Oblivious Sage

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My RPG History

I started with AD&D2e and Palladium's TMNT in the late 90s, and have moved through 3.5 to 4e (both of which I considered to be improvements over their predecessors), with brief detours in Kobolds Ate My Baby, Big Eyes Small Mouth, the old d6 Star Wars, d20 Modern, 4e Amethyst, and Roll for Shoes. While I haven't played much of it (only some generic/Hunter nWoD), I've read up on most of White Wolf's stuff (oWoD & nWoD, Scion, Exalted) because I like parts of their systems and love their fluff (especially Exalted & oWoD). I DM from time to time but prefer to be a player. I've also had some fun with Microscope.

Current Games

My main group recently built our own system, a blend of 4e combat, the FORGE system from Iconoclast for skills, and GURPS advantages, because we want something in between 4e and 3.5 and we all agree that DnD Next looks like it's going to be terrible (you can tell Mearls just doesn't understand why anyone might want a playstyle other than his own; polling has let him know that many people don't like what he likes, but he has no clue why, or how to appeal to those people). We made our own setting using Dawn of Worlds (warning, PDF!). Lately though, we've been looking for a change in tone and have been trying out Roll for Shoes and FATE Core.

I'd like to try 13th Age.

Current Distractions

Currently Reading: Hugh Howey's Wool

Currently Playing: Warframe, Prime World: Defenders, Penny Arcade: Gamers vs. Evil (on iOS)

Currently Programming In: Ruby on Rails, C#

_{(updated June 9, 2013)}

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1h	comment	Do items that trigger off of “x basic attack” work with powers “used as” basic attacks? @Corion Probably a bug. The CB has plenty of them, especially when it comes to calculating attack & damage bonuses.
12h	answered	DnD 4th edition, teleport and charging
2d	revised	D&D 3.5 Paladin Strange Behavior add tags
Jun 14	revised	Declaring an interrupt during a multitarget attack added 837 characters in body
Jun 14	answered	Declaring an interrupt during a multitarget attack
Jun 14	reviewed	Leave Closed How does a shrunken item work when unshrunk?
Jun 13	comment	Do items that trigger off of “x basic attack” work with powers “used as” basic attacks? @waxeagle I wouldn't say that it's a general case, more that it's a corner case not covered by the linked question (which handled the obvious phrasings).
Jun 13	answered	Do items that trigger off of “x basic attack” work with powers “used as” basic attacks?
Jun 13	comment	Do items that trigger off of “x basic attack” work with powers “used as” basic attacks? Closely related: Can an Avalanche Hammer melee basic be upgraded by Ogremight Bruiser (Greater Style)
Jun 13	reviewed	Close What feat should I get for 7th level Rogue Fence/Rich Hoodlum
Jun 12	comment	How much of a large's creature's space must be above a pit before they fall? Except the rules explicitly say that's not how it works.
Jun 12	reviewed	Reviewed Barbarian Attack and Damage?
Jun 12	revised	Barbarian Attack and Damage? readability
Jun 12	reviewed	Leave Open Barbarian Attack and Damage?
Jun 12	comment	How much of a large's creature's space must be above a pit before they fall? If it was possible for the skeletons to fall in the pit, then why would they not have fallen into it already? As the Dungeonomicon notes, for a trap or obstacle to be effective, it has to have pretty much impossible for it to backfire against its creators (which is why kobolds like weight-triggered traps). The same applies for obstacles/hazards as well, including pits. If you might fall down a bottomless pit, that's a bad place to fight. If you can't, but your foes can, on the other hand...
Jun 12	answered	How much of a large's creature's space must be above a pit before they fall?
Jun 12	reviewed	No Action Needed How much of a large's creature's space must be above a pit before they fall?
Jun 11	reviewed	Leave Open Resolving triggers arising during a move action
Jun 11	reviewed	Leave Open Is there a difference between “Able to cast x lvl spells” and “Ability to cast x lvl spells”?
Jun 9	comment	Is a trouble that encompasses multiple issues OK? I actually ended up converting both into regular aspects ("former gangbanger" and "my mother is a witch") and coming up with a new trouble for the character. I realized that both of them could be invoked ("I know about X because...") and compelled.