tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722084728802375781.post8381816215441715832..comments2024-03-24T04:47:16.450-04:00Comments on I Am The Warden!!: OptionsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02230071303022988712noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722084728802375781.post-58925118336790936092011-07-25T14:00:20.317-04:002011-07-25T14:00:20.317-04:00I understand the issues with d20, trust me! I'...I understand the issues with d20, trust me! I've played it and written for it long enough to understand the vagaries and plain silliness of the system. I also understand that the highly abstract combat system can be a major turn off for some.<br /><br />But it does work, and it is fairly quick, as long as the GM keeps the action moving along.<br /><br />I've been toying with a few ideas on how to tweak it (especially initiative and changing the order around), but I won't go into that here, aside from to say that as an integral part of the game upon which so much is dependent and interrelated, it's not an easy go. I know you've been through that already with products of your own.<br /><br />But, back to d20 combat: Yes, it is abstract, but if adjudicated properly, it can be made to "seem" more real. Role-playing games are collective story telling, and so if you have people capable of it, you make them "tell" what happens based on how the dice come up.<br /><br />I find it also simpler if I work under the paradigm of "Everything has 4 hit points; everything else is an amalgam of luck, exhaustion, bruising, bashing, and scraping in general."<br /><br />It's only when things get down to those last 4 hit points that I start getting downright mean about player-character actions.Sean Frolich - Head Honchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001756925250601923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722084728802375781.post-19832789247397867122011-07-25T09:39:13.451-04:002011-07-25T09:39:13.451-04:00I know I've become very bored with D&D'...I know I've become very bored with D&D's mechanics, but also Pathfinder and most other systems. They're neat, orderly, and limited IMO. I've explained how most RPG combat works to my non-gamer friends and my fiancee as such:<br /><br />"I say, I shall now take a moment to strike you with my sword. Aha! A hit! Jolly good and 12 points of damage, one of my best."<br /><br />"Hmm, perhaps, but I still have 88 hit poInts left and you'll need to hit me at least 8 more times to kill me. So now I shall attack you!"<br /><br />"Well, I suppose that is fair. We are gentlemen after all. Would you like to grapple me?"<br /><br />"I was tempted, but it seems pointless. I'd have to use my entire turn just to grab you. What say we just keep smacking each other until one of us goes down?"<br /><br />"Capital idea!! I await your attack, my good Orc."<br /><br />SNORE!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230071303022988712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722084728802375781.post-52667075182861329282011-07-24T14:51:22.828-04:002011-07-24T14:51:22.828-04:00Why stop playing 4e?
Simple; it's a horrible...Why stop playing 4e? <br /><br />Simple; it's a horrible system. If have to stick to a d20 system, play Pathfinder. It's what 4e should have been. Or, play OS, one Warden here finishes it up!<br /><br />BTW, I am intrigued so far. I'll keep reading, see if I like what's coming.Sean Frolich - Head Honchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001756925250601923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722084728802375781.post-45265230360178919122011-06-28T13:43:59.849-04:002011-06-28T13:43:59.849-04:00Two reasons. As a publisher, I felt incredibly lim...Two reasons. As a publisher, I felt incredibly limited in my design options while still abiding by a license such as the GSL. Look at Break & Enter. To make stealth work the way I wanted, I had to use dramatic alterations to the rules to make it work. As a player, I've never truly felt my characters could perform at the table in the same way I picture it in my mind. What better way to fix those issues than build a new system from the ground up?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230071303022988712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722084728802375781.post-60994112331120260892011-06-28T12:25:08.365-04:002011-06-28T12:25:08.365-04:00wHY STOP PLAYING 4e?wHY STOP PLAYING 4e?benenskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497085883085019491noreply@blogger.com