Recent content by Willie the Duck

Mornard had it right when he said (paraphrasing): 'I don't know what a 'pacing-mechanism' is, and whatever Gary said about luck was post-hoc justification. When we played, hit points measured hit points, and they stood for hit points.' They are a gamist measure used because they are...

But wearing a robe with a cape is perfectly reasonable IRL--Cardinal Richelieu typically depicted doing so: Wearing two suits of armor, otoh -- well, of course layering armor was a real thing, but in D&D terms that's probably all considered a single 'set' of armor.

Both use the notion of swamps as places of death and fetidness. I wonder where that comes from. Swamps (wetlands that support trees) are generally pretty neutral in pH, and full of life. Admittedly, some of it iconically poisonous (and Gary seemed to like Chlorine gas, but not regular poison...

One thing the remember is that this is all predicated on the pre-supposition that NPCs roll for their stats and/or that the character creation method is representative of the overall population demographics. I don't recall that ever being stated and IIRC no few modules seem to absolutely violate...

1. I said I would add it to the stack of things to watch. 2. You cut my quote around the fact that I said, in effect, 'yes, I'm sure it had something to do with it, but... {other more compelling reasons}' Regardless, yes, slings come in with maces and warhammers as weapons that 1) are hampered...

Okay. Good. I will add it to the stack. Glad to see it isn't 'I've practiced Martial Art X for 5 years/heard the word HEMA three times/watched Todd's LindyGladitoria Youtube for the past 6 months and am convinced no other gamer knows this stuff' version 8,675,309. Re: Slings -- Any number of...

At this point in the discussion, I'm not sure even that is a given. :p

I don't think it is ambiguous RAW, and that any ruling such would have to be a deliberate house ruling. I do agree that the Rule and perceived intent might not align. School of knowledge does seem to revolve around 1) getting more opportunities to leverage experiences, making them something of a...

Okay. I was perhaps unclear. There are no options which increase your overall loadout limit, like you can pay to up your max Stress or Proficiency score. There are powers (Vitality is one, the level 10 Grace ability Notorious is another) that evade the loadout limit, either by granting their...

The simplest way I've heard to address this is to assume that once firearms are present, people hunker behind cover and aim and do all those things, and then rounds are the 1 second out of 5 or 6 where something interesting happens (and then moving the combat time-elapsed measure to 5 or six...

So, my group and I have run several one-shots, and now started our first long-form campaign. I've gone through the rulebook a couple times now and am slowly but surely picking up all the different bits and bobs. One thing that I didn't notice much the first few goes through was loadout, vault...

In 1e I think I only saw them in NPC or 'make your character at high level' situations, where the difficult entry point was circumvented. I definitely saw them in 2e. Doubly so if we include characters that got rolled up rather than saw a lot of actual play. The reddish-brown splatbook...

You have identified a problem that could occur with the presupposed interpretation, and I agree with it. I do not agree with the argument that the problem suggests that the interpretation cannot be right. This is because the rules (strictly enforced) absolutely can result in nonsensical...

Actually, I discovered that Ruth Buzzi passed away this year, so I don't mind being roasted. Without her, Joan Rivers, or Gilbert Gottfried doing the roasting, there's nothing Jeff Ross or Anthony Jeselnik could toss my way that would actually hurt. Well then, I wouldn't be roasted alone and...