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Honestly I pretty much already play "everybody is a caster" in D&D, if you count Martial Adepts as "casters." It's been a long time since I've ever seen anyone play any of the non-caster core classes. Even the Rogue is usually discarded in favor of something like an artificer...

As an additional note to that however I think it should be universally possible to "purchase" abilities from other classes with a "feat" or whatever. So if you want to be a Fighter/rogue but you really really want "Evards Black Tentacles" you should be able to get it. ...

Honestly, if 4e gave powers that were as awesome as 3e spells, and they actually were somewhat thematic to their classes rather than shit like "weapon+attribute damage, slide opponent 1 square" which doesn't indicate to me that it belongs to any class... then I could have been crazy in lo...

Wait what? Didn't Five Nations come out a year after Complete Divine (and thus, the classes you mentioned)?

Was just curious about people's opinion on this Cleric prestige class from Five Nations. I've heard it was good, but a quick google search didn't really show me any details as to *why* people felt this way. On a quick glance, I see that it grants a lot of attractive immunities. On the other hand, yo...

Lokathor wrote:I just saw the movie. True Story: The "M. Night Shyamalan Twist" this time is that the entire movie is bad.

Isn't this the usual M. Night Shyamalan twist?

I can't actually think of a movie of his that was terribly good.

I don't think WOW/MMOs are killing off tabletop, I think that tabletop designers (at least in the D&D product line) are looking at MMOs and saying "well shit that's popular on a computer, so let's rip it off and plug it into the game." And of course this doesn't work because many of t...

I tried searching the forum, and only found a small mention within another thread about cheap labor, so here I am to ask: What is your opinion of the returnergames FFRPG system. If the two posts I saw are any indication, it's another system thought to be of poor quality, but those posts omitted the...

But this makes the game much more unpredictable and swingy. Is that a goal? How is it more unpredictable? Full BAB characters will presumably always hit instead of always hitting once and sometimes hitting two or three times. The caveat I would have is that this system encourages you to have a bunc...

5e: No roles because roles are dumb. This is just about impossible unless everyone's the same. Roles arise naturally, whether by design or not. Even if the differences are something like "These weapons both have the same damage per second, but different rates of fire." I don't think the a...

Psychic Robot wrote:5e: No roles because roles are dumb.

This is just about impossible unless everyone's the same. Roles arise naturally, whether by design or not. Even if the differences are something like "These weapons both have the same damage per second, but different rates of fire."

Neeeek wrote: Let's be clear: You don't have to design level 3 until you hit level 3, so if the story or your charcters interests change, you aren't stuck on rails in order to remain relevant.

That would be pretty damn awesome.

Reminds me of the Quest for Glory game manuals. (long, so spoilered) How do I fight? If one wishes to become a fighter, it is wise to obtain a sword and shield at the earliest opportunity. We do not recommend unarmed combat against a monster, as you can be 'dis'-armed rapidly. Basic sword work cons...

(Edited since Leress deleted his reply after I responded to it...) I did that since I read your post from the previous page. Ah, I see. But it seems like someone else didn't... The problem isn't with the attire itself, but rather the context (or lack thereof) for it. They're wearing it because it's...

That means that your statement is poorly written. Oh boy, I used the word "always" instead of "almost always." As if people don't do that for all sorts of things. People don't typically mean "literally everyone knows that Fighters suck" when they say "Everyone kno...

Chainmail bikinis fall into this category. It's always out of place and it dehumanizes any character that's wearing one. Counterpoint: Makri in the Thraxas books. She wears the chianmail bikini solely to increase the tips she earns as a barmaid in to help fund her courses at the Guild College and t...

What the fuck is up with Ivy's tits? Her rack has exploded in size since she was first introduced. Good god. The same has happened to a lot of characters in the Soul Edge/Calibur series. The sexualization of the female cast has upped significantly with every new game, and in 4 it's just ridiculous.

My problem isn't with whether people wear revealing clothing (or even if they wear anything at all), it has to do with characters who are dressed really obviously absurdly for the sole purpose of titillation, outside of any in-story context, often even at the expense of story if need be (For example...

He still often runs around in his undies. -Crissa I realize this. The point is that he doesn't pretend it's armor or anything stupid like that. It's just actually setting appropriate undergarments. Good http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w325/OneWinged4ngel77/storm.jpg Good http://i520.photobucket....

Samurai Jack I'm fine with, but Red Sonja I'm not. Samurai Jack doesn't wear samurai armor undies. He simply wears setting appropriate undergarments. And being a pervert is a running gag for Franky.

Maybe it's just me, but I strongly prefer this kind of image to chainmail bikinis. http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w325/OneWinged4ngel77/Mei_2_color_by_Iarasir-1-1.jpg I liked the old L5R art. Like so: http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w325/OneWinged4ngel77/DaidojiAerlynjpg.jpg And I'm totally f...

The totality of my experience with the Factotum is using it for one level dips. It's not bad for that

I'd still like to know more about the fluff of Hobgoblins feeding on their own exertion. What's the mechanism for this?

Okay, I'm just coming in here, haven't read the apparently preceding threads, so forgive me if I'm missing something already covered, but... I don't quite get it. How exactly are hobgoblins feeding on their own effort? The idea seems interesting, but I'm curious as to what the fluff for the mechanis...

So here's an issue you might want to discuss. Let's pretend we do something like, say, have 4 stats, throw out constitution, and roll Charisma into wisdom and get Willpower, or something. Then which characters are getting laid? The Rogue? Nope, the Rogue needs Dexterity. What stat is giving you the ...