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You said in the other topic that they are physical objects. What's it look like? Because right now I'm seeing blue magic beans. Purple spheres. But they are edible - that's how you gain levels, by consuming XP - so they have a magic effect on them that makes them look good to eat. So I imagine more...

Caedrus wrote:And people would keep journals and figure out which week of their experiences and memories they wanted to give up for the tax collectors.

LOL!

Mine's not quite that extreme, but that does sound interesting.

Tael XP points are physical objects. You can collect them, trade them, or eat them to gain levels. Monsters want them because monsters are high-CR creatures, and creating new baby monsters is like creating magic items - it costs XP. That's why monsters hunt people, because people create XP. That's ...

I want players to fail because they decided to roll the dice, and didn't roll well enough... The point is, they should be in control of when they risk a dice roll. Then, all bets are off. For instance, when my players attacked a dragon, I asked them to each write down on slip of paper whether they w...

I just started putting out stuff for my World of Prime campaign setting. It's not nearly as witty as Frank & K's stuff, but I do have one interesting idea: XP = Gold. Not implicitly, as in magic items cost you 5 gp for each XP used to make them, but explicitly, as in "Ok I owe you 2 XP and ...

let tactical skill, the dice, and roleplaying create the story together as you go along [br]I agree.[br][br]What makes RPGs different is that the interactions of the players and the dice makes the story.[br][br]Even tactical skill has to be there, to generate the feeling of accomplishment and succe...

Name one non-conservative pundit

Molly Ivins!

And that NPR guy... you know, Lake whatchamacallit...

Also, really, we have to count most of the working comedians.

Why do NPCs die at 0 hps? Why don't they die when the Player Characters look at them real mean-like?[br][br]And miraculously popping up with 25% hps is just boring. Players who roll a 20 on their recovery should come back with 200% hps![br][br]/stupid off[br][br]Sorry... that article was so stupid i...

K wrote:This is why I think most people imagine immortality as some sort of Hell.

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. - Susan Ertz

From that link:[br][br] Who gives a flying frak if the orc chieftain's stat block doesn't directly state that his axe attack is explicitly using the +2 axe you can loot from him, if the end result is exactly the same? Only someone who cares so much about semantics and nitpicking. [br]So... if I want...

And I had better do this before someone gets annoyed: [br]Too late. I'm already annoyed. I find your uncomfortableness with other people's fetishes to be creepy, and I don't like having it shoved in my face.[br][br]The only appropriate, acceptable public reaction to anyone's sex life is humor. Beca...

...And they'll only go so far toward spoils. Mutinies have happened on 'spoils' paychecks many a time. [br]When you have more loot and less power than the enemy... your army tends to think of you as "an oppourtunity."[br][br]Which is why Machievelli argued against mercenaries.[br][br]:D[b...

Why not just have enemies act according to their inclination and intelligence? [br]Because the GM doesn't always know their inclinations?[br][br]It's not for BBEGs, just for the NPCs that are employed by the BBEG. Some of them are going to be on-task, and some of them are going to be less enthusias...

Morale [br] “You come across a hobgoblin hunting party. They attack!... (three rounds later)… Ok, the last of the hobgoblins fearlessly throws himself into the whirling blades of your fighter, hoping to score a few hit-points of damage that might carry over into the next encounter.” [br][br]Or… not...

At that point you might as well not have classes at all. [br]Totally![br][br]I'm also an old GURPS player. No classes there! Classes suck! Nyaaaah![br][br]But, when I was populating my world and stating out every single wizard that lived in it (ya, I'm like that), I noticed that I grouped all the s...

(1)That's because I thought that he was serious about the "I will kill your family." [br]Why would you think that?[br][br]Do you know people who would mean that seriously? Would you ever say something like that and mean it seriously? Do you, or anyone you know, take the rules of D&D s...

Frank's an asshole

The comedian Rick Reynolds has a bit where he explains, "there are two kinds of people in the world: creeps and assholes. And if you're an asshole, you're proud of it."

Sure I will, but can I ask why when Frank personally attacks and insults people, he gets a "get-out-of-jail" free card, and when I do the same to him, I get criticized? [br]Because when Frank does it, it's funny. [br][br]Seriously. Frank insults people to be funny. That's his real point. ...

Sweet...

Although I confess I just skip over the crunch. I only read F&K for the the fluff.

Check out this link:

http://middendorfproject.googlepages.co ... ][br]Sadly, it does not contain the Unsorted Material, which means The Turnip Economy isn't in there.

Bump.

This seriously needs to be stickied. The Three Economies is too good to lose.

Social encounters should be like combats.[br][br]As a combatant, you get to make choices: which monster to attack, how to attack it, what weapon to use, etc. etc. etc. You make a lot of choices and then you roll a dice. Rinse, repeat.[br][br]Social combat should be the same way. You should make a lo...

That is the single most terrifying thing about 4th edition. It seems to be genuinely written with the idea that the world map is filled with green dots that you can trade with and get quests from and red dots which will attack you [br]I agree... it seems every time I get a whiff of 4E, it smells li...

I don't want "special" PCs. It just ruins my suspension of disbelief.

And annoys my moral code.

PC: "Hi! I'm a PC! I'm special!"
Me: "Die, aristocratic scum!"

Same here - Frank's writing is hilarious and brilliant. I haven't actually played a D&D game in years, but I come here to read Frank's stuff, because it describes a weird and wonderful world that sounds like a lot of fun.