Recent content by oxybe

I've never seen it implemented or executed in any way I found palpable in my 20+ years of gaming. It doesn't add tension, if anything it kills tension. Death is, for the most part, the least interesting result that can occur in a game. You want me to stop caring about the character and the...

After seeing the revealed character sheet and how rather boring the fighter looks (although i will admit, this is the bare-bones simple fighter) it doesn't immediately make me want to throw cash at the game. Going to go on a limb and guess that this is probably going to be the fighter we see in...

you mean like 4th ed's half level bonus that applied to all attacks, defenses & skills? what 5th ed did with proficiency is hardly innovative, but more akin to the tuning of a concept previously introduced within the bounds of the smaller bounded accuracy. unfortunately for me, I saw nothing in...

When it comes to 5th ed, the last I saw/read was the last public playtest and I personally wasn't impressed. I do, however, hope for the best and am willing to try out the system when it comes out, but until then I fully expect a game I don't care for. Either way though, I probably won't be...

my frustrations and unresolved issues with my group's system of choice and campaign direction culminated with me leaving them upon completion of the adventure. that was about seven months ago. i decided to take the plunge once more, if only because i haven't had many opportunities to hang out...

who said anything about combat and phat loot only though? it's a pretty well-known fact that casters simply have far more versatility available to them in how they can approach most any situation. a non-caster is forced to approach a situation as you or i would. a caster can approach it with...

wow... you're blisteringly unhelpful. The problem i have is that what magic is capable of (conceptually) has no limits, whereas mundanes are effectively limited to what you or i can do in real life only maybe sometimes better. Magic, in D&D, has no inherent scope or limits placed on it's...

you know, i'm still waiting for people to fix my game beyond going "You're the GM, you figure it out!"

there's a certain point where i have to ask myself "why am i still playing this game that i'm always finding something new to have issue with? why am i spending so much time trying to make the game barely playable rather then focusing on making it fun?" the rules might serve the game, but it is...

i never plan things out so carefully that if the players go left instead of right I call it a night and lose some sleep over it. i prepare things by simply taking notes on player actions, knowing the area the players are in and what is happening in the area. between that and keeping things...

i guess my main problem with all these random tables we seem like we're getting is this: how much of this is just padding? like a kid who's only got 8 pages in a 10 page essay, how many of these tables are just the equivalent of mucking around with fonts, line spacing and the page margins? i...

Golarion as a setting just leaves me feeling underwhelmed. from what i've played it's effectively just another generic fantasy setting with rebranded stand-ins for earth cultures. it could simply be the GM not being the Golarion Guru and strongly emphasizing certain key aspects i missed, but the...

both me and Wombat mentioned our lack of enthusiasm towards magic items, so i'll expand from my point of view. making the existing magic weapons (magic gear as a whole, really) scarce does not make them exciting AND has the bonus feature of hobbling the poor non-caster types by potentially...

the disparity of scope between full casters and everyone else is highly jarring. for the most part you're either a sword-swinger (or slightly glorified version thereof) or you're telling reality to sit down while the adults are talking. classes on a conceptual level. some, like the wizard, are...

hit points, thematically, is just plot armor. it's how much abuse your character can take before they drop unconscious or die. for the most part, when it comes to combat, it tends to fall into a weird inbetween realm of "how consistent is the GM going to be" and "how do i want to portray my...