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- Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:02 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: After the Masquarade
- Replies: 111
- Views: 21559
- Tue May 05, 2015 3:19 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Games for a Lazy MC
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5429
The nice thing about running a pre-packaged campaign is that if you have plenty of prep time you can go through and change things to suit your party better, whereas if you have less time (or effort) available you can run an adventure pretty much straight. In fact, in my experience the amount of rew...
- Sun May 03, 2015 5:27 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: *World: GM- or Player-driven ? [Frank, DSMatticus stay out]
- Replies: 102
- Views: 16211
- Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:05 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Backporting Tome to 3.0E
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6080
What? Who lighting bolts their own people? Flanking is better than not flanking, you can agree with that right? A +2 is better than a +0. Being next to allies of artillery discourages AoE because most people avoid friendly fire, unless effort has gone to make it inconsequential. When charging into c...
- Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:57 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Backporting Tome to 3.0E
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6080
- Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:19 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: D&D 5e has failed
- Replies: 1907
- Views: 402797
There are no rules, just vague hints at rules. Now that works really well for some people, but if I want a system that has no rules I might as well start playing bearworld. Now that's just rude. I'd rather play full-on freeform with no rules than play Vincent Baker's grunge-time sex solicitor who t...
- Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:51 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: 5e tactical module draft
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1546
I'm not sure how this suite of rules provides tactical options. Maybe I'm just hung up on the meaning of words here, but I have a hard time seeing this as improving or even providing new choices. My predictions- due to the range of ACs every fight turns into a daisy chain of ally-enemy-ally-enemy, t...
- Thu Jan 01, 2015 12:48 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: D&D 5e has failed
- Replies: 1907
- Views: 402797
- Wed Dec 31, 2014 5:15 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: D&D 5e has failed
- Replies: 1907
- Views: 402797
I read the pitch, and watched the video and I still have no idea what they are selling. I mean I get what they are getting at but it seems like vaporware to me. I get the same vibe from them as I do from enthusiastic, but slightly crazy inventors who approach me claiming they broke the conservation...
- Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:18 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Hotline Miami
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2932
Here's how you do it. 1- play really loud synth music. Basically get every speaker in your house blaring something from girlfriend records. . 2- everyone wears Ryan Goslings jacket from Drive. 3-all light bulbs in your home need to be black lights or neon lights 4- an eight ball 5- order a pizza, th...
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:44 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pathfinder Is Still Bad
- Replies: 8556
- Views: 1661581
- Sat Nov 15, 2014 6:34 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pathfinder Is Still Bad
- Replies: 8556
- Views: 1661581
Ain't picking up something like the slumber hex better than a metamagic feat? Maybe? It's quite usable, but I don't see how it's better than Dazing/Extend/Quicken/Heighten/etc. spell. I mean, it's not super-good for horde mobs, mindless/sleep-resistant critters, or BBEGs backed up by little guys. Y...
- Mon Nov 10, 2014 4:08 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Im sick of systems
- Replies: 53
- Views: 12157
While this is a thinly veiled bearworld thread, I feel the need to point out that I, an adult in my 30s, enjoy systems and character creation. There are two big reasons I like systems, the first is it exteneds gameplay beyond game night. I know my time is at a premium, but it is easy to find an hour...
- Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:42 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Reload Mechanics
- Replies: 65
- Views: 11329
Would it be too much bookkeeping for a game with a randomized reloading mechanic to have the probability of running out of ammo increase after every shot you take? And maybe it increases faster if you do full-auto instead of burst fire or whatever. You could tie your reload roll to your to-hit roll...
- Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:26 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: 5e Monster Manual: Please tell me about the shitty monsters
- Replies: 95
- Views: 17431
Now we get to see the mental gymnastics the 5mind goes through to rationalize how shitty all these monsters are. When I showed them the Pit Fiend, they said it was great that they don't have interesting abilities because 3e Pit Fiends took a long time to fight. That's just the current mindset of th...
- Fri Aug 29, 2014 4:43 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: What SHOULD magic be like in D&D?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 9315
I would love to see magic users have a much more focused scope. As it stands the true strength of casters is everyone can do everything, choices like specializations and deities mean little in the grand scheme of things. I would like it if wizard chose a very narrow school, like lightning, augury or...
- Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:11 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: A structured attempt at alignment
- Replies: 147
- Views: 16155
Here's my alignment axis Scruffy<--->Dapper Gentleman<--->Hooligan Orcs are an example of Scruffy Hooligans. Aragorn is a Scruffy Gentleman, Sauromon is a Dapper Gentleman, Bilbo was a Dapper Hooligan. This is a good description method, and says a heck of a lot more than Good/law. The only issue is...
- Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:53 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pathfinder
- Replies: 447
- Views: 117414
- Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:37 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: A structured attempt at alignment
- Replies: 147
- Views: 16155
Actually, no. You have suggested that there is a superficial problem with an assumed implementation of alignment. It's an easy mistake to make, but that's why you need to actually break things down as step one. Occluded Sun has responded by defending a non-conformant solution, which is also unhelpf...
- Tue Aug 05, 2014 7:36 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: A structured attempt at alignment
- Replies: 147
- Views: 16155
The fundamental issue has not been addressed, and I posit cannot be. Then you've aired your position, and can now be silent, since you have nothing further to contribute. That's not how it works. I have pointed out a fundamental problem with this idea. It has not been addressed. There has been much...
- Tue Aug 05, 2014 4:55 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: A structured attempt at alignment
- Replies: 147
- Views: 16155
Scrivener, you've misunderstood the point of the discussion. The question 'what is good?' has two different meanings - what is the nature of the conceptual category, and what things belong to that category? The issue at hand is the nature of the label, not to what sorts of things the label should b...
- Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:54 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: A structured attempt at alignment
- Replies: 147
- Views: 16155
And it deals entirely with concepts predefined within the context of the existing rules. Alignments must be the same. The task is then to define them - which is the point of this thread. Then do so. You seemed to have a belief of a clear and coherent definition of good, you even cited Socrates as t...
- Mon Aug 04, 2014 10:41 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: A structured attempt at alignment
- Replies: 147
- Views: 16155
Even though you are using a definition of good that bears no resemblance to anything I can find, Try Socrates . Then combine his definition with the practical awareness that people don't agree on what's right, correct, and desirable. So a complete lack of social mobility? (the republic had the reas...
- Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:29 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: A structured attempt at alignment
- Replies: 147
- Views: 16155
- Mon Aug 04, 2014 4:59 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: A structured attempt at alignment
- Replies: 147
- Views: 16155
Morality in the real world can get muddled, but if you can speak to a deity that has the understanding of Good in their portfolio, and you have very real knowledge of how much nicer the upper planes are, the idea of choosing evil goes from a few deeply troubled individuals to three guys that are to...