4e is to Descent what Rolemaster is to classic D&D.
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4e is to Descent what Rolemaster is to classic D&D
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Apples are to cars as oranges are to heaters.
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Perhaps you could offer us some sort of context or explanation to explain what you're getting at, or is this going to be a guessing game?
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Perhaps you could offer us some sort of context or explanation to explain what you're getting at, or is this going to be a guessing game?
I wish in the past I had tried more things 'cause now I know that being in trouble is a fake idea
LolA Man In Black wrote:Apples are to cars as oranges are to heaters.
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Perhaps you could offer us some sort of context or explanation to explain what you're getting at, or is this going to be a guessing game?
You are right to ask. I came to this conclusion in the context of this thread over at rpg.net (link to the discussion of this page which includes the quote)
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?606 ... ance/page6
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I am judging the philosophies and decisions you have presented in this thread. The ones I have seen look bad, and also appear to be the fruit of a poisonous tree that has produced only madness and will continue to produce only madness.
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I call bullshit.
Not one person in existence has ever picked up, yet alone tried to start a game of 4e based on the critical charts.
In fact, most people I've played 4e with are just sort of head-scratchingly baffled and stare blankly when they need to be reminded that crits deal NdX + Z + Automatically Maxed damage; where N = enchancement bonus of weapon or implement used to deliver the power and X is a die type associated with the special powers and/or properties of that weapon or implement and is determined by book lookup and where Z is either zero or an extra, non-maximimed and therefore rolled W.
In contrast, when someone rolls a 73 C Krush critical in Rolemaster, they might be baffled as to how exactly they hit their enemy's knee while attacking from above against a shark, but they'll usually invent some enjoyable rationale for the -40 penalty or digress into an argument about tailfins and cartilage injuries until their next turn.
Not one person in existence has ever picked up, yet alone tried to start a game of 4e based on the critical charts.
In fact, most people I've played 4e with are just sort of head-scratchingly baffled and stare blankly when they need to be reminded that crits deal NdX + Z + Automatically Maxed damage; where N = enchancement bonus of weapon or implement used to deliver the power and X is a die type associated with the special powers and/or properties of that weapon or implement and is determined by book lookup and where Z is either zero or an extra, non-maximimed and therefore rolled W.
In contrast, when someone rolls a 73 C Krush critical in Rolemaster, they might be baffled as to how exactly they hit their enemy's knee while attacking from above against a shark, but they'll usually invent some enjoyable rationale for the -40 penalty or digress into an argument about tailfins and cartilage injuries until their next turn.
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