Recent content by GMMichael

Oh. That's easy. Just give them the Retainer Toad treatment. Them: "Yay! We took out the evil emperor!" Toad: "Great job! But the princess is in another castle! On to World 2-1!"

That's fine for a campaign. For a max-level progression, it's a bit fast for me. Could you vary the speed - go slow when the PCs don't need a power boost, then grant levels faster as they do their "gotta get fit" montage?

Just one. Summon Ned.

Coffee or scotch? Start placing triggers 30 feet away from traps. Or drop in a gorgon that petrifies within 20 feet.

Maybe get a "light" token for the source-bearer to stand on? Orange is a torch, white is Daylight, black is darkvision . . . The range doesn't matter much if no combatants are attacking at range. It's pretty sweet though to be the archer in the dark, aiming at the well-torch-lit frontliner...

This is a natural consequence when you implement Pro and Con in place of Succeed and Fail. Rolled a Con? Fail with opportunity OR succeed with complication. Failing alone is just . . . not interesting.

Somewhere in between. It seems weird that knowing your enemy and knowing the terrain grant special bonuses when they are already bonuses. "I know my enemy's weak spot." Great, hit him there. Do you really need a superiority system on top of that? My NPCs don't use morale, but when they hit...

Players gonna play. If you give them options, they won't choose any. If you "rollercoaster" them, they'll complain that they don't get options. The GM's job is much like that of a marine's: adapt and overcome. (Or is it improvise?) Analysis paralysis, or apathy are my first reactions...

A draft of sample skills and perks has formulated. I'll be using them to flesh out the sample NPC/PCs, so they'll also be used in the demo play session. The parentheses in the skills are for the type of contest that will typically benefit from the skill: Physical, Mental, or MetaPhysical...

This is simple and excellent. I might borrow it. What keeps two characters from jumping straight into the sack (burlap, of course)? Well, one or both sides have a few issues that must be resolved amicably before they become an item. And before long, there's a little adventurer on the way . . .

So it's an OSR? Hmm, maybe not - I don't think there were they/them-identifying behemoths in the old school.

Looks great! You may take my eyes and I will blindly crawl in the hopes of being lovingly bound in holy spider webs.

Sounds like the party needs to have a chat with the local ranger before leaving town, to learn about the regional monsters. Active defense makes perfect sense to me, as long as it doesn't equate to "I postpone the end of combat for a round." How does intercepting enemy attacks work? It's...

Two words: death tree. Assuming this means what I think it means, I'd say the issue is D&D's focus on hit points. What if monster entries listed a Morale Check Bonus, or a Bribe Minimum, or a Non-Combat Goal for each monster?

So I misread this earlier (but my solution stays the same). I thought Hawk said that rolling off-screen wasn't possible, but it now looks like "making the PC's roll is a pain because all the bonuses are tied into a player-facing mechanism which isn't concealable." Rolling the DC allows the PC...