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  1. volanin

    D&D 5E Roshambo-Style Theatre of the Mind Combat

    That's the intention. If better wording is necessary: "When you Intercept, you prevent the enemy from Engaging an ally. If you weren't previously Engaged with this enemy, you are now Engaged with it."
  2. volanin

    D&D 5E Roshambo-Style Theatre of the Mind Combat

    Hard at work today, so I am not being able to give the topic the attention I wanted. But let me clear some points that are easy to answer! Maybe yes, maybe not. The Engage, Dash, Intercept triad was created with the Rock, Paper, Scissors concept in mind. Strong against one, weak against the...
  3. volanin

    D&D 5E Roshambo-Style Theatre of the Mind Combat

    Thank you for all the feedback. Let me try to reply to everybody: That's exactly how I did it initially, with slightly different terms. It was Adjacent, Near, Medium, Far, Very Far... and it didn't work at all in table. =( Too many range divisions (and added complexity) for too little gain...
  4. volanin

    D&D 5E Roshambo-Style Theatre of the Mind Combat

    1. Fixed, thanks! 2. This is another very good way to do that, and I indeed playtested it! But at least in my table, the wizards usually prefer predictable outcomes. So I went with the "official" solution in DMG 249. You can still hit your allies in order to target more monsters (it's described...
  5. volanin

    D&D 5E Roshambo-Style Theatre of the Mind Combat

    INTRODUCTION "Theatre of the Mind combats are intense, exciting and very fast. They can bring a lot of emotion to your most violent encounters, in a way that is completely different from Grid combat. But D&D rules insist on focusing on minutious distances, and many combat tactics depend on...
  6. volanin

    Frank Mentzer's Worlds of Empyrea Kickstarter to be Rebooted!

    Can I do a shout-out here? Feel free to delete my post, Morrus. Meanwhile, another kickstarter that I discovered through EN is soaring! It's Mini-Dungeons from AAW Games, a tome with 120+ one page adventures for 5E and PFRPG. It has only TWO days left to go and already got 115K in pledges...
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    Starfinder Juicy New Starfinder Previews: The Drift, Undead Planets, and 3 New Iconics!

    Just got here and saw that nobody commented in two days. Is the hype for this game diminishing already, or is this post simply not much comment-worthy? Personally, I must say that these characters all look the same to me (except for the face/head) which is kind of a minor turnoff. But, I also...
  8. volanin

    [UPDATED] Here's Mike Mearls' New D&D 5E Initiative System

    Yes, DEX is ignored. The Alert Feat works by giving the player another card. When the first card is drawn, the player acts, and the second card is simply ignored. It also has some problems with spell durations, which must be handwaved (some spells might last longer, others might be shorter)...
  9. volanin

    [UPDATED] Here's Mike Mearls' New D&D 5E Initiative System

    I use cards as well, but simpler: 1. Each player/monster has a card. 2. As a card is drawn from the deck, the corresponding player/monster acts and draws the next card. 3. The deck is reshuffled each round. It's VERY fast, unpredictable, changes every round and you never know exactly when...
  10. volanin

    New DM Screen Coming In September

    Great post! The lower box in the 1st panel is "Things you can do on your turn" On the 4th panel, we also have Travel Pace, and some extra things I can't read. It's a shame they removed the "Something Happens!" which exists in the current screen! When I need to spice things up a bit, I just roll...
  11. volanin

    Gale Force 9 Comments On Brazil Translatorgate

    Don't mind that... assertions are second nature to my internet persona!
  12. volanin

    Gale Force 9 Comments On Brazil Translatorgate

    As salvaterra said previously: After the Gale Force Nine comment, the CEO of Fire on Board posted his reply on facebook: "We are confident in the partnership and commitment with Gale Force Nine, as we always had transparency in our negotiations. We are confident that we'll be able to go ahead...
  13. volanin

    Gale Force 9 Comments On Brazil Translatorgate

    I know. OGL was 3rd edition, and since then they were extra extra careful. Anyway, it's only my own opinion though.
  14. volanin

    Gale Force 9 Comments On Brazil Translatorgate

    Fire on Board is completely nuts! :lol:
  15. volanin

    Brazilian D&D Translators Fall Out Over Translation Rights

    Yeah! It's already in the front page here in ENWorld!
  16. volanin

    Gale Force 9 Comments On Brazil Translatorgate

    It's my opinion that, after OGL allowed the unintended creation of the Pathfinder giant, which eclipsed D&D for years, WoTC is taking things reaaaaaly slow now. Better being late to the market than completely losing it. And there are still some things that would basically bring in a lot of...
  17. volanin

    Gale Force 9 Comments On Brazil Translatorgate

    Gale Force Nine facebook page is exploding with messages of "congratulations" from Brazilian players. - "We waited for years, we don't mind waiting a little more." - "I'm so happy! I love D&D and with justice done, I'll happily buy." - "Thank you for your consideration with D&D Brazilian fans"
  18. volanin

    Gale Force 9 Comments On Brazil Translatorgate

    Finally an official answer! The rule is clear: if you betray ALL your allies, you don't have any left within 5ft. to allow an sneak attack! #DndGateBR It started with the Watergate scandal. Since then, the -gate suffix has been colloquially used to any kind of scandal.
  19. volanin

    Planescape WOTC Teasing Planescape?

    In the HTML source, there is this snippet: secret="0x50 0x53 0x54 0x45 0x45" These are hexadecimal codes for ASCII letters, which converts to PSTEE. So... it indeed seems to be about Planescape: Torment EE.
  20. volanin

    Planescape WOTC teasing planescape.com

    In the HTML source, there is this snippet: secret="0x50 0x53 0x54 0x45 0x45" These are hexadecimal codes for ASCII letters, which converts to PSTEE. So... it indeed seems to be about Planescape: Torment EE.
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