I know that to try an better balance paragon and epic level players against similar level monsters, WOtC changed the math used for monsters for MM3, and I believe that they changed some of the types of powers they gave monsters.
If I want to update monsters from MM1 or MM2 to be in line with MM...
I'm trying to get back in touch with my old store in Oklahoma City. They have a physical bulletin board which amusingly still gets a good deal of traffic. I just need them to pin something up on it for me.
What games have no mechanical reward cycle, leaving character rewards and improvements entirely within the fiction?
This question is inspired by some of the answers to Which RPGs primarily reward playing the role. Since the question specified games that pinned character advancement largely on ro...
What really intrigues me is that it is inspiring offshoot games, such as goblin camp.
And lots of tools that mine the data, such as a dwarf fort visualizer. There's even one for graphical rendering of gameplay, but I think it only captures every other frame of data.
I'm trying to augment my melee troops with some ranged troops. However the ranged troops don't seem to be effective at all, even though they're all Skilled or better.
For example:
30 wood and bone bolts against a naked goblin resulted in bruises only.
30 wood and bone bolts against an armored...
I've got questions I've canceled because I realize they're either too open, or I simply need to re-read the dang book closer rather than just asking here.
Well most people are going to be playing the mainstream games. WOTC game lines, White Wolf lines, Hero system, and a handful of others that have broad coverage.
On January 28, 2010, Wizards of the Coast announced on their website that they would not be renewing their license to produce Star Wars products for their roleplaying and miniature gaming lines. Their license ended in May 2010.
I'm actually going to suggest D20 modern. Obviously it's d20 so it's fairly abstract, but the base system lead to fairly realistic combats (at low level). I suggest it as a good balance between realism and playability.
Attacks
D20 Roll vs AC.
AC is based on dexterity, a class bonus and armor...
Background - my D&D group meets weekly, we have a pretty good group of rules lawyers, but there are plenty of times when we have questions/disagreements. Each week we keep a list of questions generated by that session (0-3 a week) and figure out the real answers after the game.
I was thinki...
Necromancy and Conjuration (summoning and binding) were topics that were fairly thoroughly addressed in previous editions of D&D, and these topics certainly pop up often in fantasy literature. I don't see these in the D&D 4e books anywhere, are they addressed at all in this edition? Are...
Specific example - If a rogue successfully hides from one opponent can he then sneak attack that opponent? Or can the opponents allies use a free action to yell out, "Hey, the annoying guy with the crossbow is just around the corner, keep an eye out for him!" Thus denying the rogue combat advant...
I know that to try an better balance paragon and epic level players against similar level monsters, WOtC changed the math used for monsters for MM3, and I believe that they changed some of the types of powers they gave monsters.
If I want to update monsters from MM1 or MM2 to be in line with MM...
I'm trying to augment my melee troops with some ranged troops. However the ranged troops don't seem to be effective at all, even though they're all Skilled or better.
For example:
30 wood and bone bolts against a naked goblin resulted in bruises only.
30 wood and bone bolts against an armored...
