Recent content by Marcus Smythe

If your interested in specific house rules to offset the strengths of Psionics, the OP is your best bet. A large % of the thread has been spent arguing strengths and weaknesses, and suggesting strategies to allow GMs to deal with Psionics as written, without having to make changes to the rules...

Hug your god-daughter, pet your puppy, and work is more important than gaming debates. I have a sneaking suspicion that the thread will still be going when you get back.

Frylock... while I'm feeding you to the not nice poster (me, myself, being the nice guy)... im curious about a few things.. 1.) Whose tracking that Psions PSPs? If hes fully augmenting every round, and the Warmage is casting every round, and the Warmage runs out of spells before the Psion...

Objection. Assuming facts not in evidence. I deny your anecdotes, and substitute my own! -aside to Tikiman- I've been playing Good Cop. This one seems to require Bad Cop, you want it?

You are mischaracterizing my statement. I suggested that I preferred not to do core only in a debate context, as I felt that doing so would be choosing the debate context that was most favourable to the opposing position. I suggested Core+Complete as a middle ground. While it might well be...

Random Thought on Character Balance: 1.) The real issue of balance is one of actual play, at actual tables. 2.) Thus, balance is an issue between actual characters in play at those tables. 3.) A version of almost any character concept can be built (given sufficient materials) that will...

You know, I was ready to paint you with the broad brush there for just a little bit, but the last comment really rings a bell. (And no, I dont begin to think the Complete books are completely fair and balanced.. but then again, I dont think Core is, either.) I agree. Completely. Things that...

I just dont see how we can get anywhere in any sort of balance debate if you presuppose your ability to throw out anything you wish, by calling it 'Broken'. Then we arent debating balance as between X and Y, but as between X and whatever you fell like Y is at the time. Or are you strictly...

They are in fact related to the Psion.. but then again, I've not noticed many people here to fix the Psychic Warrior or the Soulknife. RE: Concentration Check to gain powers: Hmm... Id have to think about this. Would kinda tilt the scale to combat nukers, because they could just roll-up...

Hmm.. come up with a % that makes everyone happy, and I could get behind that. I prefer per-encounter management rather than per-day management. Put in some fashion to exceed those limits, with an appropriate risk/penalty, and Id be on board 100%. Now, it would cost the psion some of his...

1.) RE Concentration Checks when Grappled: Considering that the grapple also probably came with some damage, some continuing damage, and in the anticipation of you-just-died damage, Ill pay the gold and not roll. 2.) RE: House Rule. We differ in perception. My perception is that you would...

Oh, and by the way... I'm still curious as to the response to: "Why Psionics is Broken, and what is needed to fix it" Psionics suffers from an inflexible concept of power knowledge, limiting the ability of the Psion to fill the 'problem-solver' role in the party normally required of D4...

The Psion hardly gets his Ring of FOM for free.. I paid as much for mine as the Arcanist did for his, and I wanted it just as bad. Ive got better things to do with my life than try to make concentration checks and praying while the improved-grabber-o-doom is warming up his Full Attack Action...

Taraxia, Takasi, Tikiman... Its getting to where I need a play card to know which of you to flame when I see you posting. :D Seriously though, its kinda nice.. forces me to assess posts, and not posters. One question.. do you find that the 10xp/rnd thing AND the "X % of Resources-per-fight'...

Well, considering that your going for broken, I have every faith in your ability to acheive it. I have less faith in what it will prove.. but whatever you and your fellow players enjoy! :D