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I give armor a hp buffer pool of which half can be used on any attack. (AC-10)*5 for the number hps (+10 per plus) However, now reduce the base AC bonus (AC-10)/2 round up, add 10, add any magic bonus. So magic chain mail +1 is now AC=14 Hit point pool (40)

When playets roll damage ask them how much if that damage do they actually want to do? If they bring a monster to -Con (or some other value of your choice) the damage is enough to kill the monster. Make sure to communicate how bad the monster looks (should anyway)... Trade off, take the risk...

Seriously, why switch from Savage Worlds?

I'd do light club 1-handed, 1d4, using the nunchaku to stoke with 1 hand, or 2d4 2handed using them in classic perceived use, switching from hand to hand

Don't sweat the small stuff. Don't worry about exact position, or range or any such nonsense If a monster isn't important in the scene, then a hit is as good as a kill Don't worry about book keeping Don't worry about mop up, just bring a scene to a close Make players keep attention and have...

Dread would be fun or gumshoe could be interesting

What's up with the Net? Zombie Army DDS from 100 million smartphones ... Scary eh

Just let players pick a feat; it changes he power equation slightly at low level, but adds more flavor.

This focuses on just the bonus to the stat. Start all stats +0. Assign +6 in bonus to a max +3. Can take up to -2 total in adjustments and assign as wanted (not breaking +3 max. (Assume actual ability score the minimum required for bonus); add racial (and other) adjustments

I'd buy any material in a heart beat. I'm hoping 2016 is the year that we start seeing alternates to AL material (ie FR)

The gnomlings brought with them strange weapons when they fled their own land. Now a wandering tinker race they are often sought out for their ability to keep the black powder weapons functional. Blackpowder Weapons: basically crossbows with self loading feature, cause knockback, do ongoing...

Have to be honest, last time I ran Ravenloft it was a blast and cheesy :) Ran its as a mix between Hotel California and the Dance of the Vampires: (started in a bar that was really a Mord's Mansion that went back the Realm of Dread, rather than just an extra dimensional space .... Ran it real...

As long as it's only saliva ...

Well we've been told the basic math; will it sell a 100,000 copies. Gut feeling this means that it needs to be of interest to 10-15% of the base players, 30-50% of those will buy. Completely made up, but that's what I'd bet it's somewhere in there; anything below those numbers won't leave the...

Sorry for late reply, long day consulting. In reverse order .. Lol :) appropriate typo!! So in active story only players roll ( I think this was a rule from unearted arcana way back when)...players get 20 - critical ...get 1 ... Monster critical... In theory balances out though there is 5%...

Here's my take: it damage "rolled" doesn't change, only the timing of when it's communicated. So what's important is which is more dramatic - telling the damage after the attack when it's just a result, or using it to give the player the option to try and avoid it and " dodge a bullet" I agree...

I was responding to ... "A player doesn't get to suddenly decide that their grandpappy is a survivor of the underdark and at some point explained all that goes on down there to the PC..." I presented examples (roll and inspiration) as in game mechanical reasons that refute the above. I also...

How dare you get us back on topic! unsurprisingly, I have no problem using "mostly average"* but because I play an "active story" approach, where the players roll defensive checks against a static attack DC, I tell the players how much impact the attack will land ... "The skeleton appears to...

According to my shrink, yes I do... Think of it like the legendary creature gets a reaction against all those attacking it up to a maximum of three actions...

I take the player outside and beat them to within an inch of their life ... The audacity, how dare they.... Yes, change without penalty if that's what the player wants.