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Scoundrels have one other use: +5 to any skill check for a whole encounter, at the cost of a standard action and a Force Point. Mid level force users are all over this.

Maybe it was a last-ditch attempt to keep the black market on US currency.

1201040155[/unixtime]][br]...I would say social combat is about getting someone to do something for you that they wouldn't likely to do. NOT about getting someone to do what they would NEVER do. Apparently you and PL think that by besting someone verbally, by "wowing" them with your words...

Frank, the 'war points' you're talking about is the social damage track . As two people engage in social combat, they are knocking each other down one or more tracks with any number of techniques. Each loss would carry some penalty, and 'defeat' would only come after a lot of suffering.[br][br][br]I...

1200977879[/unixtime]]Can we have multiple level entries for one critter? [br][br]As in, [br][br]Ogre -- Level 2 Boss, Level 4 Closet Troll, Level 7 Mook? [br]That might work, but remember that you want bonuses to be roughly appropriate. If an Ogre is a decent challenge for a level 2 party, it does...

Koumei at [unixtime wrote:1200973030[/unixtime]]And Fengut. Can't forget Fengut, even if it is from a random noncore book no-one is ever going to buy.

I think it's in one of Wizard's featured articles as well.

1200975200[/unixtime]][br]For the sake of argument, let's say you've made the [saddle merchant / king] look like a total jackass in front of his [apprentices / entire kingdom]. There is NOTHING that says they now have to submit to your will. In fact, the VERY WORST POSSIBLE OUTCOME for a loser of s...

RPG magic mythology has plenty of reasons, which I think Mr. Orlove was getting at. There's 'wild magic', where using your super powers always has unforeseen side effects (superheroes can deal with them, but muggles can't). There's 'detectable magic + greed', where any use of a super power can be se...

Jesus, just play a Samurai.

1200842585[/unixtime]]I'm sure that in the future there's going to be a supplement with fine-grained differences between specific weapon models for people who like that sort of thing. [br]No, there won't be any new SWRPG supplements unless some new movie or TV series comes out. They hype surroundin...

1200808337[/unixtime]][br]Also, what would the stats for this heavy pick/kusarigama look like? d6/d6 20/x3?x4? [br]My suggestion was for using a heavy pick in one hand and a kusarigama in the other (so 1d6 20x4 and 1d6 20x2 with reach). Each weapon is already individually powerful enough in the han...

It's kinda like how google gives you the appropriate 'local' page, although that's fixable too.

Koumei at [unixtime wrote:1200803273[/unixtime]]
Wushu is probably the one virgileso was thinking of. It's pretty good, though if you don't like describing your actions then it isn't for you.

I'm pretty sure it's Feng Shui, which is awesome. Time is measured in "bullets".

1200799100[/unixtime]] 1200796515[/unixtime]]No offense, but you've got some semen on your chin.[br] [br][br]ZOMG, what a clever, mature, and witty response![br][br]But seriously folks, flaming each other never works out in the Gaming Den. Such is the way of the Internet. [br]Teapot and the kettle,...

Bigode at [unixtime wrote:1200761731[/unixtime]]What others? I suppose you mean something made somewhere by third parties, since only RoW had the warrior.

Yeah. The only one I can think of right now is the NPC mage (which is about on the level of the fire mage).

It makes sense to me that "defeat" and "death" would be two totally different things. When you defeat someone with intimidate, they do what you tell them to. When you kill them, they're a quivering wreck.[br][br]The first kind would heal naturally over a short period of time (day...

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Thank goodness for smart applications.

1200713502[/unixtime]]Seduction and intimidation don't have to involve lies. Seduction could be as simple as "Look! I have breasts!" - it's happened many a time in fiction - or more intricate, but still without lies. It'd be closer to diplomacy than anything else, offering them benefits f...

1200707401[/unixtime]] So you're telling me that the only circumstances under which Elric will ever agree to help you are the same circumstances under which he will give up to you his primary class ability? [br]No, as explicitly outlined countless times before NO.[br][br]The circumstance under whic...

1200697736[/unixtime]] Right, so you tell Elric "You should fight with me against Klosterheim instead of with him, as he plans do destroy you". He believes you, so he immediately hands you Stormbringer and says, 'have fun with it'. [br]Screw it, I'm answering this one TWICE its so poor.[b...

1200687608[/unixtime]]That lpost inside a post thing looks bizarre.[br][br]Oh, I just noticed that stupid "Ray of 1d4+1 Int Damage" isn't on here. That'll take out a surprisingly large subset of monsters in one hit (Animals and many Magical Beasts have Int 2). [br]Isn't it called ray of s...

1200693010[/unixtime]][br] Without having different rules for "Join my team", "Join my team and give me all your money", and "Join my team an give me your artifact sword" [br]Why the heck do you imagine those are different?[br][br]I mean he joins your team, so his mone...

1200679259[/unixtime]][br]Okay, I'm lost. I have no idea what you want social combat to actually do. If there's a reasonable agreement to be had, it's unnecessary, because there's no actual conflict; and if there isn't such an agreement to be had, it's irrelevant because it's apparently going to be...

1200610229[/unixtime]] 1200605069[/unixtime]]Um. phlegmatic means unemotional, apparently. [br][br]http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phlegmatic[br][br]First definition. Nice try though. [br][br] [br] [br]Main Entry:[br] phlegm Listen to the pronunciation of phlegm[br]Pronunciation:[br] \&am...

For healing, it seems that a small horde of repair-bots would work best flavor-wise (despite the fantastical nature of the game). In that case you might as well literally have 'repair guns' which you can fire at your allies or enemies (covering them in a small swarm of the 'bots, either for reconstr...