier comments, I doubt the focus is going to be of Mono-Red versus Mono-Yellow. He said the you should focus on the groups that pick two different colors to follow, or you should focus on groups that pick three different colors to follow. (I don't care to look up the names he used. ...

I think there is a good reason to have seven , but five isn't enough because you only have two relationship states, which limits the narrative in an undesirable way. With either six or seven factions, and with some symmetrical relationship defining their relations (that is, with a color wheel), pai...

I'd like to avoid sounding like a broken record, but I'll reiterate: why six colors? If all you need to be designate a faction with "answers,", then you can just not designate two to be their enemies.

Don't the five eastern elements have something like that?

I'm going to be the annoying guy and say that in the context of a TCG I don't think red and orange will be sufficiently distinct. I'm also going to say that I don't think it's necessary. You don't need an even number of colors to have designated targets, you just need to specify only one color to be...

Quick idea: Attribute+Skill with Skill as a cap on hits?

Alright, moving on just a bit, are there any comments of "proper" hand size? I know Yu-Gi-Oh! has a five card initial draw and a six card hand limit. I think Magic and the Pokemon TCG have seven card hands. (I don't know the initial draws...) Are more cards (up to a limit of sanity) just b...

Since TCGs seem to be the current topic of interest... Recently, I've been wondering if Yu-Gi-Oh's 40 card deck was too many-I was thinking 20 would be better. So, I tried experimenting with a 20 card Exodia deck, but I found the deck size had some more knock-on effects than I originally thought. So...

"Even a broken clock is right twice a day." Arcane Weapons Arcane Weapons are weapons designed for the use of various magic users of all types...and those who imitate them. An individual is considered Proficient with an Arcane Weapon if one of the following applies: Use Magic Device is a ...

But even if you were really concerned with preventing time travel and you insisted on teleportation being literally instant instead of effectively instant as it is canonically, it still wouldn't be an issue. Within the boundaries of the solar system, there just isn't space to build up enough of a t...

Prak_Anima wrote:Spike has his moments of slight dickishness too.

Not more than everypony else.

(disclaimer, I have yet to watch this show, so my knowledge is basically just talking to a friend that watches it). The series can be found on Youtube, and I gave a good starting episode on the previous page. edit: I want to include other races, but it seems like everything that isn't a pony is a d...

FrankTrollman wrote:I have never seen an episode of MLP: Friendship is Magic.

Go watch it. Now. It's on Youtube. (I recommend starting with 1x07 - Dragonshy.)

FrankTrollman wrote:Sort of like how Lucca in Chronotrigger is labeled “Fire” even when she doesn't know any magic.

Lucca does learn magic. You're thinking of Robo (Shadow).

Which wiki?

Mario Wiki: Rogueport
Also: Glitzville

As you haven't played TTYD, this LP segment traipses around both.

In response to "But they MUST be shallow!", would Rogueport (PM:TTYD) be a counterexample?

Cells preform magic rituals!

What?

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but isn't the real problem keeping people involved more than making everyone play general? Just make them into chaffe summoners, ala Meesha. (Just make chaffe matter.)

Murtak wrote:While there is something to be said for "more story instead of more eye candy", advocating going back to two-dimensional 16 color worlds is lunacy.

Indeed. We remember the failure of Megaman 9. In fact, they're making a Megaman 10 in he same style.

Frank's write-ups of the Plane of Fire and the Negative Energy Plane include fortresses and hideouts that would function better as demiplanes. (Why imprison something on the Plane of Fire when a demiplane would be harder to reach?)

I was going to ask if these descriptions considered that spell which creates demiplanes (which seems infinitely superior), but all I can find is Genesis . Was I imagining it? There's an Arcane version in the Epic rules. And the spell itself is non-epic. So... 25gp x 9 x 17 = 3,825gp Wish up one scr...

I was going to ask if these descriptions considered that spell which creates demiplanes (which seems infinitely superior), but all I can find is Genesis. Was I imagining it?