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- Mon Sep 28, 2020 12:01 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Starfinder Looks Like a Mixed Bag
- Replies: 71
- Views: 30223
I've played it. First off, the setting and rules are made for a certain kind of dungeon-crawling (PF standard) and don't try for verisimilitude or internal consistency. Monsters are simple to make but don't use the same rules or the same guidelines as PCs, the items you can get hold of are usually g...
- Fri Sep 18, 2020 3:47 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Another Thread About Social Combat
- Replies: 115
- Views: 17465
I sort of think it should be easier to convince someone to hold a briefcase for a minute than to hold Wile E. Coyote's bundled sticks of dynamite with fizzing fuses for the same time. Because one is an obvious threat and one isn't. Consequences aren't the only metric, ease of getting there is anothe...
- Wed Sep 09, 2020 5:50 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Annoying Game Questions You Want Answered
- Replies: 5992
- Views: 964920
- Sat Aug 15, 2020 4:01 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Shapes and Shifts
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2374
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:30 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [OSSR] Rokugan Campaign Setting (d20)
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9740
- Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:04 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [OSSR] Rokugan Campaign Setting (d20)
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9740
On the 60% tax thing; in Europe for a long period of time (classical Rome - Black Death, roughly) a certain part of the population owed half their production to their liege lord or owner, for that part of the time which they spent working on the lord/owners' land. Usually they would own some land as...
- Sat Aug 01, 2020 1:50 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [OSSR] Rokugan Campaign Setting (d20)
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9740
The crane courtier with only combat skills being possible (never mind bad) sounds like a bunch of this advice was written for another RPG, presumably Lot5R. It goes with the clans being thought to be important in game mechanics as well as roleplaying. Basically this is a shitty conversion. Waving ar...
- Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:49 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [OSSR] Rokugan Campaign Setting (d20)
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9740
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:49 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [OSSR] Rokugan Campaign Setting (d20)
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9740
A badly played ranger or one who just doesn't know about spells beyond the PHB doesn't get a lot of mileage out of spellcasting. For a lot of players extra feats would be a better bargain, it's not a total nerf tho' it depends a bit on how many they'd get. No, I haven't read this book myself. Edit: ...
- Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:59 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Tarot Encounter Decks
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4422
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 5:53 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Property Rules
- Replies: 56
- Views: 11686
- Sun Jul 05, 2020 11:13 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: What are magic items made of?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3698
Crystallised magic from various sources, which may be aspected to one sort of magic or another - see Dominions or Ars Magica for examples of sources. Those natives are wasting most of their astral gems by sacrificing them to their gods, and outright eating whole rooks of animal vis! We enlightened n...
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:03 pm
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: Wizards of the Hypocritical Coast--Boobs Edition
- Replies: 61
- Views: 15427
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 4:12 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pathfinder 2e
- Replies: 666
- Views: 151350
For those interested, a second company is looking to Pathfinder Pathfinder. The first, Purple Duck Games' Porphyra went nowhere much as far as I can tell; Legendary Games' version, currently named Corefinder, is still at the point where they're throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks, but you ...
- Tue Jun 23, 2020 1:10 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Annoying Game Questions You Want Answered
- Replies: 5992
- Views: 964920
Dunno what conditions exactly you've already considered AA, you haven't mentioned such a list here. Anyway, acid pools and geysers are possible. Lava combines heat and possible poisonous gas and is an old standby. Getting lost is a possible issue in many odd environments. High winds can make cold or...
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 2:18 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pathfinder 2e
- Replies: 666
- Views: 151350
- Fri Jun 12, 2020 12:57 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: sanity check on my attack/defense combat pool system
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5688
If you're now dividing about 4 dice between 2 attack and 2 defence phases then I'll double down on my claim that a lot of attacks will miss. Yes it adds a strategy component, but it also means that whiffing will be happening an awful lot. This could take a long time to resolve. If you don't believe ...
- Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:51 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: sanity check on my attack/defense combat pool system
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5688
My first thought is that with small dicepools and presumably with the attacker needing a net success you're going to see a lot of attacks fail. 2d vs. 2d, 2/3 success gives a 21/81 or ~ 26% chance of hitting, then you possibly have armor. If you need say 3 such hits to end this duel then that's abou...
- Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:41 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: [Non-US] News That Makes You laugh/cry/neither...
- Replies: 3801
- Views: 944835
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- Sat Jun 06, 2020 12:32 am
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Danika Hicks' 3.X Core Class Rebalance
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9252
The skill point change is Pathfinders' with an unnecessary layer of complexity added. Just make having a class skill ever give a +3 bonus if you get a rank in that skill, don't make it go away if you multiclass and you have a simpler solution that's just as good. Summon Anything is dependent on your...
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:58 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pathfinder 2e
- Replies: 666
- Views: 151350
For a reboot of PF to work you'd need a bigger change than 3.0 to 3.5 I think. Also you'd need someone with a vision and a better way of handling conflicts than Paizo - you can see failing to remove/change something which doesn't work in various places in their work, I've mentioned the kineticist as...
- Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:42 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pathfinder 2e
- Replies: 666
- Views: 151350
- Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:38 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: RPG systems that are actually fun as games.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 15966
- Tue May 26, 2020 10:56 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: OSSR: Swashbuckling Adventures Campaign Setting Ruleboox
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8215
- Sun May 24, 2020 3:26 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: It's Personal...
- Replies: 4839
- Views: 636397