I'm a big fan of the Earthdawn take on magic items. When you find a magic item, in order to use it you need to learn some of it's history, and spend legend points (Eathdawn XP) to bind it to you.
As you learn more about it, it's name, the name of the first hero to wield it, the name of the firs...
Vorpal weapon reads:
Whenever you roll the maximum result on any damage die for this weapon, roll that die again and add the additional result to the damage total. If a rerull results in another maximum damage result, roll it again and keep adding.
Hunter's Quarry reads:
Once per round,...
I made some changes to sort out the "roleplaying" war in the making. I moved the "what is roleplaying" to meta and purged comments on the "RPGs that emphasize roleplaying" question, which may get retitled based on the discussion in meta. We need to find a way for people to discuss the "character portrayal" (very important) part of RPGs without being flame bait for the "WHAT I DO IS ROLEPLAYING TOO" butthurt crew.
Hey I didn't like how dd-essentials doesn't use the "dnd" of our other tags and how it doesn't have the 4.0 in it; I can only imagine they'll come out with a "D&D 5.0 Essentials" in 2020. Please vote up the synonym, apparently as a mod I can't unilaterally create one: rpg.stackexchange.com/tags/dnd4.0-essentials/synonyms
There were questions tagged "dd-essentials." We had determined that D&D should be abbreviated "dnd", and also I think it's worth saying it's D&D 4.0 Essentials since there well may be a D&D 5.0 Essentials in 2020. Go vote on my tag synonyms if you agree, I think it should be changed...
A friend of mine's assassin just got Sunspray Heritage which includes an encounter power- when hit by a radiant or fire damage, the triggering damage is reduced to 0. When he's in Shade form he's vulnerable 5 to radiant.
My question is- is the vulnerability applied before or after the effect- d...
Could someone show an example of how psychic powers work in Deathwatch? I am confused because I am used to how they worked in Dark Heresy which is different, the individual powers don't have thresholds anymore, it simply appears to be a willpower test now.
In Deathwatch I notice there are rank tracks for general space marine, deathwtach, and specialty. When you are rank 1 are you eligible for buying abilities from rank one of all three types?
Or specifically, how can I adapt Wilderness of Mirrors Obtaining Information/complication system onto the resource management/clue finding Gumshoes system.
There are a lot of sections in the book that illustrate how to roleplay Space Marines. it's not 4 hours of shooting things in the face, though yes, it is higlhy combat oriented.
Oh, it reprints the rules for monster traits that you could previously get a full list of in the insert from the GM screen.
It's got some new ones for crafting tyranids as well.
There's a Cohesion stat that the appointed kill-team leader. The entire team can use this pool of points however. You start off in 'solo' mode, where you have abilities that only benefit you. Or if you meet the criteria, you can shift into squad mode, where you can partake in shared benefits of whoever has squadded-up
If you lose too much Cohesion, your team starts to break up and will not be as effective.
There's a lovely note in the equipment section of what happens if a non space marine tries to use a space marine weapon.
It's one size larger (pistol -> basic, basic-> heavy, heavy->no), -30 to shoot, and the GM may require you to pass a toughness test to even try it.
In what games (either in-print or out-of-print) are the rewards for playing a role the primary means of character advancement, as opposed to rewards for other activities (such as combat or loot)?
I have an unfinished papercraft project that has stared at me since summer '07. Foamcore board sectioned off into 1.5 inch squares, each with a 1 inch square of velcro in the middle. The other board is cut up into shapes that fit on top of this with nice color papercraft structures on top.
Only got halfway into it and then just put it away.
I recently picked up the Scavenger Bird Ki Focus for my assasin. I have 2 questions.
Does the implement enhancment of +1 attack rolls and +1 damage rolls get apply to any weapon?
And when using the at will power, does only the number shrouds you have on the enemy move to a new enemy?
Just wan...
I owned first and third editions, and played a fair bit of first edition. I'm sort of lightly interested in fourth edition, but am curious about what's been changed, fixed, or altered. If the question's too large, I'd settle for the differences between third and fourth and will edit the question ...
Vorpal weapon reads:
Whenever you roll the maximum result on any damage die for this weapon, roll that die again and add the additional result to the damage total. If a rerull results in another maximum damage result, roll it again and keep adding.
Hunter's Quarry reads:
Once per round,...
There were questions tagged "dd-essentials." We had determined that D&D should be abbreviated "dnd", and also I think it's worth saying it's D&D 4.0 Essentials since there well may be a D&D 5.0 Essentials in 2020. Go vote on my tag synonyms if you agree, I think it should be changed...
Gold Stocks, Gold Mining, GLD, Silver Investing
A friend of mine's assassin just got Sunspray Heritage which includes an encounter power- when hit by a radiant or fire damage, the triggering damage is reduced to 0. When he's in Shade form he's vulnerable 5 to radiant.
My question is- is the vulnerability applied before or after the effect- d...
Is there somewhere I can find good PBP games? (specifically D&D) I tried google, but the results were pretty spotty. Thanks!
Will a gift that allows a Lesser Change of Self fool the Sight?
In what games (either in-print or out-of-print) are the rewards for playing a role the primary means of character advancement, as opposed to rewards for other activities (such as combat or loot)?
I recently picked up the Scavenger Bird Ki Focus for my assasin. I have 2 questions.
Does the implement enhancment of +1 attack rolls and +1 damage rolls get apply to any weapon?
And when using the at will power, does only the number shrouds you have on the enemy move to a new enemy?
Just wan...
