Recent content by Tuzenbach

Guys, thanks for all the thoughtful and informative responses. I'm working on a concept that does, in fact, combine the Barbarian (or Berserker...... it's complicated) with the Knight. I even came up with a rationale for why this sort of thing, at least at the individual level, would exist. I'll...

I agree with you about the alignment thing. That, and the Barbarian currently being associated primarily with "rage". IIRC, the 1E version had the emphasis on innate magic resistance. You're a good researcher! You brought up the Maori! Are you aware that they ate raw rats? And perhaps still...

Hey, good answer!!!! :-)

When that character wasn't killing, what was the basis for earning experience points? Thanks!!!

I'll probably end up having to design a few dozen, thousand-hit-point monsters. Not that big of a deal. :p And I'm rethinking a lot of the language that's been thrown around in the last 16 years or so. I don't like "prestige class", nor do I like "mundane", nor do I favor "buff". But once I...

A 78 hp ogre? Wow! Didn't know that. Thanks!!! Yeah, I haven't bought new D&D books since about 2001, so I'm out of the loop....

Not really. It's just a D&D variant that goes further up. None of this "let's build a character that only goes to level 20" BS. Powers and abilities gained are more spread out. And ...... there's level titles for ALL 100+ levels..... In that regard, yeah, it could viewed as "ridiculous".....

YES!!! That's just the idea. You see, I'm disruptive by nature. I'm so "outside the box", that I haven't seen the inside of the box for a couple of decades. Should "the premise of D&D the way it is usually played" become stale or tiresome, then ways of alleviating the monotony must be found...

FWIW, I'm designing rules where the level system goes up to 110. At 100+, you're some sort of deity. At 50+, you're some sort of demi-god.

The character goes along with the party and is very useful, but kills no creatures and doesn't even try to attack them. Does it happen? Discuss!!!

They nerfed it that much? See, this is when rules need to be ignored.

You know what? It's either my ADD or undiagnosed dyslexia, but I read your "That" as "What", as if you were asking a question...... Sorry about that.

Personally, I see the "Nights Watch" as either Rangers or Psuedo-Rangers. There are plenty of Night's Watch people who don't possess the necessary courage to be true Rangers. That guy who Jon Snow beheaded was a perfect example. Just a cowardly "Fighter", if Fighter is even the appropriate word...

Regarding rules, I stopped "rolling" for my ability scores about 20 years ago. Since the mid-90's, I merely "decide" which ability scores I want based upon my end concept. LoL, I have a lot of characters who are either really strong but entirely unwise or stupid, or super-genius magic-user types...

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