Recent content by Verdande

Depends on what I'm playing and whether the vitality system lends itself to actually meaning anything. In D&D, I'll usually give it a quick "The demon hits you in the head with its tentacle, that's 20 hit points lost," because hit points don't really mean anything on their own. It's a...

I'm starting up a rootin', tootin' game of Microlite 74 over sorcery.net, and all we need now is more players! Have you heard of the West Marches campaign? Ever wanted to try your hand at your own? This could be your golden opportunity! If you didn't feel like reading the whole thing, let me...

It generally depends. I game with my buddies, and I'm kind of the responsible one in general and we wouldn't eat if I didn't arrange for food to be brought somehow. This generally means that I get to delegate who's buying what, which can be fun. Generally we just eat dinner at some point during...

My first impression: Lawful Indifferent: Pathfinder MMO? Additional comments: They have got to be crazy to throw their hat into the already super-saturated RPG market by taking a brand new team with no games under their belt from a man who's never led a game company before and making an...

I really like this. Yeah, amnesia is a cop-out, but it's a very graceful one. Instead of saying, "My character is boring and has no interesting background", at least they're saying "My character might have an interesting background- later, when I think of one!" It's a bit like being late...

You are vastly underestimating the world's capability for organization, movement, and discipline. You're probably imagining a massive crush of people, milling about and throwing ammunition at each other, but it's really more of clockwork. You'd have people organize into their units, standing in...

I don't really see the problem. Sure, it damages the in-game fiction a little bit, but the alternative is that it's going to feel like you're favoring some of your players, even if you aren't. It's a bit like the military term "fraternization." It doesn't matter if you are fraternizing or not...

"This object is a shovel with a crowbar where the handle should be. It can be used as either. In addition, it has a bladed edge that can be used to strike with." You can add damage for, say, a dagger on there, since it's not really supposed to be used like a weapon and shouldn't replace...

I think that the game moving slower as you gain system mastery is rather unique to games that still cling to their wargaming roots. In other words, the more important to the game combat is, the more time people will spend dealing with it. It's rather telling that you're referring to the speed of...

I found the need, same as you did, but did it a little differently. Lawful Indifferent: Orders and Advanced Classes Note that I'm not running 3e, but rather brainstorming a more or less custom scheme, so take that as you. Specifically, the idea that orders are necessary for the advancement...

I think that's more of a class design fault than a fault with the system itself.

Maybe it's because I'm terminally unprepared, but I've never so much as planned more than maybe two rooms somewhere before the players get there. I really feel bad for the DMs who spend hours of their time lovingly detailing complex dungeons only to have them all roll exploration-loving rangers...

Have somebody else run a one-shot, in a different system if they want. It lets you clear the air by letting somebody play exactly what they want, shakes up your roles a little bit, and gets a little fresh blood into the mix. You certainly don't run or plan a game the same way as the next guy...

When I found out that my habitual way of sitting is, apparently, the healthiest, I grinned. People have been telling me, from elementary school to those awful pre-deployment briefs to sit up in my chair. They can eat it.

If there's a mythical version, it's gotta be that, all the way. At least, ideally. I usually get lazy and put a semi-random spin on whatever I'm thinking about using (instead of mountain-y dwarves, how about desert nomad dwarves? what if orcs had four arms? what if dragons were more like...