Recent content by Eric V

Feeling high level isn't just about how much damage one can put out as a player. It's also about what one can survive. In epic 4e, you can be sure that the opponent will survive long enough to use abilities that are frightening and devastating and it feels epic to survive them (or quickly...

They can't be, can they? Didn't he claim they never made it to that level? Of the two people discussing high level 4e, only one actually has experience with the game at that level...

On a VTT, this might still be a good feature...

Why couldn't they just write it out how it was intended to work? Because as it is, it doesn't do what we all know it should do. "Eh, they'll figure it out" is lazy design.

I wish people would just imagine seeing this in a movie, or reading it in a book...there's no way they'd conclude "Well, the reason he's misfiring so much is because he's so good, one of the best ever actually!"

1) They don't say exactly, only if the spell would work 2) Why is that a problem, exactly? They worked hard to weaken the enemy so that the wizard can finish it with their most powerful spell. That's GOT to be a better scenario than "Oops, sorry...had 3 too many hp for that spell to work. Too...

Oh, for sure, D&D isn't like that at all...but maybe it should be if it had hp-thresholds for spells. Just to be clear, players in 13A don't know the hp totals of their enemies, just if their hp-dependent spells would work or not.

Fortunately, 13th Age has both! As well, hp totals aren't a secret; if your spell wouldn't apply because of a hp threshold, the GM tells you so...it's not a game of GM gotchas!

I think it's possible that a lot of these issues are addressed by putting hp thresholds on spells...matches a lot of narratives as well (Having to weaken your powerful enemy before the spell can snare him or some such).

24? 2d8 +4 for Con gets 20...unless I am missing something?

I think this is definitely part of it, yes. Kicking in doors to take stuff can still be a very fun game, but I find that board games now give me that experience in a great way (dungeon crawler board games have come a long way, IMO...my current fav being Journeys in Middle Earth, though I am...

It's really not the same. That's an inference YOU are making; it's certainly not what Minigiant said.

Nah. Casual conversations with strangers have no burdens.

Sure, if he was trying to get published or whatever...this is just a message board, there's no burden. You can look it up yourself, but you won't because you might discover he's right.

Nah. You're not his supervisor. He doesn't owe you anything; you're just a random guy on a message board. He's not trying to get an academic paper published, either. He is making a claim, doesn't have the citation on hand at the ready, but knows what one can use as a search if they are so...