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rmcoen reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread Friday Chat: What Mechanics Do You Steal From A Game To Use In Another? with
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I thought you were replacing "regular" crits. I understand now. Thanks! -
rmcoen reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Friday Chat: What Mechanics Do You Steal From A Game To Use In Another? with Like.
One presumes they still double the dice for the damage roll.
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rmcoen reacted to Gorgon Zee's post in the thread Friday Chat: What Mechanics Do You Steal From A Game To Use In Another? with Like.
13th Age Montage Scenes: I run those in any system that has any form of checks. If the system has a meta-currency, I'll use a montage...
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rmcoen reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread Friday Chat: What Mechanics Do You Steal From A Game To Use In Another? with Like.
We thought this same thing too! But here is why we went with this rule and it was better = It results in the same. Roll 5 times...
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rmcoen reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Friday Chat: What Mechanics Do You Steal From A Game To Use In Another? with Like.
It looks nice, but for me has one weakness - it looks like it reduces to a single roll. Like, we'll spend an hour with everyone rolling...
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rmcoen reacted to Laurefindel's post in the thread Friday Chat: What Mechanics Do You Steal From A Game To Use In Another? with Like.
So many good things in this game. The whole thing could be ported as a roleplaying game with (relatively) little effort.
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rmcoen reacted to Vael's post in the thread Friday Chat: What Mechanics Do You Steal From A Game To Use In Another? with Like.
I also tend to see Fate Aspects everywhere, lol. Experiences from Daggerheart can have a lot of that Aspect language, spend a Fear to...
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rmcoen reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Friday Chat: What Mechanics Do You Steal From A Game To Use In Another? with Like.
Let me see if I can articulate it. Leaving out the specifics of Draw Steel's dice mechanics, since I'd be porting it to some other...
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rmcoen replied to the thread D&D General Hit Points are a great mechanic.This is HackMaster's solution. That greataxe doesn't do 1d12, it does 3d4 (actually, I think in HM it does 4d4).... much more likely to...
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rmcoen reacted to NotAYakk's post in the thread D&D General Hit Points are a great mechanic with Like.
I mean, after you run out of attributes, maybe you add +0? Or maybe ... you loop around! Looping around isn't bad. The 6th hit is the...
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rmcoen reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General Hit Points are a great mechanic with Like.
Narratively, hit points are the devil. You can get crit for half your hit point total, but mechanically you're fine. Sure, we can...
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rmcoen reacted to Laurefindel's post in the thread D&D General Hit Points are a great mechanic with Like.
That is how I tend to view hit points in the first place. It’s an elaborate version of the classic « pow! pow! You’re dead! », « Nuh-uh...
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rmcoen reacted to NotAYakk's post in the thread D&D General Hit Points are a great mechanic with
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I've tried to swap HP out with "why didn't I die points". As an example, take D&D and replace HP with HD. Whenever you take damage... -
rmcoen reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread D&D General Hit Points are a great mechanic with Like.
They are a decent abstract way of measuring injuries. The bloat found in many games is the biggest issue I have with them. I'm not a...
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rmcoen reacted to jdrakeh's post in the thread D&D General Hit Points are a great mechanic with Like.
So great that I used them in my most recent little game! Seriously, though, they're great at what they do in that they are a simple way...