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Seven sessions and counting. Down one player (paladin/ranger could not make it). What level is your average character now? Are they happy with the advancement and their increase in ability? They are all lvl 2 currently. They haven't complained to me about advancement yet. :shock: Wow. Sounds like t...

StormPatriarch wrote:Seven sessions and counting. Down one player (paladin/ranger could not make it).

What level is your average character now? Are they happy with the advancement and their increase in ability?

There's no restrictions on wearing armor. If the player feels his character would wear such armor, and the character has the money or stole it off a dead person, it's his. There is a restriction on heavier armors, like plate cuts the Evade DP (close quarters dodging) in half.

Another new spell: Spell Name: Turn Undead Power Source: Supernatural School: Theurgy Effect: Influence Manifestation: Positive energy Range: Area Aspect: Resilience This spell causes undead creatures in the area of effect to flee at their full movement rate. Comments? Hey, that works. ;-) Normally...

Yep! Summoned creatures bypass RS. ;-) Is there a page number for this? Thanks. No, because I took it as a given based on precedent (admittedly, I assumed it). Now that you mention it, I'll make it official and add it to the revision. Summoned creatures do not affect Resilience with regular physica...

One more: Gelatinous Cube TY: Level 4 (average die-rank: D8) TR: Melee: Slam -- 1D4 + 4 (acid damage) Arcana: D12 + D8 (Paralyze) EA: None HP: 40 RS: 20 BP: D3 Notes: Gelatinous cubes secrete acid that dissolves organic material, but does not affect metal or stone. Any creature that is struck by a ...

Since it's a type of summoning spell, the creatures often bypass Resilience, unless reducing the effect of poisonous stings. Why is this? Do summoned creatures bypass Resilience? (I must admit that I haven't read the summoning section--I don't generally have many summoner-types in my games). I thin...

Questions arose around the spell Conjure Swarm. Here is the text: "This spell conjures a hoard of large stinging insects. Each insect has Potential-Harm of 1, with no more than a single hit point each, and zero resilience. The creatures’ initiative rank is as one group, equal to the caster’s S...

From page 44 of the core rules: The number of creatures summoned is equal to the result of the ability check, and each creature’s Potential-Harm is 1, with no more than a single hit point each, and zero resilience. Base the Spell Cost for this effect on an Area range, so is equal to MRV of the Abili...

StormPatriarch wrote: Sounds like the Polgara effect....

I like that character! Those were good books by David Eddings.

The Terror spell lists "Augment" as its Effect and "Intimidation" as its Aspect. What is Intimidation? How does this spell work? It enhances Coercion, and any use of Coercion where the character is specialized in intimidation specifically. So it summons the likeness of a "b...

dunbruha wrote:The Terror spell lists "Augment" as its Effect and "Intimidation" as its Aspect. What is Intimidation? How does this spell work?

It enhances Coercion, and any use of Coercion where the character is specialized in intimidation specifically.

I agree rules bloat is to be avoided. That's what Randy was for...I'd throw out a hundred ideas and he'd shoot down all but one. Game design for us was like two branches of government deciding on a bill... :lol: Fact is that spells and rituals can be controlled by the flow of information in the game...

Any thoughts on my feedback?

This discussion is interesting because it brings up a design decision that nearly went unspoken, except in the information within the Conjure Effect (see below, "Qualities of Energies"). That is almost all magic in the assumed Eldritch RPG campaign setting (and thus the game itself) is eit...

Most spell effects made permanent should remain in the realm of ritual. Most rituals last as long as the casting time (1 round casting time equals one round duration). With permanent effects, that's not going to work. Like ... flesh to stone ... would be a ritual the equivalent of 'incapacitation&qu...

In Runequest, we call the light spell on an arrow a Flare. We used it to light an area. You have to target a surface for the light spell, and since you can't see any thing over there you have to send the light. Thus the habit of flaring an ambush :) (I played/ran Runequest for 20 years :P) The choi...

6 sessions and counting. All players present. PCs in town for 2 days healing up, replenishing arrows, Paladin/Ranger kept the Goblin Kings Greatax and got it repaired at the local smithy. Now its back to a +4 Po-Harm. PCs level to second, Only the paladin/knight actually got his spell (Temple of Da...

The initiative system itself is great (pretty simple, yet still takes weapon speed and character action into account). It's when you go and throw that movement per battle phase in that tosses sand in the gears. On page 26, just chop off the rest of the movement section starting with, "The maxi...

Good eve! Thanks for the answers Dan, I appreciate them. And sorry about the crying baby. ;) Thanks, I enjoy answering questions. Also, my boy Aidan was born July 13th, so we've got a little ways to go before he allows us a good night's sleep, but I guess it's part of the job description. :wink: The...

Hi there! :D 1- Page 25, Simultaneous Attacks: The text says, "Handle opting for a simultaneous action as an extra, free attack for the defender. However, once the defender commits to a simultaneous attack, he must carry through with his intended action." Why does the defender get an extra...

Oh well. Again, thanks for the help. I'll just make up my own critters until the monster supplement comes out. :) Here's what I use to convert from C&C creatures: Type: case by case—use judgement Threat Rating: Primary attack: use damage dice listed for creature + number of Hit Dice + any bonus...

Another new spell: Spell Name: Turn Undead Power Source: Supernatural School: Theurgy Effect: Influence Manifestation: Positive energy Range: Area Aspect: Resilience This spell causes undead creatures in the area of effect to flee at their full movement rate. Comments? Hey, that works. ;-) Normally...

mythfish wrote:So I guess I should have saved local copies of the stuff I put in the wiki...

They (the webteam) sent me a compressed file of the wiki...that I can't open. Nothing they sent me worked. I'll contact them again.

I had a sit down with my players last night and they seem to like the game (though I admit we haven't finished our read through) enough to give it a playtest. I'm still combing the rules to make sure I'm getting everything and so far, it's not as rough as some made it sound. Though I admit I still ...