Malazan Book of the Fallen [Recruiting: M&M 2nd Ed]

perrinmiller · Jul 5, 2010

Edit: Nevermind, we are ready.

Friday · Jul 5, 2010

Everything alright?

Did I miss a step?

Friday · Jul 10, 2010

Just a quick FYI:

Won't be doing a post until tomorrow maybe, need to sit down and have a think about it! Just so you guys know - one is forthcoming! And we have a map now! Which I'll be adding shortly - I've got a less detailed version to upload and a really detailed version which I can email to you guys (its probably to big to upload) if you want? Let me know.

Walking Dad · Jul 14, 2010

BTW:
Durzo is PL 10 with his bow:
(att +9(+11), dam +10.
Both attack specialization and sneak attack count for PL purpose. Just to say.

Voda Vosa said:
There's something wrong in Durzo's stats. He can't have an attack bonus beyond the campaign power level, and if he does, he must trade off defense (or was it toughness?) I think.

Mostly I want to be sure, the NPC's will not be to strong, too.

perrinmiller · Jul 15, 2010

Whatever Friday decides is fine with me. When I did it I thought it was okay and he approved it. But if it's not right or unbalanced we should fix it.

Does losing the Accurate Arrows do it, or should I drop the Attack by +1 and put 2PP elsewhere ?

Voda Vosa · Jul 15, 2010

Power level is a value set by the Gamemaster for the campaign. It places
certain limits on where and how players can spend points when creating
heroes. Power level affects the following things:
• Attack: Your hero’s total attack bonus cannot exceed the campaign’s
power level.
• Defense: Your hero’s total defense bonus cannot exceed the cam-
paign’s power level.
• Save Difficulty: The saving throw modifier for your hero’s attacks
and powers cannot exceed the campaign’s power level. So at PL 8, for
example, your hero cannot have a save modifier greater than +8 (a
+8 damage attack, or a power with a save DC of 18, for example).
• Toughness Save: Your hero’s total Toughness saving throw modifier
cannot exceed the campaign’s power level.
• Fortitude, Reflex, and Will Saves: Your hero’s total Fortitude, Reflex,
and Will save modifiers cannot exceed the campaign’s power level +5.
• Skill Rank: A character cannot have more ranks in a skill than the
campaign’s power level +5. So in a PL10 campaign, a player character
cannot have more than 15 ranks in any one skill (10 + 5).
• Ability Scores: Ability scores are limited to a bonus no greater than the
campaign’s power level +5. Strength is restricted by the Save Difficulty
limit to a bonus no higher than the campaign’s power level, as is
Constitution by the maximum Toughness limit. This means a limit of (10
+ twice power level) for Strength and Constitution and (20 + twice power
level) for other ability scores. The Strength and Constitution limits may be
raised with an attack/defense trade off (see the following section).

From the manual, page 24

perrinmiller · Jul 15, 2010

M&M pg 24 said:
Attack & Save Difficulty: You can trade-off attack bonus for the saving
throw Difficulty Class modifier with an attack on a one-to-one basis.
So a PL 10 hero could have a +8 attack bonus in order to have a +12
save DC modifier, for example, or a hero that has chosen to have a
+15 attack bonus is limited to a +5 save DC modifier.

So if I get Sneak Attack (applicable firing from shadows???) then I cannot use Accurate Arrows. Attack +9 Damage +10

If not Sneak attacking the Attack +11 Damage +6

Doesn't sound like I need to change the character, just which bonuses I use. If my understanding is correct, I should try to get a base Attack at +10 instead of +9 to balance with the +10 damage.

Voda Vosa · Jul 15, 2010

You can have a +10 attack, if you drop your dmg to +0. like here: So a PL 10 hero could have a +8 attack bonus in order to have a +12 save DC modifier

Friday · Jul 15, 2010

Forgive me, a rather large lapse in my attention here - I agree with Voda, so perrin if you want +10 attack then the dmg modifier drops to +0. You can drop the attack bonus lower to get a dmg modifier.

Sorry guys, I think I was too eager to get everything going which meant I didn't look closely enough at the stats - my fault.