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| bio | website | viktor-haag.livejournal.com |
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| location | Ontario, Canada | |
| age | 47 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 8 months |
| seen | Mar 24 at 22:49 | |
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Feb 22 |
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Converting a 3.5e Campaign (Shackled City) to a 4e Campaign Which is all a roundabout way of saying, when approaching monster "conversion", use three operative principles: look for theme and story, choose something that's close from the 4e canon, and tailor appropriate to the PC's level in 4e -- don't attempt to do careful power-level balancing in your conversions. It just doesn't matter. |
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Feb 22 |
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Converting a 3.5e Campaign (Shackled City) to a 4e Campaign Paizo tends to be a bit more adventuresome with novel Monsters in places than most. But I stuck this firmly into the "Don't sweat the details" category. Amongst all the 4e Monster Manuals there is plenty of choice: choose the closest match and build encounters that make sense for the challenge you want to throw at the PCs. I did not bother at all to directly convert monsters: in some cases, I built my own, but I nearly always started with a close match and customized them a bit, rather than attempt a pure conversion. |
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Feb 21 |
answered | Converting a 3.5e Campaign (Shackled City) to a 4e Campaign |
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Aug 27 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Jun 4 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Jun 4 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Feb 15 |
awarded | Quorum |
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Jan 18 |
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Efficient / flexible terrain - Creating a clear hex grid @user1637 I really am not sure what type of plex it is. The total cost was somewhere around $35.00 CDN. |
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Dec 29 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Aug 28 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Jul 20 |
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What are the differences and similarities between Pathfinder and Fantasy Craft? My understanding is that FantasyCraft is more than just SpyCraft with Orcs. It's more along the lines of "we're doing for the fantasy genres what SpyCraft did for the espionage genre, and we're thoroughly updating the underlying mechanics as a result of everything we've already learned, doing SpyCraft". |
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Jun 22 |
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Efficient / flexible terrain - Creating a clear hex grid @Kromey Papercraft terrain is a nice idea; but it's storage-demanding which is why I don't use it -- all the things I use are essentially flat, so that I can store them with minimal fuss. 8) |
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Jun 22 |
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Efficient / flexible terrain - Creating a clear hex grid @user1637 Very well in the short term. I've been using the system for years, without cleaning with alcohol or anything, just a paper towel to erase, and I've only maybe got the very faintest of discoloration. Like white boards, don't let it sit too long is key (i.e. not for several hours, certainly not overnight). |
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Jun 21 |
answered | Efficient / flexible terrain - Creating a clear hex grid |
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Jun 16 |
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System for Setting: Joe Abercrombie's The First Law I think Burning Wheel (or Riddle Of Steel, maybe, but it's out of print) is an excellent choice. I would strongly advise you to be aware that Luke Crane (author of BW) is in the process of publishing and releasing a revised (final?) edition of the game this summer (called Burning Wheel Gold). I suspect you'd be well advised to wait for that edition of the game, as it's liable to be as improved as the "Revised" edition was over "Classic". Pre-orders for the game will start at the end of June 2011, and Luke will be selling the game at GenCon 2011. Paizo is also taking orders for it now. |
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Jun 16 |
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System for Setting: Joe Abercrombie's The First Law System Does Matter, yes, but that phrase typically indicates that the game itself mechanically reinforces the game's theme. In this respect, it's hard to apply it to "I want to do this book or TV show, what system do I use?" The right answer there is probably figure out what the books are about, ask yourself if a game can be about the same thing, and then ask if there's a game already that's about that thing. Burning Wheel is a game about characters being heroes despite the odds, and most especially themselves. To me that sounds like a great fit. |
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Jun 16 |
accepted | Do Laborers need tools to make tests, or do they get an extra die for having tools? |
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Jun 14 |
asked | Do Laborers need tools to make tests, or do they get an extra die for having tools? |
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May 24 |
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Overview of D&D retro-clones Making publisher of MF and S&S explicit (and linkified S&S) |
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May 19 |
awarded | Enlightened |
