Recent content by Malleus Arianorum

...and helpless volunteers. King: Whoever wants to risk life and limb for the princely sum of 5 gp, step forward NOW. ...and innocent bystanders. Rogue: Stop or I'll shoot! ...and people the mafia want killed "like it was an accident" Bus driver: Honest! He just stepped in front! There...

I gotta say I realy liked Rodney. The dice never gave him a break but midgame, when the other players were wallowing in self pity, he turned the mood around. He was waiting the whole game to bust out his multiclass warlord power and when he finaly got to use it, his enthusiasm infected the whole...

Even so, the majority prefers 'not 1-1-1-1.' It's interesting because if we all voted for our fav movement style 1-1-1-1 wins but if we're voting to accept or reject 4E movement? 1-1-1-1 loses. Anyhoo, I voted for 1-2-1-2 since I'm playing that way now, and the house rule I'm tinkering with...

...and that is why 3E is more simulationist: 4E kicks simulationism curb in favor of fun. Math is hard so wacha gonna do? 3E chose 1,2,1,2 diagnals, 4E chose fun. It's not a gamebreaker but there are lots of instances where the simulation or fun choice has to be made and from what I've heard, 4E...

They mean "penalty" as in something bad added to a character to achieve ballance. Whereas a "bonus" or "class feature" is something good. 4th edition classes will only have bonuses, never penalties. Instead of limiting Clerics to simple weapons (a penalty) they'll give Fighters exlusive weapon...