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and? that just means, to me, that it can be done without unbalancing things. And the point to me is either it doesn't change anything, and therefore Fails because it's supposed to, or it does change things, which means no caverns, outdoors only, FINAL DESTINATION. Aka, Fail. This is particularly bo...

Not to ride Marvel Universe RPG's nuts too hard here but I think they do a good job of dealing with sliding scales of power. I would recommend that anyone who can get a copy of the core rules do so simply because it is such a strong departure from most other systems that it can't help but illustrate...

Right but social skills allow an un-charismatic, dull person play a witty charismatic character in a way that they could not were the rules not present. If a weak person can play a strong character, a dumb person can play a smart character, a clumsy person can play a dexterous character, a frail pe...

Right but social skills allow an un-charismatic, dull person play a witty charismatic character in a way that they could not were the rules not present. If a weak person can play a strong character, a dumb person can play a smart character, a clumsy person can play a dexterous character, a frail per...

Do you mean the part about your homebrew? You're God damn right I didn't read that. You said it was to be a "proof of concept" not the only place that the system is applicable. I don't care, nor could I ever imagine caring, about your homebrew. I do care about making a useful diagnostic to...

ie That's not how averages work. You are getting your knickers in a knot over average vs distribution. Yes a distribution centered more heavily about the mean IS more predictable, but it's still the same damn average . Funny, I thought that was my point... ie If you actually have a look I only use ...

It is still a sort of valid complaint in that low level D&D isn't just 'you suck' but 'the system sucks' (in a way completely different from high level D&D) its inclusion in the core rules is like ordering a pizza and getting a pizza with a side of shit. You can just not eat the shit but it ...

3) It still only gives average estimates of damage output/character life span in combat I mean characters can still walk in and roll all 20s or all 1s and characters estimated to last 6 rounds of combat by CPR can go down in round 1. But the idea is that CPR accounts as much as possible and in deta...

Anguirus, you just keep rewording the measuring stick thing in different ways. It's the same issue. Ie, not an issue. We need an encounter (piece of wood) of x difficultly (3 meters long) for this group. The CPR system (measuring stick) says that, contextually, encounter A is of difficulty x for gr...

You aren't arguing from a sensible position. Either you complain because CPR prevents TPKs or you complain because it fails to do so. Trying to argue both at once is just stupid. CPR doesn't do either because it is just a diagnostic tool. My complaint is that under CPR a balanced threat for a party...

Right, but if you as a DM send your PC's a threat that they cannot deal with because you don't have a diagnostic tool to determine if it is an appropriate threat that's one thing. If you send them the same threat knowing full well it will kill them that's another. I know that this example assumes ho...

My point earlier was that having more degrees of nuance, as it pertains to hit points, makes you (whoever you are) less susceptible to the extremes of probability. This, in turn, is very good for survivability because you aren't ever going to be one shoted and resources are spent to their fullest. T...

How would racial abilities, ECL and the like interact with a tiered system like this?

So where did you address shit like PCs beating themselves to make the mobs easier, and avoiding playing smart by using actual tactics and such so the mobs don't get harder? For PC's beating themselves to make mobs easier, ideally CPR is balanced well enough that these sorts of things aren't exploit...

lol what? Yes we do, you just don't like the standard definition for some reason so you're intentionally pretending that it's in dispute so the ugly truths don't become evident. We? Are you a social scientist now? The standard definition, if the field has one, defines religion in strictly cultural ...

In the first place religion = belief system is such an amazingly ethnocentric and blatantly false ideology that scholars in the 1800’s, before globalization or meaningful cultural self consciousness, were arguing against it. Secondly, the idea that all religions, regardless of their content or clai...

But of course, this doesn't even pretend to matter, because your social standing in any of these organizations means fuck all because Predator's Taint will come and ass rape you if you ever tried to get more than four vampires into the same house , let alone the same room . -Username17 Predator's t...

If your omnipotence allows you to bypass all restrictions - including any you are capable of making - then there is at least one thing you can't do: lock yourself out. If on the other hand you can lock yourself out there is at least one thing you can't do: bypass your own lockout. Ok well whatever....

Gods don't exist in the "real world", and yet we have religion. Religion is ultimately born from a confluence of wishful thinking, an ignorance of how the natural world works, and our tendency as a species to organize ourselves in a hierarchical fashion. Forget D&D - religion is the o...

Not to be a dick here but you speak from exactly what authority on the matter of religion? The authority that comes from applying critical thinking skills to religious ideas. But if you can prove that a god exists, I'll gladly retract the statement. The authority that comes from conflating God with...

Gods don't exist in the "real world", and yet we have religion. Religion is ultimately born from a confluence of wishful thinking, an ignorance of how the natural world works, and our tendency as a species to organize ourselves in a hierarchical fashion. Forget D&D - religion is the o...

This post is in response to this thread http://tgdmb.com/viewtopic.php?t=49677. I apologize for the rant that is to follow. This question, I feel, misses the point religion as a flavorful, setting enhancing tool. In my view this sort of take on fantasy religion is the result of years of poorly writt...

The spell and the physical attack shouldn't be numerically identical unless they are functionally identical IMO. That is to say, unless you can cast your disintegrate spell as frequently as you can attack some one with a sword and can improve success rates through similar means (magic items and stat...

If anyone cares, I've chosen to adapt Marvel Universe RPG because I feel like diceless works for monsters for largely the same reasons it works well for super heroes. I'll post my setting stuff and alterations to MUR when I'm done for anyone who may care.

Yeah, I just really don't think there's a heck of a lot of potential for it as an RPG. I mean, granted I havent' seen any of the talking godzilla movies, but I really can't imagine much roleplaying in any of that. Since giant monsters as a whole really don't interact with much. Even if they can tal...