Recent content by Ltheb Silverfrond

The alternative is making the whole thing PD. No license needed. Leave the licensing and sub-licensing to the publishers of supplemental materials. That way, if one gets overly litigious, or tries to horde ideas, they can be cut out of the hobby while leaving the core intact. Right now...

Public domain.

Rather than create a licensed RPG system, which runs the risk of another repeat of this drama, making an RPG and placing it immediately and directly into public domain. You can't copyright game mechanics, only their expression. Eliminate that hurdle. Let anyone publish. Sure, someone could...

But those things don't happen overnight. The industry would have time to move on and gravitate towards other products and deal with market shrinkage; some writers/publishers would move on, others would stay with their game of choice. The key difference here is Choice, and Blame. They can...

U_K! I am sorry to hear about your father. This year has taken a few relatives from me too, so I hope you are managing well. A graphic novel? Sounds cool. I did always like your art style, and your writing style struck a good balance between distinct descriptions and whimsy; making sense, but...

U_K! Its been a while, hasn't it? Just wanted to stop in and say 'Hi!' since it feels like ages since I've been back here. I hope you are doing well. As for Epic Bestiary 2? I'd love that, personally. I also think there is still a market for that kind of thing, especially if you were willing...

The wizard has mechanics to support their narrative control, the fighter doesn't; the best the fighter can do is roleplay their narrative control, which the wizard can also do. The wizard just has mechanics backing them up. My question is: How do you have *Magic* without giving one...

U_K! Actually, I have some questions concerning Ascension. I think I (or someone else) had asked some of these long ago, but a lengthy search produced no results. I may be soon in be running a 3.5E IH game. It'll be sandbox-y romp through the forgotten realms, and a giant train wreck of...

It seems simple enough; I'd agree an attack is when you roll to hit, but there are corner cases where the term 'attack' becomes confusing. Example: A warlord in my party has the power Death From Two Sides, which allows himself and an ally to make a melee basic, and "if both attacks hit, the...

1. FRPG Swordmages are pretty weak damage-wise, but they have lots of 'bad stuff' that they add to each of their powers; With Arcane Power, they get a few more damaging powers. It's usually the utility that makes the swordmage powers good, not just the damage. 2. Shielding; IMHO it's a bit...

The solution I use for my games is this: I hand out the magic items people want for their characters (if any preference is indicated) as early as possible along with some vanilla-available +X items. I tell the players that their magic item scale with them. (As in, when it says you are Level 6...

U_K! Stun locking isnt the only concern: Take the Tactical Warlord. He has a 1st level daily that, if it hits, adds his Int modifier to the whole party's attack rolls to the target until the end of the encounter. At first level, this is ok, it means they miss on 5's. Really good daily, right...

U_K! So, in H6, throne of bloodstone, one could run the old 1d1000 Balors thing. :) While I do miss those good old days of 3E/3.5E GMing, I certainly do NOT miss the work! :) After looking at your Thrin conversion, I have a couple of questions about 4E Epic+ design: (I am not exactly sure if...

For marks, I view "the fighter marks his target" as "The fighter focuses on disrupting the actions of this one guy." (Intercepting blows with parrys, shouting taunts/challenges, magical interdiction, etc) Whatever the mark does (class dependant) it does it well enough to annoy/disrupt the target...

I have a Sorcerer in the party I DM for who does stuff like this. Not too bad, a little strong, but not overpowering (since he is made of tinfoil and balsa wood). The way I read this power is: (with the key points in [brackets]) 1. Hit 'em 2. Then shift [up to] 1 square. (Since you can always...