Recent content by Vayden

Hi Usagi - we're playing every other Thursday right now, 7:00-11:00 PM ish, at my place in Vancouver. If that's good for you, shoot me a pm and we'll go forward from there.

Looking for 1-2 more players to round out a group to try Numenera when it comes out. (I backed the kickstarter so I should have the PDFs August 1st). Portland, OR and surrounding area (I'm actually in Vancouver across the river).

If for some reason the 5e designers decide that real hp healing is unacceptable for people who can't cast spells, I would accept a temp hp Warlord as long as it meant we were in PHB1. But I hope it doesn't come to that - hp are a pretty strange abstraction anyway, and the pacing of the game is...

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I agree with the OP that I don't play with Raise Dead in my campaigns, but I'm going to join the chorus and say that yes, put it in the rules for people who do want it. It's a very very easy thing for me to take out for my campaigns (unlike, say, stun attacks for 50% of monsters over level 9).

I think Vancian magic is flawed and silly and would never play a Vancian caster again (and would probably house-rule it out of most of my games unless one of my players really wanted it for some reason), but I'm happy to have it back in the game in the name of unity. Why are you trying to...

Yeah, you really have to think 4e would have been a lot better received if they'd made one of English major types go through and collect playtest feedback and refine the naming and terms etc. There were entire threads full of outrage about that Golden Wyvern School feat or whatever back in the day.

Putting all the old archives online sounds good. Does Paizo still have the rights to their run?

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You don't have to make roles a part of the game to include the Warlord. You just need a non-magic using class that can inspire, improve, and "heal" (where heal is defined as restoring the abstract concept called hitpoints) other characters. And you call that class the Warlord out of respect to...

I'm a pretty big fan of tactical mini-games, especially the ones that also allow you to develop a personality and history and non-combat experiences for your pieces. There's this little mod to Chainmail that I've played a few editions of that's particularly good.

My original point was to raise awareness of one of the features of 4e that I think is near and dear to a lot of us (4e players) and that we would very much like to see in 5e if it's truly going to be an edition for all players, not just "all the players WotC lost to Pathfinder and old-school...

Yet I keep getting into arguments with people who think the Warlord shouldn't be able to heal . .

Good idea. Here's another one: Hit Points: Hit points do not usually represent actual damage. They are representation of your heroic resolve and ability to keep struggling against opponents. This is why you can recover hit points (not just gain temp ones) by using your second wind or having a...

Yep, that's something I never want to see again. One of my favorite things about 4e was that low level casters and high level non casters were both fun and did awesome things. That being said, I'm resigned to the fact that if we're doing an "edition for everyone", there will be Vancian magic...