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- Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:10 pm
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: [Non-US] News That Makes You laugh/cry/neither...
- Replies: 3801
- Views: 942353
Well, inflammatory headline aside, that article seems pretty on-point to me. Two caveats though: 1. I, at least, have the distinct impression that this is more precisely the fault of the Putin administration embracing propaganda and holding international law and custom in contempt, rather than Russi...
- Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:04 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Scion 2E Kickstarter
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2636
- Sat Oct 01, 2016 1:46 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [Singularity] Hacking Tactical Networks
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2209
- Sat Oct 01, 2016 10:11 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: More A Question Than A Rant - The Big Purple
- Replies: 54
- Views: 16304
- Sat Sep 24, 2016 10:29 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Annoying Game Questions You Want Answered
- Replies: 5992
- Views: 961536
Kind of thinking about doing a one shot game for Halloween with zombies. Leaning towards just doing AS, but maybe taking an opportunity to run a playtest of Dead Man's Hand. What systems do you guys like for 1) zombie games and 2) one shots? My best zombie gaming has actually been in Deadlands: Hel...
- Thu Sep 22, 2016 9:16 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Evocation, Fighters, Rogues, Oh My
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5478
Depends on your level of optimization and access to sourcebooks, as with everything else relating to Wizards - with enough metamagic abuse and the right spells to use it on they quite literally blow everyone else away, even when limiting themselves to direct damage. Then again if we're only concerni...
- Thu Sep 22, 2016 8:44 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Spellbooks and Schoolgirls d20
- Replies: 79
- Views: 10962
- Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:45 pm
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: [Non-US] News That Makes You laugh/cry/neither...
- Replies: 3801
- Views: 942353
- Fri Sep 09, 2016 1:59 pm
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: Election 2016
- Replies: 3238
- Views: 346101
- Fri Sep 02, 2016 10:23 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: YOU are in charge of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 3e...
- Replies: 242
- Views: 38433
Supporting monster player characters is actually not something you do with big, bold ambitious ideas - it's actually an emergent benefit of solving a bunch of boring mathy design problems including but not limited to multiclassing, monster roles and magic item paradigms. If you want bold ideas thoug...
- Fri Sep 02, 2016 10:01 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: SR3: Our Magic is Different
- Replies: 100
- Views: 19758
I don't play Shadowrun so I don't really know what I'm talking about, but it sounds as if this should be a really simple thing to house rule away and make those characters playable - since it's effectively just an extra stat that NPCs have because they're NPCs and PCs can just... not have. Is that w...
- Fri Sep 02, 2016 12:06 am
- Forum: I Gave the Mouse a Cookie...
- Topic: Bloodborne Commiseration Thread
- Replies: 150
- Views: 80408
So I've started playing Bloodborne and I like it a lot, there's nothing in gaming like the feeling you get from finally figuring out a difficult enemy or set-piece. I'm not very far in though, just got the emblem to open the gate in the Cathedral Ward (and poked my nose into Old Yarnham just far eno...
- Thu Sep 01, 2016 3:48 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Not So Old Not So Shame - I Disclose My CGL Credits
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7770
- Thu Sep 01, 2016 3:41 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pathfinder Is Still Bad
- Replies: 8556
- Views: 1681885
- Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:20 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: YOU are in charge of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 3e...
- Replies: 242
- Views: 38433
Monsters whose purpose is to try to escape with treasure or alert other enemies before they are killed is actually a venerable part of fantasy RPGs. From the Metal Slime to the Shrieker. However, in general that's not a good monster role. That's an encounter provision. Shriekers don't work without ...
- Tue Aug 30, 2016 11:22 pm
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: The New/Redone Monsters Thread
- Replies: 381
- Views: 503236
- Tue Aug 30, 2016 4:58 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: YOU are in charge of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 3e...
- Replies: 242
- Views: 38433
And what happens when a player convinces a lizardfolk (or a mind flayer, or a succubus) to join Team PC? Does the monster balanced to be a threat gets immediately substituted by the monster balanced to be a henchman ? How would you deal with this? That's easy as long as monsters use the same rules ...
- Tue Aug 30, 2016 4:50 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: YOU are in charge of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 3e...
- Replies: 242
- Views: 38433
Runners are distinguished from Harriers not by what they have, but by what they don't have. A runner performs a single specialized function. As such, he sacrifices offense and defense in exchange for overland speed. He is, essentially, a non-com whose job is to deliver messages, which requires fast...
- Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:57 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Annoying Game Questions You Want Answered
- Replies: 5992
- Views: 961536
- Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:12 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Dealing With Alignment In Dungeons & Dragonlance
- Replies: 69
- Views: 11440
- Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:03 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: D&D 5e has failed
- Replies: 1907
- Views: 408270
I'm in two gaming groups, both of which mostly play heavily-houseruled 3.5, both of which have played one short campaign each of 5e (From 1st to... I think 6th level and 10th to 14th level, respectively). The GM of one of these groups is also running 5e for another group, and one of his players is G...
- Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:12 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Powerlevels and Pretension: FatR's own fantasy heartbreaker
- Replies: 156
- Views: 59723
I hear what you're saying, Frank. But then you need a ridiculous number of feats for people to be able to make meaningful choices for 20 levels worth of (at least) 12 different classes. Like, one per class per level at the absolute minimum -yes, Rangers, Barbarians and Paladins want many of the same...
- Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:32 pm
- Forum: It's My Own Invention...
- Topic: A different kind of RNG for D&D 3.X
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4175
This is hysterically, impossibly complicated for the core mechanic of an RPG. And unless I've missed something (which is possible, see above) it absolutely requires every roll to be against a known DC, which means you have to be told every DC before you make the roll, and it completely fails to hand...
Sadly, Strong Female Protagonist (which I love) has taken a serious turn for the ham-handed lately, with the reveal that Max (who seemed so promising) is a cartoon jackass after all. I was hoping for a somewhat nuanced portrayal of the blind spots that come with wealth and privilege - instead we get...