The Gaming Den

It's important to note that the descendants of the Trojans wrote the Iliad, which is why all the characters who aren't assholes are Trojans. Other than maybe Odysseus. Wrong. The Iliad was "written" by Greeks. The Trojans died. Virgil picks them up in the Aenid. And Paris is clearly ident...

In addition to Lago's point - which I whole-heartedly endorse as being more important than being able to cast more spells - my own personal experience is that prepared casters are infinitely more badass in the downtime/off-camera stuff, because no spontaneous caster is going to invest in Overland Fl...

The Priest's Handbook and the Specialty Priests were teh awesome if you found the right god that let you use badass weapons and specialize. Otherwise, meh. Casters but not SUPER DOMINATING casters. Of course, a 2e Fighter with supreme STR (19+) and the right specializations could just kill anything,...

It's decent. Not great, not horrible, and was good enough to play with for a short time.

In the end I didn't really like it due to the fact that the characters never really seemed to get that much better despite XP gains.

"demonseed elite"

I don't know where I crossed that handle before, but I know that it really fucking pissed me off.

Shadowlands maybe? I have no idea. But I know I hate him.

In short, yes. More specifically, just as combat can have a lot of nuance (constructs/constricted quarters/flying/etc) social situations would too that would favor certain characters over others. It's not so much being able to contribute necessarily equally, but rather having at least some avenue wh...

That's a pittance. Wow.

hogarth wrote:All it's really cost Paizo is one year's salary for a game designer (what's that, $30K? $40K?).

Frank, what is the going rate on game design?

It's not to say that characters need to be absolutely equal in all situations. Barbarian bob should have strong social skill when dealing with warriors and intimidating people. Petee the Poet should stand out when impressing teenage girls and nobility. Roger the rogue shines when gleaning informati...

SHITCOCK STUPID BASTARD DOGFUCKER CAN'T DESIGN FOR DICKCHEESE EVERYTHING IS UNSALVAGEABLE FUCKED

LORD OF ALL VAGINA

Do you actually enjoy any games you play, PL? ... To actually answer your insight, yes, it actually is very close to what you suggested. It's more fleshed-out mostly because it provides a method to determine if you're hitting DCs or not, but it is similar. The difference is that your suggestion was ...

Mean Liar -- the Grizzled Barbarian isn't supposed to fight any better than the shiny paladin. Therefore, balance demands that the shiny paladin doesn't talk better than the barbarian. In theory there's supposed to be more than 2 dimensions to the game, though. It shouldn't just be Combat or Social...

So after multiple questions from multiple people, PL finally articulates the strange gibbering in his head, pushing words onto the screen in an exaggerated pantomime of actual thought. Congratulations! You're communicating! The next step is to communicate effectively, but I can tell that's going to ...

Lago in one.

Ranged combat has no real disadvantage, Magic is the be-all-end-all power source due to Luck and power stunting, etc etc.

I've played a good deal of MnM and abugsed it and everything I try to take advantage of is what Lago points out.

Ah. I see. It's the Gaming Den. It's assumed that DnD is not a great system. I thought we had moved past that and I was attempting to expand the bounds of discussion. Seriously. This is what I wrote, in response to a statement that Attributes systems were inherently poor (I think by ckafrica?): It's...

PhoneLobster - your tone is lousy and makes productive conversation difficult. Attributes are a shorthand way to generate some expectations of what default values you have without piecing together your entire concept. No they aren't you chump. they actually DO piece together your entire concept, in ...

Default skill bonuses are NOT related specifically to attributes. You do not NEED attributes to have default difficulties and bonuses for untrained skill checks. Making that mistake is a simple case of just not realizing there is anything in the world different to D&D 3.X and the various system...

...I'm interested in playing a fantasy game using the SR4 system and there's a ton of fantasy races that would need to be "converted", so I'd like to be as informed about this aspect of the game as possible. Have you tried Earthdawn? I haven't, but it uses SR2 mechanics. It might have a f...

It's the Defaulting that makes Attributes a convenient idea. Seriously, if you have ever played the Window system for any length of time you can end up with a laundry list of skills to cover the various nuances to the character. Now, the Window sucks and I hate it, but that's not the point. The poin...

Also, if you're good enough you have a non-negligible chance of making a gun shot against an opponent while you're closing your eyes. There's that too. It's about as good a system as any. GMs have to like the tropes of the system and not treat it like DnD, but that should be pretty obvious. My own e...

Makes total sense to me.

If they had called Wisdom, "Wits", and Intelligence, "Education", I think it would clear up a lot since my impression is that those are much more apt descriptors, given what those stats do in DnD.

Like, when I introduce people to boardgames that aren't Monopoly I get Settlers of Catan. It's fun and easy and sure, it's not the best game but its a step above pablum and its a stepping stone and it has its place and overall, its a good game. I personally don't like it a ton but eh. I can enjoy i...

They call those things "pterodactyls" and you were in what is referred to as a "museum".

The problem with all this analysis is that it assumes a dedicated, number-crunching and savvy player. I think most everyone that posts here recognizes that 3e was stupid but at least you could pull off some cool stuff with the game and not only that, the basic framework was such that a custom PrC wa...

Ditto on the Contingent Heal.