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A friend of mine has been wanting to do something similar for about six years. Maybe I should point him towards OD&D for his descriptive and recruitment stuff - it has about the same lethality.

Pros: Easier character builds (especially for new players). Less for the GM to check. Zero chance of accidentally letting a ridiculously unbalanced build into the game. Almost no chance that the weak new guy will disrupt the party dynamic significantly. 3.x was designed to get low-leveled...

L5R combat is deadly - but like any game you can optimize for it. I've seen characters with 63 TN to be Hit, in the same party as the guy with a 12 TN to be Hit, but the latter had Reduction 13 and 80 wounds (which made him obscenely tough). Then there were the Glass Cannons - normal TNs to be...

This site seems to have some good shots: Full suit of armor | Armor suits :: ArmStreet Of particular relevance: Fantasy Stainless Full Women's Lady-Warrior Armor Set :: ArmStreet And a two-fer: http://www.varmouries.com/cgallery/gothbaba.jpg I find it interesting that the best "woman in...

You're welcome. You can totally use L5R to run "pajama wearing rooftop running", but you'd have to tweak the setting. Not a heck of a lot, but enough to take some work. If you're too lazy for that, might I suggest Iron Dynasty: Way of the Ronin - Reality Blurs | DriveThruRPG.com?*...

Then L5R will work, but the majority of L5R stuff will not be for you. Most of L5R is for honorable samurai (of any or every clan; even clanless). You can totally have a ninja game, but it will take some work - ninja in the setting are very Secretive. They usually look just like everyone...

It takes some serious buy-in from the players. Especially the part about "all magi are nuts." If you've got that buy-in from everyone then you should be okay. I'm not a fan of % systems, so I've got issues with the mechanics. Try a couple of one-shots before you commit to a campaign. See if...

Disclaimer: I have not watched the show, though I own a pdf of the Game being discussed (and have read a lot of it). Cortex generally leaves flying through the air to descriptive effects. Got punched solidly? Then you fly through the air. For little damage? You land on a mattress. For...

So you completely rewrote the Stealth rules. Cool. (Though you should have mentioned that you have extensive house rules at the beginning of the thread. There would have been fewer useless posts.) Make the badguys use these new stealth rules. And use them on the squishy killers. Suddenly the...

Rule set? Usual tactics the fighter uses? Weapon choices? Relative mobility (slower than other PCs? Can't fly but all others can? Everyone else starts fighting at 900' but he has to get close)? General Guidelines for Fighters that Win: Mobility items - flight, dimension door, and...

I'll reinforce amerigoV's suggestion: Change things up. Change systems, settings, and / or genres drastically. Try something different and see if that fixes some (or all) of your issues. Every time I've gotten burned out it was from doing a lot of repetitive gaming, all of which required...

Can you elaborate on this, because I honestly don't see what you're talking about?

Icons BASH (Basic Action Super Heroes) Mutants & Masterminds 3e (crunchier than the other two, but I like it enough to recommend it) Savage Worlds Super Powers Companion (if you're already using Savage Worlds; other wise, go for one of the previous choices)

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System balance is nice but the essential version is not what most gamers talk about when they speak of balance. Most gamers speak of balance as "able to get the same results with the same actions". Or maybe "all characters get equal spotlight via game mechanics." To my mind, the essential...

I've had some fun with the Savage Worlds vehicles rules. The only down side is that if characters aren't invested in vehicles (one or two edges and maybe one skill) then they have a difficult time contributing to the conflict. One the plus side, being a quality vehicle crewman or driver has a...

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Should magic missile be able to miss?

Being the GM is like being in any other leadership position - as long as you're getting the job done and taking care of your followers, you are doing it correctly. Further, every leader has to find their own style and methods, because no two leaders are exactly alike. Every DM has their own...

Actually, that was simply how our protagonist saw magic. The series illustrates that each wizard sees magic differently, and that they can impose these differences on opposing magi to give themselves advantages in a wizard duel. Since the protagonist was a "madwand" (unschooled sorcerer) he...