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1204848322[/unixtime]][br]Except that you don't have to just plain drop. You can just grab a hefty rock that you could throw, dive and release.[br] [br]Still unless you've got something like a flying giant, it can't exactly throw giant boulders or anything. And you can just rule that ranged attacks...

SunTzuWarmaster at [unixtime wrote:1204844254[/unixtime]]

Come on guys, no one even addressed the fact that an archer on a horse is next to unstoppable in an open field.

If the swordsman has a horse, then it's even again.

1204839715[/unixtime]][br]At level three, you are an un almost unbelievably badass warrior; effortless capable of hacking down trained guardsmen even if they rush you three at a time. Give yourself a hallway to defend and you'll fell a whole unit of ordinary troops. You can slay minor demons and th...

1204835533[/unixtime]][br]Except for the fact not even on the ground do normal people hurl 50lb stones about the battlefield. You can dive and throw a stone with the upswing. Even then, 3.X allows one to just plain drop them and let the 'falling objects' rules take place.[br] [br]Yeah, the falling ...

1204832358[/unixtime]][br][br]If you're only going to have prepared casting, maybe. If you're ever going to have any day-long status effect that comes from any source at all except prepared spells (magic items, plot devices, at-will abilities, etc.) it rapidly ceases to be easier.[br] [br]Well you ...

1204832008[/unixtime]][br][br]It might be worth asking: what percentage of the time should a PC render an opponent's main schtick utterly useless? These are PCs we're talking about, so I'm inclined to say that you should be able to nullify someone else's main ability at least as often as your own g...

1204822239[/unixtime]]I think the 'fatigue can of worms' is worth opening.[br][br]Inflicting status effects for extended sprinting seems reasonable. Having the final successful gambit determine the outcome of the case (and therefore inflicting the appropriate status, as outlined above) ties in with...

1204770198[/unixtime]][br]D'oh! You are correct. Man, it's been so long since I ran a game in a mapped dungeon I literally forgot about this situation and its attendant issues. I'm honestly not sure if any chase minigame functions in a context as restrictive as a mapped-to-the-five-foot-square dung...

FrankTrollman at [unixtime wrote:1204783399[/unixtime]]
Sunrise: The effect ends at sunrise.

If you're going to have prepared casting, why not just set it such that your spells end when you prepare a new one in its slot?

Seems a lot easier than worrying about sunrise and such.

1204793511[/unixtime]][br] Is there a build order in Warcraft that always beats orcs?[br][br] [br][br]Well real time strategies do have times when a Unit's schtick becomes useless. If the enemy is all wyverns having a bunch of orc grunts wont' help you. [br][br]But it's generally okay to have hard ...

1204771642[/unixtime]][br][br]What's the meaningful difference between a deliberately dropped object and a thrown one?[br] [br]Throw a baseball at someone. [br][br]Now try to drop a 50 lb rock on their head.[br][br]Tell me which one is harder to aim. [br][br]Dropping big stuff is going to be so ina...

1204767948[/unixtime]][br]And this 'We need to rebalance everything so that this one type of guy can excel' stuff doesn't seem to exist for any class but Fighters. No one says 'oh we shouldn't have magic immune creatures, that would be unfair to the wizard', 'Having undead that can't be turned make...

1204767777[/unixtime]][br][br]Not all combat problems can be solved with a sword. It's true in history, and it is truer in myth and legend where the number of flying threats multiplies. And unless we're willing to nerf gravity , every flying creature has a ranged attack.[br] [br]I'm going to call b...

1204760583[/unixtime]][br]As for that whole sundering trick, did I even give an option for the meleer to catch up to make that attack? The important part is for the ranged attacker to move sufficiently far for a Shoot+Move combo to leave him farther than the melee's ability to move and attack in th...

1204758225[/unixtime]][br]To not be a moron and keep a bow or even throwing axes around so he'll have something to do before they get to him?[br] [br]Thrown weapons are mostly a waste of time. By the time you're in range to throw something, most of the time you could have just charged. And while su...

1204736494[/unixtime]]Dude, Elric is the lord of the dragon riders, leaving the captain to do the menial work when he's supposed to be doing his S&M thing (or his brooding). He's the world's greatest sorcerer and literally calls down the god of insects on people. And yet, he fights flying creat...

1204708828[/unixtime]][br]And there also aren't any examples of it except in video games.[br][br]Seriously. The first guy who fought with an ax and didn't have a backup ranged weapon of some kind was the dwarf in Golden Axe. And even he had the Magic button that hit everything on the screen.[br] [b...

1204679638[/unixtime]][br][br]An anime-style warrior who can fly and hurl lightining is cool...in some settings. But unless you're playing an anime-style game, warriors shouldn't have to become quasi-spellcasters simply to stay viable. [br][br]Well I think there's a point where they should have to ...

1204598091[/unixtime]][br]Comparatively, ticking off rounds is... easy. Tick it off, and... done. Its maybe 3 seconds of booking per effect, and it effects everyone under it at the same time. Not so with the random roll- it treats everything affected as an individual. [br][br]In theory, yes. [br][b...

1204597277[/unixtime]]So, rolling heaps of saves per round is annoying. Also, the saves are too easy to make. Think it would be better if you could only elect to roll a save against one effect per round (and hope for the magic 20)?[br] [br][br]I'd say for the save. [br][br]1-9 save fails.[br]10-14 ...

1204663186[/unixtime]][br][br]I'm curious. When you say 'that doesn't prove anything,' is it with the same authority that you said 'Conan defeats all his enemies without flight and using his sword?' Seriously, you claim to want to emulate a source, and then your statements prove that you don't actu...

1204662452[/unixtime]][br]Read a book.[br] [br][br]So maybe there's some obscure references where the characters do it once in the series. That doesn't prove anything beyond pointless nitpicking. [br][br]Bard still kills the dragon in The Hobbit with an arrow. I mean, this is a real tough one... fl...

1204612746[/unixtime]]You do need Chase Rules. nWoD has Chase Rules which are bad, D&D has no chase rules and that's even worse.[br][br]But getting away should be something as exciting and filled with peril as standing and fighting. Otherwise you just get into a situation where nobody ever runs...

1204656810[/unixtime]]Uhh...[br][br]In whose mythology were any of those defeated with a sword and no flight?[br] [br][br]Well I don't know about mythology, and I honestly don't really care. Mythology just isn't very consistent enough to make a game out of. Basically it's magic tea party. Paul Buny...

1204585747[/unixtime]][br][br]Having tried it out a few times, the saving throw duration is a pain in the ass. [br][br]Well it's stil as time consuming (if not more so) than a duration of X rounds. The advantage is that you don't have to tick off rounds anymore, and to me that's pretty big. Because...