Recent content by Mark_Aurel

I've never said that Improved Critical should work in a different way. I've said that the mechanic of 'add +1 to critical multiplier' should work (or at least be worded, if the intention is different than it sounds) in a different way to be _in line_ with the benefit from Improved Critical. To...

Ummm. Okay. Who said otherwise?

Mmmm. CR is a wonky thing. I wouldn't really say a magic equipment-less 14th-level fighter is that much more of a challenge than something like a hill giant or a stone giant. He'd better have a pretty well-built feat selection. CR and LA are not tied together at all. A monster's CR reflects on...

Already have, quite a while ago. Not quite sure what your point is, though.

The 'standard rules?' Take Improved Critical. It _doubles_ the crit range of the weapon in question. It doesn't add +1 to the crit range, which would favor axe-like weapons over sword-like weapons, and which would mirror adding +1 to the critical multiplier rather than doubling the additional...

The original system can certainly be a bit too strict, in that it estimates ECL rather conservatively. The system seems balanced with optimal builds in mind -- which is good from the viewpoint of not allowing overly powerful PCs into a party, but bad from the viewpoint of allowing a player to...

That tends to favor sword-type critical hits over axe-type critical hits in terms of average damage. You double the extra damage from critical hits from swords, but you only increase the extra damage from axes (×3) by 1/2. To be an even change on average, it should double the extra damage from a...

I wish I had, but I'm a lurker, not a fighter.

Norwegian, currently living in Sweden.

I've taken to a smorgasboard-like approach in my campaign. I pick and choose the classes that are appropriate to a given area, race, or culture. The Oriental classes (samurai, monk, ninja, wu jen, shugenja) are generally reserved for an Oriental-themed milieu. Currently, I'm DMing a British Dark...

That wouldn't be entirely accurate, given the way things scale. Take a fighter as an example. Going up in level, his attack value will increase, his damage output will tend to increase, his AC will increase, and his hit points will increase. Assuming that two fighters of the same level have...

I didn't say 'fundamentally' different. Just different. If I want something that's 'realistic, grim and gritty,' I'll go play with Chaosium's system or something. Tying the core D&D rules too much up with flavor text as indicated in the topic initially would make those rules that much harder...

Divorcing the rules from flavor text makes it a lot easier to adapt said rules to different settings, as you get a minimum of preconceived notions of how to apply them or how things 'should' be. I may want a campaign where my characters go search for special quills, I may want a campaign where...

But where did you dig up those quotes? The only place I know of that Millar regularly posts is http://www.millarworld.biz - and I don't see him post much at the political boards there.

Have you read Authority (the first volume, not the current, which is far inferior) or Planetary? If you like the Ultimates, I'm pretty sure those might be good reads too. And issue 7 of Ultimate Fantastic Four can be found here, if you haven't read it...