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From a setting point of view, it's an abstract representation of the goblin, being the lesser swordsman, exposing himself to attack when he strikes, the effects of morale, physical exhaustion etc. It's the sort of thing you see in fictional swordfights between a master and a novice - the novice...

In 4ed, the 4 goblins are probably going to slaughter the master swordsman, unless he’s very careful. The bonuses for outnumbering your opponent are significant.

God no, 3ed was great.

It was going to be divisive no matter what. Aspects you dislike about the game, others enjoy. Had they gone with a less complex system people would have been complaining about that. Personally I think it’s much better than 1st or 2nd ed.

SLs alone aren’t enough to remove the whiff factor. Advantage works to speed up combat, and to insure that every combat roll has an impact on the combat. If you miss, you don’t just fail to hit the opponent, you also make it more likely that he will hit you. This means you don’t get long combats...

1. Yes, if you get -1 and your opponent gets -2, you win by 1 SL. However, it should be noted that crits and fumbles are determined by whether you succeed or fail the test, not whether you win or lose the opposed roll. So you could hit but still fumble, or miss but still cause a crit. 2. Damage...

Well yeah, that’s why they go adventuring!

In 4e: 1. Attacker rolls, trying to get under Melee skill (+/- relevant modifiers) and determines SL by comparing the tens dice to Melee skill (so roll 15 against Melee skill 42 = SL 3). If the attacker rolls a double he will inflict a crit (if under Melee skill) or suffer a fumble (if over)...

Based on the comments I’ve seen elsewhere, what put people off wasn’t learning a new system, it was the density of the setting. People bounced off it hard, struggling to grasp what the game was about.

Yeah, OWoD HtR was all about the Imbued. NWoD HtV was very different. Now, I can understand why they’d want to drop the Imbued. They weren’t everyone’s cup of tea, and going with more “normal” hunters has various advantages, but I think they’d be better off using a different name. Too much of...

I find it odd that they’re ditching the whole Imbued narrative and yet still calling it Hunter the Reckoning. It’s going to be a significantly different game, using the old title is just going to annoy people.

When they first released the AoS war game, they ‘killed’ Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WFB). They’re now releasing a new war game set in the Old World, but set a few hundred years before the time frame of WFB (or Total Warhammer). This gives them a lot more flexibility in terms of setting. And the...

That the OGL provided the solution to Paizo’s problem doesn’t change the fact that it was what created the problem in the first place. And yes, it was very much worthless until Paizo took a massive gamble on it. That’s not a situation they want to be in again.

My understanding is based on what a number of game developers said at the time. WotC pulling the plug on 3.5 left them in a terrible position. Everything they had been working on was now worthless. Distributors were had no interest in products that supported a game that was no longer in...

No, the OGL burned Paizo, they just came out of it stronger. WotC dropping 3.5 was a huge problem for Paizo. It threatened to kill their business model. But they took a huge gamble and published Pathfinder. The gamble paid off, and they came out ahead, but that doesn’t change the fact that it...

Not really. There are plenty of non-5e games out there. There are some that are increasing their player base by releasing 5e versions - this can give a new lease of life to a game that would otherwise be dying off. But I’ve also seen the same done using Savage Worlds. And there are still plenty...

I’m not providing quotes because I’m not digging out the books, not because they’re not there. I’ve provided plenty of examples, you’re just ignoring them. Nights of Prophecy isn’t a KoE book, it was a VtM book, one intended to catch players up on metaplot elements of the setting. And when I do...

How am I shifting goal posts? None of what you posted refutes the contention that VtM was a game about superheroes with fangs wielding katanas while wearing trench coats. Sure, the core books didn't outright focus on it. But - as you said - the Camarilla vs the Sabbat became a core theme. The...

Good for you? So do you want to address the war between the Camarilla and the Sabbat? The swarms of shovel heads rampaging through the streets? The Kuei Jin invasion? The Assamite Civil War? I can’t be bothered getting quotes for these setting elements, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t happen...