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1203780846[/unixtime]][br][br]I know they stated monsters work differently than Pc's. Did they state that Npc's with Pc classes also work differently? How would that even work?[br] [br][br]The idea I got was that you just gave a monster rogue or whatever some random rogue abilities. But he doesn't ...

1203761241[/unixtime]][br][br]This is actually exactly the reason that I don't think he is on the battle reserve system. He is on the Defenses system and happens to be substantially, but not impossibly, higher level than the orcs he is fighting.[br][br]This means that he blows through orcs expediti...

Well remember NPCs aren't going to be using the same rules as PCs. So unless you're playing PvP, that situation actually can't happen.

1203743667[/unixtime]]For D&D the limited weapon selection doesn't seem so bad to me. They want rogues to use thief weapons, fighters to use fighter weapons, and wizards to use wizard weapons -- I don't see the problem. It's a flavor concern, and the flavor of D&D is 'rogues use short sword...

1203700728[/unixtime]]But since you seem to genuinely want Aragorn and Rand, who operate on an entirely different basis, I am left scratching my head.[br] [br][br]I think Aragorn was probably on the battle reserve system. He was pretty bad ass but he didn't just run around like he was immortal. Ara...

1203599184[/unixtime]][br]RC: If you and your pals could personally defeat the armed forces of small nations and take their stuff, why would you ever allow yourself to be hired to do anything? Seriously, I really want the idea of "Economy" to go away fairly quickly in a game that has any ...

1203369132[/unixtime]][br][br]5. Ready: Waiting for someone to round the corner, saw them first because of longer sight in darkness or they were making noise, hiding or sneaking ambusher, etc.[br][br]4. Prepped: Guards in war zone. Adventurers poking around a tomb.[br][br]3. Alert. Guard in a a pea...

1203592503[/unixtime]][br][br]You are missing my entire point: Being able to defeat a hero is irrelevant if you can just ignore them. The Army isn't there to beat the hero, it's there to take the area. Beating the hero doesn't matter if you can win without beating the hero. And an unengagable army ...

1203584462[/unixtime]]I just hope that isn't an indication of how playtesting has gone. I seriously don't want to hear about their Magical Tea Party game when they're supposed to be playtesting. Can't they at least pretend they know what the fuck they're doing? [br][br]Now we know why their playtes...

1203583617[/unixtime]][br][br]Contrarywise, if an army is better than a hero, then screw the heroes, you have money. Suddenly, all you ever want heroes for are the occasional tasks where armies don't fit, and I'll tell you right now that after Iron Kingdoms, I am never again going to play a game wh...

1203337220[/unixtime]]The job of an army in this kind of setting is first to beat other armies (Because if heroes are rare, they're likely not even going to be on either side of the fight statistically, unless you are either fighting for or against a major asshole), and they are to repress the popu...

The main problem is this logical problem:[br][br]The heroes kill the monsters. That's the fundamental concept we want. This means that the army has to lose against the monsters. Otherwise, what's the point.[br][br]Now if the heroes can also kill the armies, then why have an army at all? [br][br]The ...

Here's a gem [br][br] Broken Characters Encouraged [br][br] [br]My friend is running an "every other weekend weekly" game under the suggestion that players create the most broken characters possible. The party, all level 2, consists currently of a warblade, 2 warlocks(that means NO to any ...

1203025512[/unixtime]][br]The original, basic design would:[br]-Have Str of 18[br]-Dex 10[br]-40 ft base speed[br]-Hardness 12 (steel armor)[br]-6 Construct HD[br]Cost 350 gp, base cost and armor together.[br] [br][br]350 gp for all that? Sounds sorta like Rifts, where you've either got powered arm...

Before we can even think of pitting a character against an army, we need to be able to make fighting an army fun to play as a battle, instead of just tedious. [br][br]I had one epic PC fight an army once and basically I just fast forwarded by it and said, "OK, you hack through those guys in abo...

My main issue with high level vs army is that it's not a fun battle to run. It's just plain boring. You put up a bunch of minis and the majority of the time is spent doing 100 attack rolls as a bunch of archers open fire, a bunch of warriors rush him and all, and most of them are flat out ineffectiv...

The main reason I feel the problem is unsolvable is because you want effectively the PCs to behave as though a different set of rules applied. Even though Rambo can't die, you don't want him just walking in the center of the enemy base and letting them fire on him like he was the Terminator or somet...

Yeah, it's pretty much Orwellian doublethink where you want your character to beat the odds and be put in danger, but also want to win all the time. It's pretty illogical, and often requires the DM to be the magician keeping up the illusion of danger while still letting you win.

1202790892[/unixtime]][br][br]Except for all the ways of avoiding ASF. There are quite a few at this point.[br]As for what could scale... well the shield used to, with magic. Now, all of a sudden it doesn't. Sword and board was mechanically inferior anyway. Why make it worse?[br] [br]Well mostly I'...

1202776366[/unixtime]]Sword and board bites. Its passable at first level, but is irrelevant afterwards. It should scale, or something...[br] [br]Well what could scale? I mean, AC doesn't really need to, since you're always +4 AC or whatever over everyone else, and that's not bad. So while the other...

Right now as I have fighting styles. They work like this. [br][br] Two handed fighting [br]-Pretty much unchanged.[br][br] Sword and board [br]-no feats required, only shield proficiency. [br]-Shields no longer have plusses.[br]-A buckler grants +1 AC, a light shield +3, heavy shield +4 and a tower ...

1202732716[/unixtime]][br]When diagonals are somehow special, the frontage is different, but if you count diagonals as one-for-one then it's even steven. The thing you lose is having the measured distance on the board have a one-for-one correspondence with actual in-game distance. Think Polar Coord...

1202653675[/unixtime]]Actually, since going diagonally is just '1 square' the distance to an object in 3-D will be the greater of the distances in the X, Y and Z directions. [br][br]Yeah, you're right actually. I hadn't even though of that. Well that makes things easier anyway then. It's now alot e...

I can deal with the removal of the 1.5 diagonal move. I always though it was pointless anyway and counting the 1.5s got real annoying. The Saga 2x rule was the worst though. I think I can live with 1. Thats easy to work with and in the sense of a game doesnt make much difference Another nice thing i...

I'm inclined to call the whole thing the "RPG paradox", because there are opposing premises at work when you talk about the escapism principle.[br][br]First, we want to play cinematic heroes. Cinematic heroes are people who take risks. They're people who beat the odds. The threat of death ...