James Gasik's latest activity

Again not sure if this has been answered but Dissonant Whispers take the creature to use one of its own actions (in this case a...

There should be a caveat here, I think. Bad guys have to survive contact with the PC's in order to react to their efforts. Now maybe...

Ok, I have to ask. What is the definition of "exceptional" that this thread is working with? Are we talking "higher stats/more...

Man this conversation moves fast. The way I see random encounters, the NPC's don't appear from nowhere- they're present in the area...

Well, it’s from 1e, so it’s probably fine. :)

I dislike it for weapons, but I'm curious how you feel about damage(take half) on a miss(successful save vs. your spell)? I think the...

If the rule is roll the dice only when either outcome of a roll is interesting, then how can it be implausible that every roll results...

I don't think Genre matters. To me it's time. A non-exceptional can't deal with the abnormal, supernatural, and exceptional...

For Gold and Glory. I know what is "gritty" is going to be subjective, and hard to define. Everyone is going to have their different...

I was using them as an example of a non-superhero setting where there are tiers of power as real things in the world of the fiction.

Yeah, I really wouldn't use the Knights of the Round as an example of bog-standard knights. That's like using the knights from the Song...

The Knights of the Round Table in the romances were anime heroes, powers wise. Lots of crazy stuff happening there in a genre that is...

I go with this. After a certain point of adventuring, all the normal people die, retire, or run support in the background. Once the...

That was my point. "Exceptional" doesn't have to translate into outright superpowers, and when some people talk about "superheroes" in...

This I would tend to agree with, albeit it varies a bit depending on the campaign/game. But I generally want highly competent...