The Gaming Den

I'd like to point that even taking the your prejudices and lack of imagination in mind, a simple reading of Discworld will show a world where the power of being a plucky hero is readily recognized by everyone (it's how the barbarian heros get going). There's no roleplaying/rollplaying dissonance th...

I've always liked the Stirge as a good example of totally broken shit. The 3rd edition version was just stupid dangerous, not quite Allip bad but close, the 5e version could probably use some work. Once it's attached you have two rounds to get the fucker off or you're dead. You have to beat it in an...

New L&L! In other words, yet another article extolling the damn complexity dial they have expounded upon over and over and over again, and no actual mechanics or even new ideas. Lending further credence to Frank's theory... I tell you what, having glanced over that article, I don't hold out muc...

Call Forth the Army of Decay is certainly spectacular but it's far from being a threat to Circle-appropriate opposition. I just recently went through the whole spell list and found maybe two dozen spells that are worth using on a regular basis and none of those are higher than Circle 9. One thing I ...

It was only quite recently that I became consciously aware of it. My Psion (technically Druid/Erudite/Thrallherd but that's just details) started to become virtually untouchable around about level 9. By the time we hit 15 I had realized that I was pulling punches and keeping my best abilities under ...

That quote about resurrect self and karma is confusing. The gain in max karma is not part of the resurrect self ability, it is part of the package of gains made at 13th circle. At 13th circle you gain the resurrect self ability and the +25 to max karma. Using resurrect self does not increase your ka...

As far as I recall the version you released was exactly the same as the one we received for playtesting. I don't recall getting any feedback on my comments or seeing any of them integrated into the document you released. (I can't see Jason having bothered to deal with any of the feedback he received...

Almost every one I bothered to look at has much the same 'problem, good basic ideas but poor execution. Ma'Fan, for example, was the first one I was interested enough in to look at. She has invested time and karma in learning Power Throw 2. Shame she forgot to learn Throwing Weapons really... She al...

Sticks is certainly in there. I'm afraid he ain't much of a threat to anybody due to not having an Initiative stat or any IP's...

Which ones, just out of interest...?

To be fair they haven't done too badly. Both Lofwyr and Hestaby have stat's that are in the ball park of what I would consider beyond the ken of normal mortals. They just lack finesse and polish. The raw ingredients are there to make a truly spectacular dish but they've just sort of mixed them into ...

Destroy Missile is no better than a Power Bolt. Seriously: it's basically worthless for any direct-fire missile. And if anyone cares about missilating him enough to drop a Spirit Movement to reduce time of flight, Destroy Missile isn't going to have a chance to go off. It's just there to make drool...

He has a 'Destroy Missile' spell and anchoring. Presumably the intent is to create a mechanic that allows him to evaporate any incoming munitions he is threatened by. Frankly having looked at his stats again I'm unimpressed. The Mary Sue NPC I created to demonstrate that it was possible to stat such...

Well looks like the designer at least had the smarts to build in a response to the stupid ' I shoot him with a missile ' bullshit. What amazes me is that DS has 5 pages of twaddle before anyone thinks to point out that the stat's are now in the public domain and not a matter for speculation any long...

I imagine that debate will be mostly worthless considering how poorly most of the stat blocks are designed.

Street Legends is out if anyone cares.

Numerous LOL's are to be had.

Fuchs will especially like the stat-block for Hestaby....

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Spoke too soon. Nearly swallowed my tongue when I turned the page and the heading was Lofwyr...

Ancient History wrote:I took my fansite down. It seemed time...and past time.

That's sad.

Still, I'm enjoying the short stories. Are you planning to get involved with publishing Cthulhu stuff perhaps?

I'm starting to see some interesting patterns emerging here. The proofreading thread on the official boards caused me a little embarrassment as I was involved in the playtesting for Darkest Hour. A little research reveals that I have the playtest document but that we missed the deadline and I never ...

I imagine that this is already a possibility that exists today.

Nothing has really changed in two hundred years. Your military always looks invincible when you are fighting savages with sticks.

I don't even pretend to be any sort of expert on target designators but it strikes me as highly unlikely that the designator 'talks' to anything. According to Wikipedia designators send out a 'coded' pulse but I cannot imagine that it is a particularly complex code. It surely requires a massive degr...

Only 14 days for a proofreader (singular) to proof the entire document and then send it to the printers? I did some 'playtesting' on Running Wild and a couple of the Artifacts series that amounted to little more than proof-skimming, particularly with Running Wild which was very close to deadline wh...

Found the Artifacts Unbound Project Spec . [adam savage] There's your problem! [/adam savage] Only 14 days for a proofreader (singular) to proof the entire document and then send it to the printers? I did some 'playtesting' on Running Wild and a couple of the Artifacts series that amounted to littl...

Amusingly both Aesir guidance systems are available at char-gen for next to nothing.

Might never come up but a brilliant piece of 'break glass in event of emergency' kit.

Kot wrote:Woah. I just got the whole Mormon thing. Weeeird. I didn't know that. Strange coincidence.

Wow!

Did you really post that Mormon comment on the official board not knowing that almost everyone at IMR is a Mormon?

Cool.

It is all getting a bit Spartacus. Maybe I should get an 'I'm Frank Trollman' t-shirt made up. Or start selling them on-line... As an aside from the CGL/IMR/Mormon soap opera I haven't seen any comment on the direct fire grenades rules in War! Seems to me that it is a much needed fix to grenade accu...