Recent content by SimonCarryer

Sorry, I wasn't saying d20 is no good. It's a great system that has brought me much fun and enjoyment. My problems with it are: 1: Pretending it's not about superheroes. It is. It's much easier to run a game when you accept that. 2: The new thinking that's crept in about NPC Classes...

A second level bard is also very likely to survive an arrow shot, even a plus 1d6 sneak attack. While it's true you can get quite high bonuses on some skill rolls, it still seems to me that it'd be a pretty slow character who couldn't spot someone high level after a little while, by...

1: How do I describe a human being able to survive more arrows than he can carry sticking out of his body? 2: How long do you have to live in a world where people who are very skilled are also increadibly tough before you cotton on?

These two problems came up in two seperate games I was in: 1: A character is hit with a volley of crossbow bolts, firing barbed bolts. He's a high level character, so he's fine, but it happens that he's running close to his encumbrance limit. The combined weight of all the bolts that hit him...