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- Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:25 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Our Warglblasters Are Different
- Replies: 255
- Views: 31813
I do think you can remove the worst issues with obvious problems like the Flying Archer Problem. An archer that can fly above a DMF and kill him without fear of reprisal is the system working as intended, and any system in which they could not would be verisimilitude breaking to an unacceptable deg...
- Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:18 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Include this in 5e or I will FUCK YOUR FACE
- Replies: 206
- Views: 24262
Signed. Psychic Housecats, playable golems, and playable vampires, can all afford to wait for a while. They don't really need to, though. Even if settings in which they are common can wait, the MM can have templates for making small, low HD creatures into PC races (which give different ways of makin...
- Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:15 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: are these even worthy to be D&D classes?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5884
- Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:09 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: are these even worthy to be D&D classes?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5884
So while I guess it makes a bit of thematic sense to say that if Wizards get to specialize then everyone gets to specialize, it really falls flat on its face when you try to balance things out given that magic is conceptually broad and individual martial shticks are conceptually narrow and that hav...
- Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:21 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: are these even worthy to be D&D classes?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5884
On Barbarians: The barbarian is entrenched entirely because of Rage; people like the ability in contrast to a more disciplined Fighter. Actually, the function of the class would be more clear if were called Berserker rather than implying that barbaric (i.e. primitive outlanders) peoples all take it....
- Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:56 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: the prime funciton of each class
- Replies: 75
- Views: 9593
Rogue: Depends on stealth and surprise for combat rather than direct confrontation. Has a variety of methods of thievery, deception, etc.. Bard: ...I'm not entirely sure what to do with this class. Perhaps a Factotum/wildcard/Charlatan class that has limited access to other classes abilities? Magic-...
- Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:10 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: the prime funciton of each class
- Replies: 75
- Views: 9593
Ranger: A wilderness specialist fighter variant class. No base class should be specifically ranged or melee focused. For druidic abilities, the character should become a paladin of a nature god. Paladin: A template for martial classes that grants divine powers in return for severe restrictions (esp....
- Sun Dec 18, 2011 1:00 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Why the hell is this hobby so fucking retarded?
- Replies: 133
- Views: 18043
- Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:55 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: What people want and what makes them happy rarely coincide.
- Replies: 975
- Views: 87580
- Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:53 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: House-rules for Fixing OD&D Minions?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2878
Instead of hitpoints, just note a damage threshold: if they ever suffer damage equal to or greater than this value, they die; do not track HP loss. For example, if a 1 HD hireling suffers 2 damage, nothing happens. If they suffer 4 or more (approximate average for 1d6), they die. You can generalize ...
- Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:47 am
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: The Bane Knight
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4411
Spiritual Entropy(Su): The Bane Knights soul is a churning malestrom of destuction, this ironically provides him with several benefits. Any divination attempts that would reveal or veiw the location of the Bane Knight causes the caster to make Will save (10+1/2 hd+char) or be driven insane permanen...
- Sun Oct 23, 2011 5:19 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: What people want and what makes them happy rarely coincide.
- Replies: 975
- Views: 87580
give me a page scan of that and a product that i can look it up in. Dark Sun Campaign Setting, pages. 31-32. Druids on Athas attach themselves to a particular terrain feature (e.g. a particular oasis) and derive elemental magic based on what they are tied to. This is part of the conceptual shift fr...
- Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:31 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Skill Systems: How do I basket in hole?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1589
- Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:39 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Refluffing should not be a way of life
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5294
- Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:53 pm
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Parabellum: Sins of the Children (OD&D-inspired)
- Replies: 82
- Views: 32322
- Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:42 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Question to MCs / DMs
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4437
- Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:09 am
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Parabellum: Sins of the Children (OD&D-inspired)
- Replies: 82
- Views: 32322
- Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:02 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Refluffing should not be a way of life
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5294
Well, yes, it'd be nice if a class worked right out of the box, but refluffing is the quickest way to get something approved by most DMs. You point to something that is already published and say you want to flavor it like something else, and your DM will likely accept it over some homebrew you crea...
- Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:58 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Monte Cook Back to Work
- Replies: 403
- Views: 44727
The fact that no one apparently expressed bewilderment or disappointment after people found out that only Rangers can fight with two weapons showed me that they just plain didn't do playtesting or didn't care. I'm making a new thread about this. Mentzer Basic/Expert/+++ was huge for a very long tim...
- Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:42 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Refluffing should not be a way of life
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5294
Refluffing should not be a way of life
I found this on Giant In The Playground. concerning the OP's faux-enlightened stance on those poor peasants who actually believe that character options should mean anything. The poster equivocates this with "needing a specialized class to play a concept", and later posters seem to believe ...
- Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:09 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Why Don't We Have a Thread About Stronghold Building?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 8754
- Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:45 pm
- Forum: In The Trenches
- Topic: Runelords Flashbacks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1726
Re: Runelords Flashbacks
I wanted to be a pantheistic cleric, but after nearly a week of trying to convince them that it should be allowed, I gave up. I started as a dwarven cleric of Pharasma. Would that be a animist, or a worshiper of a pantheon? Speaking of animation, we fought a barghest (which we thought was a demon b...
- Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:37 pm
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: Parabellum: Sins of the Children (OD&D-inspired)
- Replies: 82
- Views: 32322
Re: Revised OD&D Notes (unpolished)
[*]Dexterity - Adds to ranged attack, AC, Reflex defense, Dexterity skills "Missile" is a clearer term than 3e's "ranged". Wizard gets +2 Will, Rogue gets +2 Reflex, Fighter gets +2 AC & Fort Why is "Rogue" considered archetypical to the same level as "Wizard&...
- Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:10 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Well, Mike Mearls got promoted. Any hope for 5e?
- Replies: 785
- Views: 72402