Recent content by Retreater

I'd have to critically fail (Natural 1) to get no benefit from exploit vulnerability. I can have less than perfect turns by... 1) Missing an attack roll 2) Being unable to reach a target due to my speed 3) Running out of actions before I could do anything important I don't need to set myself...

Lair of Aberrations - a collection of short adventures, like Dragon Delves but about mind flayers, beholders, and other aberrations.

Last session, I violated cardinal step 1 and decided to not exploit vulnerability on the remaining enemy with my action. He was a spellcaster. Had I done that, I could've potentially stopped him from casting a spell that was very dangerous to the party and dragged the combat an additional 2...

In an interview with Tomas Harenstam, the Free League CEO, he suggests between 20-30 sessions (at about the 10 minute mark). "The core game works for short to medium campaigns." Essentially, what the core of Dragonbane designed similar to the experience as expected by Basic D&D and there isn't...

I have experience with both systems. For my tastes, I prefer Dragonbane, which has provided some of the best gaming I've had in recent years. Things I like about Dragonbane... Non-humanoid monsters have interesting abilities Card initiative is quick, fun, and fluid Armor soaks damage XP is...

Instead of writing a Post-Mortem while a campaign falls apart, this time I'm going to write about the start of the campaign. Selection of the System I've been participating in a podcast where we actual play a one-shot and discuss it. The organizer - a friend of mine from outside my usual...

I'm not an expert in the Pathfinder world geography (or our world, if I'm honest). Mwangi Expanse seems to be sub-Saharan Africa. Their equivalent of North Africa seems to be an area called the Golden Road, consisting of the nations of Katapesh, Osirion, Qadira, Rahadoum, and Thuvia. That is...

Not made from actual amethyst?! False advertising. J/k

Gonna be completely honest, I think most APs I've played/run break down around book 2-3 (Kingmaker 1e and 2e, Quest for the Frozen Flame, Council of Thieves, Legacy of Fire, Mummy's Mask, Abomination Vaults.) So I don't know if I can blame it on Ruins of Azlant. I tend to get squirmy and bored...

Whatever the reason, it's not a fun time. I don't know - maybe drop us in a proper 2E AP, and that would be more dynamic? But really, the only change we're talking about is to make it more difficult on the rogue and gunslinger - and hoping that by decreasing their effectiveness the thaumaturge...

He doesn't need it because the ACs have all been easily critted in the first attack (usually crits on a 14+) and has something like double shot where he doubles the chances. Battlefield design is part of it. He can stand on elevation or at the back of a narrowish corridor. Also he has a feat...

The thing is, my potentially outlier group is very effective. The gunslinger is a crit machine, and the rogue does big sneak attack damage, so we're able to take enemies down quickly. Most of the time it's before I can even get to the enemies. But it's the concept of optimizing your way out of...

Not the next issue of an AP. I'm talking about the hardcover compilations that are released over a year later. If you watch this Paizo Live, at about 20 minutes, Erik Mona mentions that the Gatewalkers compilation was "updated based on player feedback."