Goodman Games

Electrum is a (naturally-occurring) alloy of gold and silver. It seems odd to have its coins worth 10x as much as gold (p56). I can see characters trying to make a mint out of this...

I suggest it be devalued or its column swapped with gold (if you want to keep a decimal progression).

Aargghh! Lost my post. :? Short one instead: Thanks for the replies everyone; very useful. I agree with the points raised. I think it's maybe that I just haven't quite got the feel for the system monsters yet. It was my (first) impression that Eldritch had fewer variables to play with, but it's earl...

I had a question related to this. (I don't mean to twist the thread, so if this post does, I demand that the moderator moves it elsewhere!) Over a campaign, rather than just a few gaming sessions, how do you keep the monsters distinctive? Is it purely verbal description? (Blue gleeps rather than red...

I have a player who's keen to use cestus(es), that is the Roman pugilist's metal-studded gloves. My thoughts were that these would add 1 to harm bonus to the boxer, allow parrying or deflection (knuckledusters would be no good, but gloves or gauntlets are big enough), but not the Martial Arts abilit...

Ah well, it just goes to show. The gaming industry should really face up to this blot on the escutcheon and hire professional editors (such as myself) at highly rewarding rates...

Cheers --
Malcolm