Recent content by Laurefindel

I don’t mind complexity as long as it doesn’t translate as difficult. Similarly, I don’t mind simplifying the rules as long as it doesn’t end up more difficult to play. Obviously, what I find « difficult » is very subjective. PHB 5.14 is right where I like it to be for players option, 5.24 MM...

You’re mixing up Mielikki and Loviatar. Unless the Goddess of animals took a bad turn somewhere? I knew her unicorn Goddess friend Lurue was a bad influence on her! What, with that horn of hers and all…

Appaling or not, this view is closer to the classic depiction of elves in D&D. But that’s the thing, D&D’s elves are not folklore elves. They’re closer to Tolkien’s elves, themselves inspired but not copy of folklore elves, and who were all about the past. Don’t get me wrong, I think your...

There’s that. The Star Wars movies and TV crowd, the Star Wars computer game crowd, and the Star Wars TTRPG crowd are not the same crowd, event if there are overlapping zones in this Venn diagram. Wookiepedia as a whole, has probably a bigger overlap with the Star Wars movies+RPG part.

Agreed Such a systems should be able to support the narrative, but not driving the narrative. That would take too much place in a Star Wars game, where there should be at least a semblance of plot. A Star Wars RPG should allow a dynamic and dramatic game, but it should also allow other styles...

You mean the game where the goalposts keep changing and new stuff is added at any time? Yeah, that tracks with the media…

Since we’re at it, I have a pretty complete Star Wars RPG based on The One Ring (2e) engine/system. I’m finally happy enough with it to go have it printed and bound; I find it works well.

I haven’t watched the video but from previous Eberron material, Khorovar haven’t build their own world; they acquired a cultural identity which they half developed, half imposed by outsiders’ views. Yet, they have no nations, no leaders, and basically no social representation outside the...

TL;DR: Half-Elves are popular because they can be special without being alien. Now that I have a bit more time, here’s the long version: 1) For a long time, half-elves ans half-orcs were the only options of clearly mixed heritage. You could always roleplay a human of mixed heritage, but these...

Short answer; the are special without being alien.

Worth noting that Embers of the Emperium is mostly a setting book with character options, but requires the Genesis RPG book to be played (unlike the Star Wars games). The older RPG was its own stand-alone game. I never read it but only heard bad things about it.

Hypothetically, it’d be easy to include expected ability score bonus progression into the proficiency bonus and do without ability score completely. That, or keep a universal ability bonus and proficiency bonus separated for the purpose of features with a bonus/number of use equal to ability...

I never used it as a DM, but I have as a player. Low-level area of effect spells (like burning hands) become very efficient, and so do AoE class abilities (one of the players could teleport, dealing low damage to every creature within 5 feet of the place he teleported from). Spirit Guardian...

My go-to answer for that levels 5-12ish; enough that it takes a fireball to drop a bunch of them at the same time, but not too much so that a fireball drops most of them. So somewhere around 15-20hp.

It’s simpler to explain dis/advantage as pick lowest/pick highest because there aren’t any situation where picking the lowest voluntarily would be optimal in RaW, but I don’t think it’s against the spirit of Adv. to pick any of the two results instead of being forced to pick the highest