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Getting long combats is tough. About the only thing I can think of is increasing DR or AC to the point where you effectively can't be hurt except by attacks that take a long time to execute. So it may take a casting time of 1 minute to activate your super anti-epic laser or something which is needed...

1201732175[/unixtime]][br]Then you pick a number of abilities. Stats are based entirely on level. [br][br]I don't see it taking more than a few minutes. The total number of abilities should be 4+level off of set lists.[br] [br][br]Well, I see the problem being that your abilities are going to need ...

Having a bunch of lists you've got to choose from sounds like a lot of work, similar to picking PrCs for monsters and such.

1201687585[/unixtime]][br](And on the topic of the above, isn't it true that LSD can cause flash-back trips at any point down the line, completely randomly? Or is all of the "It's like opening the bonnet to your mind and randomly bashing things with a hammer" talk scare-talk to get people...

1201690342[/unixtime]][br]And to a certain degree, Keeping Score and Pretty Princess Dressup is valuable and good for the game. Really we want to keep Scavenging for Power from interfering with the other two. The moment we sell the Ebony Throne to maitain our fire arrow habit, I'm out.[br] [br][br]...

I honestly don't really care about kobolds. They're little monsters that are supposed to be killed by the dozens. Most DMs who like kobolds use them solely to humiliate PCs (look you guys got pwned by kobolds!!1! lawl) .[br][br]As as warlocks. I'm kind of indifferent too. I like warlocks, but the fa...

Yeah I never knew the Shadowrun history had all that stuff in it. Like the insect spirits turning human and everything or even the immortal elves. I guess it suffers a lot from WoD syndrome where the story is spread out over several books, instead of just one or two setting books.

I don't know. Carrying capacity has never really been muhc of a problem in D&D, so I doubt the Diablo system would work well in pencil and paper. When you've got anything like shrink item or bags of holding, how much you can carry becomes moot. [br][br]Plus it gets far too much into logistical c...

Teleportation. You can't dispel a forcecage. Doesn't have to be long teleportation, it can just be tactical teleport, but it needs to have some means of teleport or access to a disintegrate spell. [br][br]Also what rules are you using? Like is shivering touch in the game? Is wraithstrike? That sort ...

1201525151[/unixtime]][br]A serious advantage of the itemized economy is that you can get a sense of accomplishment by finding individual things. A silver bell, a couple of gold coins, an ivory stick - these have value and finding them is meaningful in an itemized universe. In a wealth abstract wor...

1201470351[/unixtime]][br]I think Elric of Melnibone wears heavy armor in his naval battles, but that might just be in the art. [br][br]Yeah the Elric series was actually full of mages with magical armor. Though granted their kind of wizardry was all pretty much rituals (mostly summons). You rarely...

1201500052[/unixtime]] 1201498963[/unixtime]][br][br]If that +2 axe bonus isn't in the actual stat block, nobody is going to really know or even care. So what happens when you disarm the guy? [br][br]Well he can either pick up his axe again, fight unarmed or draw another weapon. [br][br]The only re...

1201490066[/unixtime]][br]So... if I want my NPCs to have any other stats than "DM SAYS SO!," I'm a nit-picky semantics whore?[br][br]WTF? Why even have a MM?[br] [br][br]Well there's a difference between arbitrary stats and playing DM says so. Arbitrary stats is simply less simulationist...

1201490634[/unixtime]]What's the fascination with a world in which violence is used to solve every problem?[br] [br][br]I don't think violence should solve everything.[br][br]Basically there should be a series of problems, some better solved with social and others better solved with violence. [br][...

The slot system seems like it has potential. That'd allow you to play batman, who uses a ton of gadgets but no real supernatural powers, or you could play a straight up mage with all supernaturals and no items, or a mix of the two.

I'm thinking you probably need more than four slots though.

1201335512[/unixtime]]RC: That's not a bad model, though.[br][br]The problem is that instead of making some sort of advantage out of it, they're rather haphazard in their attempt here. That may be due to it being on the cheap...[br] [br][br]It's a bad model as far as the game goes, and it's bad for...

1201164121[/unixtime]][br][*] Rate of Fire is King Whether it's an area of effect or a flurry of blows, multiple attacks are king against Imps. High damage, low rate of fire attacks like Hyperbeam are craptastic.[/list][br] [br][br]That's pretty much how I imagine taking mooks down. A machine gun i...

1201420664[/unixtime]]Neh, good points. what about the other examples? [br][br]Only other example is about the defensive capabilities of the Tardis, and I absolutely want to know that. As soon as you like lock the door and hope it keeps someone out, you care about its defensive capabilities. Or lik...

1201344803[/unixtime]](And it needs to be possible to 'win' using social skills), [br][br]This I guess I don't understand. What's the obsession with making social skills being able to solve every single encounter in the game? That might make sense if it was a game about lawyers or politicians or so...

1201399657[/unixtime]]Other rules are such that so long as they are only in the hands of players, they really don't need full fleshing out.[br] [br][br]I've always tended to feel the opposite, that if it's in the players hands it absolutely must be fleshed out. A player should always know what his ...

The save to negate idea may be a new development to try to prevent people from having to count durations in rounds. I'm guessing a big playtester complaint was having to track all this bullshit, which becomes even harder if it's in round. [br][br]I mean imagine if burning was "light him on fire...

1201214256[/unixtime]]I suspect tzor is probably close to the mark on whats causing the problem(s). In terms of the business cycle in general, they clearly do have a business plan[br][br]<Release 'high value' corebooks> These are assured high print runs and probably produce alot of profit[br][br]<R...

Voss at [unixtime wrote:1201332386[/unixtime]]
[d8+13+3]x2 +3 =44.5 ([weapon damage, level based damage, str bonus]x2 + wisdom bonus)

I don't know if level based damage exists. The pit fiend is only doing +11 to his damage, which seems to just be his strength bonus at 32 strength.

Wow I somehow overlooked the fire/poison resistance... damn... [br]And yeah, Frank's right.. if the PC party has fire resistance, then the pit fiend is a pushover. All it can do to hurt you is poke you with its tail and summon stuff. [br][br]Which makes it less of a credible threat and more of just ...

About the pit fiend... My god... what the hell? Is it just me or can the thing deal like no damage. 1d12+11 and it has 350 hp? [br][br]About the only decent offensive ability it has is the poison attack, and that relies on the target being vulnerable to poison. [br][br]Wtf? [br][br]Imagine two pit f...