Jon of All Trades

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May 19	answered	Handling many modifiers on a probability curve
May 6	awarded	Yearling
Mar 31	awarded	Nice Question
Feb 23	comment	Question about Wonders The spatial drive you describe would be a Skafoi device integrated into a Prostasia wonder: no problem per page 140. The lightspeed fist would be a "Grafted" (page 151) Katastrofi weapon with unique color, and as you say self-damage would be a great weakness for it.
Feb 23	comment	Question about Wonders Those all sound reasonable to this Storyteller. Pg 156 mentions that Apokalypsi includes scanning across time. Using teleportation or time distortion as a mechanism for armor is just a matter of color, and it opens up the possibility of teleporting through a minor obstacle like prison bars - though if you do allow this, you should probably add a comparable weakness, like a chance of splinching if used in a cluttered environment.
Feb 23	answered	Question about Wonders
Dec 15	answered	How similar is Star Wars Saga to DnD 4th edition?
Aug 2	comment	How do I get the PCs to visit scary places at night? +1 in particular for Maslow's hierarchy. That's outstanding, if I want to know how to motivate the players, I just need to check where their characters are (and maybe remind the players that their chars haven't eaten in days). Awesome tip!
Aug 2	answered	How do I help my players figure out how to stay alive in a realistically-deadly sandbox campaign?
Jul 26	comment	Dungeons that aren't dungeons It depends on your definition. "Dense forest" implies a dense canopy, therefore very little light at the forest floor, therefore very little undergrowth. A classic example is the "park forest" of the Pacific northwest.
Jul 24	comment	Dungeons that aren't dungeons Fairy tales and fantasy are fond of spooky dense forest, but if realism is a consideration, note that dense forests are generally quite easy to travel through. There's very little underbrush when the trees block most light and absorb most of the water. Generally, the fringe of a forest by a track or riverbank may be impenetrable, as it gets ample light. Steep slopes + brush + wet vegetation would make travel much harder, whether there are trees overhead or not.
Jun 9	comment	How do I allow player agency in situations with predetermined outcomes? There was a barber and his wife, and she was beautiful...
Jun 1	answered	Giving Players the Game They Want
May 13	comment	Is two-weapon fighting only as a full-round action balanced versus fighting with a two-handed weapon? The dual-wielding character gets another benefit in exchange for spending his gold or her treasure shares: with two different magic weapons, he or she is less likely to be caught flat-footed against resistances other than straight DR. A +Fire greatsword is not so hot (sorry) against fire-resistant critters, while having a +Frost short sword comes in handy.
May 10	comment	What would you pick as the “four elements” of mind? I appreciate the comments, Vestrik. You're quite right that any division will be a little fuzzy and arbitrary; the mind is indeed fundamentally inseparable from the personality. I'm trying to put a fresh spin on the concept of mind magic, but this angle may well be a blind alley.
May 6	awarded	Yearling
Apr 13	comment	How can characters with low Fighting and Shooting contribute in combat? As the GM, I don't want to say "you should have thought about that when you made your character, go sit in the corner while the powergamers have fun." I prefer for players to create whatever characters interest them, provided they're appropriate to the game universe of course, and then work together to find things for them to do. Your later paragraphs address this, but a little vaguely; what would these ideas look like in SW terms?
Apr 13	comment	How can characters with low Fighting and Shooting contribute in combat? Great answer, Phil, thank you! I'd like to call out one more thing from your answer: the "hold 'em off while I fix this widgit/translate this inscription" idea is a staple of SW-ish TV shows, and is an excellent point.
Apr 13	accepted	How can characters with low Fighting and Shooting contribute in combat?
Apr 8	comment	How can characters with low Fighting and Shooting contribute in combat? @Runeslinger: Yes, that is very nearly the same thing, I wish I'd seen it when I searched the forum earlier. You're answer there is great from a color perspective, +1. No regrets though, for I think Phil's hit it on the head in this question, from a mechanics perspective.