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Hmm... Good point. And I appreciate it. :) You bring good food for thought. Thanks.

You probably wouldn't. However, as a caster, you might not have a good weapon skill, and some weapons like bows won't have a Parry rating; so Parry AC won't be available to all characters all of the time. In part, it's a way of differentiating melee characters from others. It makes it so they...

The idea is that some weapons are better than others for defense, but they're still only as good as the wielder. So if you have two fighters wielding longswords and one has a Martial Weapons skill of 2 and the other a skill of 9, the one with the 9 will be better at parrying. So the Parry rating...

I've been working on my own RPG (d20 variant) for a while now, and I'd like to share my thoughts on an alternate approach to combat and damage. I know that in d20 hit points are an abstraction and are good at what they do, but I wanted to see what it would be like to ditch hp and try something...

I've been meaning to ask, is your game published somewhere? I also wanted to tell you, you've been a big help chatting about this stuff. It's nice to have a sounding board. Thanks. :) Maybe I could msg you when I have a new draft, see if your interested in giving me comments?

I've been futzing around with the rules this afternoon, and I'm not sure I want to base levels off of XP as strange as that might sound. Your idea about the Improved tree is interesting. I'll have to think about it. Our discussion about skills and skill caps has got me thinking about Attack...

Good point. I don't want players to be hoarding their XP and not spending it. Each time they level up, they should be improving their characters at least a little bit. Saving might be necessary, but it should not need to happen more than once before the wanted upgrade becomes affordable. Yeah...

I'm glad you liked it. As for Meditation, I have this idea of handling spellcasting, summoning, and the use of certain feats through a Fatigue system. Once you hit your max Fatigue, you need to rest to recuperate. Meditation allows a character to recover more efficiently than someone without it...

Looks good! It looks like you were going for an evil-ish monk type character? Can I ask, what did you think of the process? How about the completed character? I know it's kind of hard to imagine without having more details, but do you think he'd be fun to play? The only thing I noticed about...

This is a character creation system I've been working on for a while. It's for a d20 variant that I'm writing in my spare time. I thought I'd share what I have and see what people think. I'd love it if you'd try making a character to see how you feel about it. Here's the link...

Thanks for the responses. I took a look at your Wiki, garrowolf. Very nice. It's always nice to meet someone who shares your drive for creating the perfect game. :) I hear what you're saying about XP, and your thoughts have been echoed by a couple others I've shown my game to. I'll have to...

I've been working on designing my own RPG for a while now. It's not done but I'm trying to get feedback on it. You can check it out here (PDF): https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxTTMBBx6B3sMTI5OTRmZjMtNDNhMC00Y2YxLWI5ZWYtNzRhNjM3NzE3N2E4&hl=en The goal of...

Thanks for all the responses! We played last night, and in typical fashion, the party decided to do *half* of the adventure as planned, and then went off on a tangent for the second half. They broke into the prison by way of etherealness (only parts of the prison are protected by forbiddance...

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The party could end up facing one of their arch-enemies tonight. Actually, it is a very important lieutenant of the arch-enemy. Anyway, she's a bad ass. What suggestions or ideas do you have to make this battle memorable and awesome? --- Background: Forgotten Realms Scyllua Darkhope...