Recent content by Pling

"Meaningful consequences" and "limited consequence-free safety nets" may not be contradictory, but there is a high level of inconsistency between those two statements. Inconsistency is a type of logical fallacy. A number of folks in this thread have called you out for your reasoning, and that...

Given what you have said-- and I respect what you are trying to accomplish in your world, I believe the solution is quite simple. When characters die, they stay dead and the player rolls a new character. That new character is allowed to start with the same number of experience points that the...

Two quick thoughts: 1) Lots of NPCs. These could be controlled by you, or your players, or a combination of both to suit your needs. NPCs would give a bit of a buffer and allow for dramatic deaths from time to time. Sometimes my players have lamented the loss of a great NPC as much as any...

Here is link to some work I did on using existing rules to represent psionics a while back. It uses existing spells to represent psionic powers, and then splits these spells into disciplines by way of new spell lists. The class of psionicist is then created through a mashup of warlock and...

Very nice. I think the abilities seem well balanced. Good job!

I really, really LIKE the idea of giving Improved Critical for favored enemies. It makes a great deal of sense. Know the weak spots of your enemies!

Thanks for the feedback folks! As for outshining other party members, probably not. Here is a quote directly from the document. "Psi Surges result in a damage type called psi damage. Psi damage may only be healed after taking a long rest. No other means, magical or otherwise, will suffice."...

Mirror Image is one of the rare buff spells without Concentration requirements. It is possible that this is why the designers chose not to scale the spell. Aid, however, both scales AND does not require Concentration AND can be cast on multiple persons. It might just be the baddest buffing...

Hi all, Here is a psionicist class that I cooked up. It uses existing spells as "psionic talents." The basis for the class is a combination of sorcerer and warlock type features along with a spontaneous additional use ability that utilizes cannibalization of the hit point resource. Hope you...

I am 41. Son is 15 and a DM. Daughter is 12 and a player. Wife is of unspecified age and a commoner. I have been DMing since I was 9. Loving every minute of it.

The One Ring is probably the finest "low magic" system that I have played, aside from Call of Cthulhu probably. They just came out with the revised rule book that makes things a bit better organized. If you would like to read my short review, you can find it here...

Definitely a sandbox / site microregional adventure... Area that can be dropped into any homebrew world. Lots of hooks and interlacing stories / NPCs My favorite products published by Necromancer were: Tomb of Abysthor ( I dropped it right into my Greyhawk campaign and highlighted a crusade by...

I would like to see Greyhawk and Dark Sun.