Recent content by ruemere

Ok, first of all I am a lazy GM, and I have decided, having purchased a paid subscription of ChatGPT, to try my hand at creating prompts to create a few handout materials for my next campaign. Here's how it went: DISCLAIMER: I know - this is not a human being I am talking to, however I just...

The original world of the Black Company sports several tiers of characters: 1. Mundane unskilled characters. Die like 0-level D&D commoners. 2. Mundane skilled characters. 1-3 level equivalent. Basically, martial characters without magic tools. 3. Magic users, expert martial characters...

Oh dear. It's going to be an extremely tough challenge to do better than previous game. As a fan of the series, I was extremely appreciative of Robert Schwalb's and Owen J. Stephens' (yes, that Robert Schwalb and that Owen J. Stephens) effort at previous game (The Black Company (role-playing...

Umm, Onslaught is Blade 10. You need pretty high level to get it.

Thank you for the explanation. As I have explained, I have missed the fact that Evasion is a non-stat for heavily armored Guardians.

I am planning to. I put my doubts here just in case I missed something. Also, the survey questionnaire expects to run a session first, and before I do that I want to make sure that I know the rules. Oh, I see that a Tower Shield is -2 Evasion, and Full Plate Armor is -2 Evasion, too. So...

That equals to being dumb, you know. Before I get into details, I watch anime and I know the stereotype. I read books, and I get that there are masochists who just love bleeding, spitting broken teeth and who cultivate bruises and scars. However, also as a former MMORPG fanatic, and also...

I get the stereotype. I just hoped the meme of big dumb warrior* was not applicable here and that I was missing something. * Yeah, a guy making a life out of surviving melee gets a whole ten points. It's that the tank guy gets 6, with an opportunity to raise the stat by 1. Oh well.

Could someone explain to me why Evasion scores of martial classes are low? Especially the Guardian, the supposed tank, and Seraph, somewhat magic fighter are low. Warrior is just 1-2 points above casters. I would think that the first step toward mastering melee is not to get hit. And only the...

I loved reading Colonial Gothic books for their unique take on the particular moment of US history. I was however unable to align the rules in my mind - and there was a lot historical reading one had to do... once your PCs leave their initial location, you need to be able to paint broader...

Took me awhile to find the main characters, Vimes was probably the most difficult to identify. Could not assign names to dwarves in armors though. Missed names for most less known folk. The devil and trolls are particularly hard. Don't know why but placing Ridcully at the center is irksome...

I am not familiar with Unknown Armies - could you try to sell me on the idea? The Mage, I agree, with, though the somewhat wobbly magic rules and the fact that shooting people to death is so damn difficult unless you make a masterclass character. Also Max Payne would not survive the backlash...

A GM is a single person. I was more keen to getting a recommendation for a fitting ruleset.

Pretty elaborate setup. Also, an entertaining reading. Your setting reads like a feudal or fantasy (or neofeudal) version of Mage, with PCs being movers and shakers. Thank you for sharing.

Interesting, mind sharing a few details about your game? The system, the settings, core concepts, etc. No need to go into details - just make a good brain tease, though. Note that this is just an exercise for the sake of taking on the challenge. I have given some thought to this topic since...