Recent content by Hussar

Sorry, not true. Make a save and that black dragon breath doesn't do much damage at all. All the fighter types will survive it. Please stop trying to nit pick every example I bring up. it's incredibly frustrating to have to "prove" everything to someone who cannot be bothered to...

NPC's do not have proficiencies.

Yeah, I gotta admit, I'm about as careful as I can be about people's sensibilities, but, there has to be some conflict in a setting. Integration happens for all sorts of reason, but, primarily it happens because people sort of shift around. Even if you only move 20 or 30 miles per generation...

One thing that sort of traditional fantasy has leaned into is the notion of segregation. You have the "elf lands" "dwarf lands" etc. More modern takes on fantasy have become far more integrated. If your world has a bunch of different humanoid species, it does make a lot more sense that they...

I have heard so many good things about Star Trek Adventures. I got to play a couple of sessions of it and REALLY enjoyed it. Next time it comes on sale somewhere, I think I'll dive in.

But, that's the point. While the mechanics might be different, it plays out exactly the same.

A bit cherry picking don't you think? That's the absolute biggest dragon in the game. An Ancient Black dragon is the end boss in a 4th level AD&D module - the first Dragonlance module. And the party absolutely obliterates it even with the magical item help.

What kind of cover do you expect to have while flying? If slings bother you, how about light crossbows. Not exactly a stretch that a town could have a militia of 100 light crossbowmen or archers. "In formation" means, hey guys spread out a bit so it can't breathe on all of you at once. Not...

I've only had limited success with that sort of thing. Players want to play their characters and I find that some players really don't like the idea of sitting down for a chunk of a session playing a character that isn't theirs. It's really something I've struggled with in other games where...

It's always funny how the math never seems to matter. 10 peasants vs an AD&D ogre will obliterate that ogre in a single round. 10 peasants vs a 4e Minion Ogre will take 2 rounds on average and there should be at least 4 ogres in that group, meaning that probably all the peasants die. 100...

It's very difficult to make that kind of blanket statement. After all, what kind of technology are we talking about? Maybe the missiles are about the size of a baseball and pack the explosive equivalent of a small nuke. Stealth technologies make targeting difficult. Lasers or energy weapons...

This is quite possible. I played SFB back in uni, so that's an embarrassingly long time ago. I have no idea which version of the rules we were playing.

Yes, but, you could always ram. Which then detonated your engines. But, your point is still very well made. They were basing things off of the TV show, which obviously had different priorities than a wargame. That's kinda what I mean though. When you want to discuss the logistics of space...

Not without running afoul of site restrictions. But, surely you can think of wars from the 20th century where very aggressive nations have attacked their neighbours for a number of reasons. But, putting to one side all the political issues of a space war, let's try to focus on the technical...

So, it's not possible, in your mind, that your table may have misinterpreted the rules? That all of us who are telling you that that's not what the rules say, because we also played the system for quite a while, both as players and DM's, might potentially have a better grasp on the system?