Recent content by Tistur

Ah. I was reading Background as "your life up to 1st level", and not as Theme. I think Theme should be built up as you level, so Theme would be a PART of the Class at the end. If Background did mean what I was thinking, though, I stand by my statement that it should matter more at 1st than at 20th.

I think the question is flawed. The percentages should change with level. When I start playing at 1st level, I think Class and Race should each be around 40-45%, with the remainder being Background. By the time I hit 20th (or 30th, or whatever the highest is), I think Background should have...

I wrote up a schema and some classes for d20 Modern a few years ago. It didn't cover everything, but between my class documents and the PC-Gen output I was able to write some XSL-FO that output a nice sheet with explanations of all the class abilities. So it's definitely possible, and...

Double post, sorry.

I think what people are saying is that given 25 years worth of D&D IP, generating money should be next to free. Of course, acquiring the 25 years worth of IP is another issue. :)

I did not know that. Hmmm. My XP showed up as a smiley face, but I appear to have a level?

Or take the broken teeth and antlers for later use as wedges for doors & traps, testing implements (how far down is that water? Drop a tooth down and see), ornaments, anything invovling whole animal heads, etc. Really, I think the term treasure is misleading. When Gygax says "nothing of value"...

Hmmm. I did not read this as saying there is a right way to handle it, just that there is a wrong way. Any way that is not that wrong way could be considered the "right" way. Anyway, that interpretation is the one that makes sense to me.

You really should check out the Cartographers Guild: http://www.cartographersguild.com/ They have a ton of tutorials, using all sorts of software, from free & open source software, through CC3 & beyond. I think you have to register to see the tutorials, but it is well worth it.

Hi all, I've been reading this thread for 23 pages now, and I am wondering what people's thoughts are on the following scenerio (which mostly happened to me last winter). I think I've teased out the differences and can predict who will respond how. A friend of mine anounces his attention to...

As I understand it, cumlative d6 per 10. (10 feet would be d6, 20 feet would be 3d6 (1d6 for the first 10 feet, 2d6 for the next 10 feet)). This would make falling 60 feet 21d6 (I think...It's very late here). In 1E, I'm pretty sure that would normally mean roll up a new character.

Hi, all. I just thought I'd let people know that this entire thread has been very helpful for me, in figuring out why my players are playing the way they are. We're playing a Serenity game, where players get "Plot Points" and can spend them on different things, including changing the world (with...