The Gaming Den

FrankTrollman wrote:Slayers is an anime. Well, it's a manga that was made into an anime,

Correction: It was a light novel which was made into a manga, and then into an anime.

FrankTrollman wrote:

I still go by Warrior, Expert, and Caster archetypes,

I'm strongly against them.

Excluding the "What do spellcasters do?" question, gestalting those three together for Warrior/Expert, Warrior/Caster, and Expert/Caster works (better).

Considering the current system of Attack and Effect Rolls, eight falls about right. Level 0: Peasant Level 1: \ Level 2: -- Soldier (normal) Level 3: / Level 4: \ Level 5: -- General (superhuman) Level 6: / Level 7: \ Level 8: -- Olympian Level 9: / Level 10: God Every time you advance a category, y...

The rules you write are not separable from the world that is painted on that canvas. I've always found something odd about this argument, but I couldn't put my finger on it. If you meant "genre," then I might be able to agree with you, but "world" falls flat on one concept: refl...

In classic D&D, the power sources that people think exist are: Extraplanar (this is where Clerics and Demons get their power). Elemental (this is where Wizards and Dragons get their power). Natural (this is where Druids and Faries get their power). Psychic (this is where Monks and Ilithid get t...

PhoneLobster wrote:Frank's argument about Ice Arrow kind of requires there to be, well, an Ice Arrow ability that is frankly too good.

Actually, it just requires an Ice Arrow ability that people think is too good.

Ah, that explains things.

Um... what's "Suit?"

The way TNE is currently entered in, it seems to be soft classes (five colors) which have a number of pre-built builds for the newb. Party face, Ritual guy, Sneak, etc. all seem to be selectable unlinked to the colors.

Metamagic Feats already scale. These were unnecessary.

There's another problem: Dragon Slave is simply too much a part of the current fantasy to give up.

Am I the only one who thinks "Brick with Puppet People" is an interesting character concept?

Parry? Been there, done that.

Intelligent Fighter's +1 ability doesn't specify whether it applies on only melee attacks or ranged attacks as well.

Maxus, any Wizard who uses Touch Spells often is going to want to take Intelligent Fighter for the +! ability.

Um... last I checked, GAR referred to particularly "mamly" individuals, not to shonen behavior.

I don't watch One Piece, but that sounds like part of the typical Shonen Power Package.

Demoralization and panic still sound like Will Attacks to me.

The Laws of Physics are, however, good for a number of different games that do not include such things.

A short list of what it can do:
- Iron Age War
- Medevial Europe Intrigue
- 20th Century Detictives
- Space Opera (granted, no Sci-Fi cliches, but, ...)
- SimCity

While I agree with Frank about not mixing high and low fantasy, I disagree with Frank about what is a new game. New Paint != New Game; Drastically Different Mechanics == New Game. I also think that Kitchen Sink approach to the base rules is good . Settings should be about reflavoring present materia...

Frank, Large Race Count != Pan-Racial Society!

Bigode, "any change" (emphasis mine)!? Prove it.

[edit] Five words: The Laws of Physics. Earth.

Frank is someone who looks more and more like someone who just hates the Fantasy Kitchen Sink.

The TNE plan involves cutting level out of the attack figures.

FrankTrollman wrote:Uh... before we've even gotten to the beastiary we have just rewritten two hundred pages of the Player's Handbook!

Spells, which only need to be listed as "no-go" or reflavored, are just over 100 pages, or a full half of that figure.

Frank, this violates rule #1: You are not allowed to play the race/class of "I am better than you;" as written. Secondly, why should we assume that is how True Name Magic works? Did you read what he said? (To take a - retarded - page from Crissa.) Who fvcking cares about the specifics of ...