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Rare resources and Evil Wonders sounds like the most promising path to me. It might be a bit narrow, but I think you could make a reasonably good game where unpopular tyrants are generally at a disadvantage but can really shake things up if their pyramid and volcano base gives a monster bonus to bl...

If the former, which third party company will pull a Paizo and take up the mantle of "true 3rd Edition" from then on out? I don't think it would really be possible. Paizo had a built-in audience when they started Pathfinder. They'd published Dragon and Dungeon magazines for about five yea...

Previn wrote:Their entire use of CR in 5 is pretty much foolish, so I think this is just a case where it happens to be a thing.

CR's always been hinky in 3e+, but even though I don't trust it entirely I still find it useful as a rough measure.

DSMatticus wrote:Huh. I had no Welsh was the Lovecraftian Celtic.

Who could tell? The elder language can only be approximated by the human vocal system anyway, and after that spelling is anyone's guess.

Your monster classes should say something about what they do , not about what they are . Something like this: Blaster - creature which can trade mobility for more devastating ranged attacks. Ravager - creature which becomes more dangerous as they fight and get injured. Controller - Battlefield cont...

Both of these type revisions fall into the same basic trap, which is trying to fuck with 3e's type system at all . The thing is that type system was and is a dead end. There is no reason for Succubi to have comparable numbers of skill points to Howlers or even to Vrocks. Body type just isn't a good...

K wrote:They made some powers based off of fairy tales related to witches. Children's fairy tales, mostly.

Not impressed.

PS. Child Scent should be renamed "Creepy as Fuck" Scent.

"pedobear sense... tingling."

I don't really need to add "in my pants" to that, do I?

You could also just give a default amount of sessions to level up after. Personally I just think the DM should level players up to match what needs to happen for his adventure. I would say something like "once per adventure, maybe twice for a really big adventure", and then give guideline...

Do Clan powers have elemental affinities? If so, are they divided among all the elements or do clans as a whole have elemental affinities? Off the top of my head, the Carp should do more water to have more black rays of passive nonexistence. And to be more, you know, fishy . But they should still h...

I'm inclined to agree with Orion. While I find most of 4e to be suspect at best, the things described sound like the kind of badassery I would expect from a monk. I don't know what other baggage it brings with it, but on this point things sound okay so far.

Keith

Strangely, humans are filled with critical parts. -Crissa This is true. However, I understand that it's relatively difficult for a bullet to hit them because of the size of the wound channel (though with modern weapons it's easy to get a *lot* of wound channels, and with unmodern weapons you're unl...

There's a problem with someone getting slammed inna face with a four-pound chunk of edged (but not very sharp) steel is likely to be injured more than someone poked with a four-ounce sharpened stick? If I had to pick between those two options, I think I know which I'd prefer. How about a quarter-ou...

Rapid shot is a bad thing because it's such a no-brainer. There's almost no situation you wouldn't use it, it's so powerful every archer has to take it, and it incentives stationary full attacks which make the game boring. Furthermore, ranged attacks in Races of War are already doing just fine them...

schpeelah wrote:Or you can take a week off to learn how to use the Repeating Crossbow.

Still needs two hands. The ones I've seen are lever-action to reload, not revolvers.

Keith

I've often thought that books should just admit the power creep. Like, they should just errata all the old powers when they put out the next level of creep and power them up to match the new ones. So you might have a Complete Arcane-type book with new classes like Warlock, and then in the back you ...

You need "combat style" to use a spear as a reach weapon? That's somewhat counterintuitive. Why's that? Spear, in 3.x RAW, is a two-handed weapon without reach. Under this model you could take one or both of reach and one-handed use (or possibly as two different styles) so you can use it ...

Going off of the earlier model, this is just a rough kit for 3E. If anyone has some suggestions to gin it up or improve its functionality, please say so. I'm just hashing this one out quick and dirty, so if there are obviously abusive packages that you can see, let me know. I can see some potential...

There's also the unintended consequences of writing something so short and precise that it is very hard to understand, such as obfuscated C code. For example, in principle one could try writing an entire rpg game as just a set of compact mathematical formulas on several sheets of paper. I might arg...

I wonder if there could be a way to write 'to function points', as we do with code, and give a bonus for concise writing. That is, the outline identifies the items that are expected to be covered for the document to be complete, and rather than paying by the word, the rewards are based on simple *a...

Wonder if WotC's writers are paid by the word. Hmm. I wonder if there could be a way to write 'to function points', as we do with code, and give a bonus for concise writing. That is, the outline identifies the items that are expected to be covered for the document to be complete, and rather than pa...

Wonder how many people just used the 3E or 3.5E D&D SRD, instead of buying the PHB. 3e, I bought the core books as soon as they were available. 3.5, I used downloaded (and reformatted) RSRD for a long time, until I got fed up with the binders of paper and bought the books. During actual play I ...

As I understand it, Iron Armbands of Wang have bonuses of +2n (2, 4, 6) because that will always result in a change in ability score modifier. Wrong game. Iron Armbands are a 4e item that adds +2/+4/+6 damage. I withdraw the comment, then, didn't realize. I've managed to avoid getting much 4e on me...

Yeah. Leadership is provably broked. One level N character = CR N monster = EL N encounter. The EL system says that two Level N-2 characters = two CR N-2 monsters = EL N encounter. In other words, two cohorts is supposed to double your strength and basically make you another character on your own. ...

There's a whole separate problem, where a +1 relative bonus is in most cases too small to notice. There's a reason why Iron Armbands of Wang and similar items are available only in +2, +4, and +6.And that's because in a d20 world, +2 just feels a lot more noticeable than +1. So if you were going to...

I found an article in Dragon 27 you might find interesting, a different variation. I'll see if I can summarize tomorrow, and find that other article I was looking for. TL;DR -- too much there to summarize completely. The article is "Elementals and the Philosopher's Stone" by Jeff Swycaffe...