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| bio | website | glorantha.temppeli.org/digest/… |
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| visits | member for | 2 years, 7 months |
| seen | Jun 10 at 12:45 | |
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Gaming background in D&D (Basic & 1st ed. AD&D), Traveller, Judge Dredd, Call of Cthulhu, Rolemaster but have played pretty much only Glorantha-based games this millenium, excepting games at cons and some other one-offs. I like reading rulebooks, though. I haven't really followed the D&D rules since 3.5e.
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Jun 10 |
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How do I get my PCs to not be a bunch of murderous cretins? @mxyzplk - If you think option #3 is nothing to do with in-game fiction, then I'm not doing a good job of communicating. I happen to think that in-game fiction solutions can only partly resolve conflicts about what players want from the game, so you will usually need assistance from either game mechanics or gamer-to-gamer discussion. The difference between #2 and #3 is that #2 aims to solve problem mechanically on the gamist level and #3 on the narrativist/simulationist levels, perhaps with support with changed mechanics. Maybe the distinction isn't as clear as I hoped. |
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Jun 10 |
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Systems with a dice mechanic that handles very easy and very difficult tasks @BrianBallsun-Stanton: Yes: the book was called "Designers and Dragons", was brought out in October 2011 by Mongoose, weighed about 400 pages, and is now out of print. Appelcline is currently working on a revised and expanded 4-volume version to be published with Evil Hat: IIRC, the drafts of the first two volumes are with the publisher, and the other two drafts are nearing completion. |
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Mar 23 |
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Looking for an evocative high fantasy rpg setting "None of these games have mechanical tie-ins to Honor or Valor" - Nothing with high production values, but, e.g., David Dunham's PenDragon Pass gives it a decent stab in a Ralian setting (barabarians meet knightly idealists). The RQ materials already stress cult virtues, and HQ2 has good mechanics for them. See poppyware.com/dunham/pdp. Reasonable cult virtues for Humakt (there are a few write-ups out there) might include Honourable, Truthful, Ruthless, Dispassionate, Courageous, and Understated - an OK character sketch for Pendragon. |
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Mar 23 |
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Looking for an evocative high fantasy rpg setting +1 excellent, as so often. Meta comments: I vote up on as much on the basis of how worthwhile answers are to read as anything else. |
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Mar 15 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jan 14 |
awarded | Excavator |
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Jan 14 |
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Which level 30 character built with only PHB1 can defeat Orcus solo? temporarily broken link: add alternative |
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Jan 14 |
answered | What skill should PCs use to find information in books in D&D 3.5e? |
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Jan 14 |
suggested | suggested edit on Which level 30 character built with only PHB1 can defeat Orcus solo? |
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Dec 19 |
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Searching for a Storytelling System Lowell Francis' review of Hillfolk I found worth reading, which explains how it relates to some well-established Laws themes: ageofravens.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/… |
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Nov 14 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Sep 4 |
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Flaws that aren't flaws @seven: That would make half of a good two-sentence answer. |
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Sep 4 |
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Flaws that aren't flaws To sloganise: character advantages and flaws are open-ended |
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Aug 30 |
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In early D&D, why would chainmail ever be preferred over plate armor? Change answer following DevSolar's comments |
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Jun 27 |
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In early D&D, why would chainmail ever be preferred over plate armor? Video 15 shows unrivetted chain, which as the chap say is below combat quality. I could make a video of my tinfoil plate armour. Another point: bodkins are the arrowhead of choice vs. chain, but perform relatively badly vs. plate. Hardened, barbed arrowheads are best vs. plate. Splinters - that makes sense: the beauty of plate is that blows that do not penetrate cause little harm. My impression of why plate is so much better than chain was because of swords and spears. |
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Jun 27 |
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In early D&D, why would chainmail ever be preferred over plate armor? @DevSolar: Take a look at, e.g., youtube.com/watch?v=q-Xp56uVyxs - search for [longbow plate] for several others: this is an unhardened bodkin, better arrowheads vs. plate were widely used in C15th, according to the Royal Armouries. You say: "a bodkin tip slices through average chain with very little effort" - unhardened bodkin points can penetrate decent quality chain, but not easily. Do you think you could find a source for the Conquistadores claim? |
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Jun 13 |
answered | What exactly are Prestige classes, and what purpose do they serve? |
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Jun 13 |
awarded | Constituent |
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Jun 8 |
awarded | Caucus |
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Jun 5 |
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"I am against several things that we have permitted on this site" - Mmm, I think of you as a fairly stringent closer, but that's stringently applying the same understanding of the rules as pretty much everyone else. Is there something else you mean by this? |
