Recent content by vturlough

It would work While I think the idea is good, overall the game mechanics don't support this as well as other systems do. What I mean is, that losing a hit point every [time period], as per the rules, still gives a finite amount of time to do anything. If a situation were to come up, and the...

MDT Greetings! Good suggestions here! First of all, I have not played it either. I wanted to state that up front. Second, for the most part, I like what I have read. If my group is willing to play it, I would certainly GM it for them. I think the designers did a good job. Third, my...

Good discussion! 1337: Graphics: A couple of things here. First of all, they obviously couldn't have changed the graphics without changing the engine. While they have had time with the game, it probably hasn't been that much time to revamp the entire engine. As to asking me between NWN...

I bought mine here . . . through RPGShop. IIRC, they actually had it as the main advertisement when I went looking for it on their site. Eden Studios publishes it, if you need to know. Hope this helps! turlough

One long break later My issue with elements is that they don't fit as well as I would prefer. What among the elements, natural forces, is evil? Again, entropy, natural decay, is really different from necromancy. I think you need to decide if you want to differentiate casters. Right now...

more ideas Okay, if this is going to be done, the person would need to define the "sacred" cows of Alternity to make sure they are in the d20 version and that they work as best they can. Here is my partial list: Skill based (classes don't get special abilities) Complex Skill checks (not...

None at the moment . . . Greetings! Sorry, it might be a while before I am active on the boards again. I have my campaign starting Tuesday and I am running an Epic level for the 24 hour gaming weekend that the local gameshop is hosting. Lots of things to prepare! Not enough time! In...

Thought on VP/WP Okay, this fudges things but it might give some Alternity flavor to d20. Stun Points = Subdual damage Wound points = Hit Points Mortal points = Wound points (if vp/wp used) Now, what I was thinking is that a character isn't knocked out when subdual > hit points. Instead you...

Ugh - It's not Alternity anymore, is it? ES - Please don't take this as a rant against you. I think you are doing a good job. What you are doing, though, isn't Alternity anymore, is it? You are creating a d20 game, using Alternity as the "template". In the end, though, no matter how good...

How to do it? ES: I am really curious as to how you think this will work. I would *love* a good Alt to d20 conversion. The reason I don't think it can completely work is because of the simplicity of the d20 system. In any game system, what you can and can't do are defined by the rules...

Alernity is the best! Greetings! It is nice to see that I am not alone in thinking that Alternity is a darn good system. (Best that I have read, imo.) EarthsShadow - Thank you! Nice to hear someone else on this board that has the same opinion of Alternity that I do. (Do you go to...

Good idea! Crothian: I like that idea! Training give a "weak" feat. What are some good feats for that? Did they ever make it official that a feat that affects only one skill is +3? I know it was talked about by Monte Cook. What if traning gave a feat for a +1 to a skill? Or half affects...

Other note My system just based on math, does this: Allows a LOT more low level casting with fewer high level spells. Example: 20th level caster, 24 INT Points = (20 + 7) ^ 2 = 729 points. Since it is a geometric scale, this would allow the following: 0 level spells = 729 castings. 1...

Scale? I have always liked some sort of point or mana system compared to memorizing. Just me. What about this? Spells learned and prime attribute, as Ace posted. Spell costs = (Spell level + 1) ^ 2 (squared) 0 = 1 1 = 4 2 = 9 3 = 16 4 = 25 etc. Points per level = (level + Att mod) ^ 2...

Training ideas In general, I like the idea of training. I think people have some good ideas on it. Perhaps, though, things like this need to be passive and accounted for, only taking up game time, instead of being a focus? For example, while a week per level sounds reasonable, think about...