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I think it might be interesting and possible to do a non-Starfleet Star Trek, but this movie had too little of what seems core to the identity of Star Trek. The characters seem mostly outsiders of the Federation or Starfleet - except Garret, and they deal with mostly people outside Starfleet and...

Numerical Bonuses I would probably ditch the 1/2 level bonus. I did this for my Star Wars and Arcana Evolved hacks. I am considering cutting the hit point bonuses at higher levels, for similar reasons- extending the usability of monsters, and also to make the power level differences between 1st...

It almost seems it would have been easier to call them "hit dice", even though they are class+ability based and not level-based. Maybe it would still be more revolutationary than turning THAC0 in to Base Attack Bonus, but it would be a familiar expression; I guess? That said, I don't mind the...

I kinda feel that is a design space 4E overlooked for classes, adding some passive benefits or talents. That said, there are someutility powers that almost fill that role - some at-wills work pretty similar, and some of these things are feats, but being feats and pwoers, they remain optionals...

It was just not that interesting. Tying it back to Mirror Georgiou doesn't really help, either, it just makes the world feel slammer again. I - against all realistic expectations - hoped for something that actually discusses either Section 31 or Mirror-Georgiou's moral and ethical "challenges"...

I started playing D&D (and roleplaying in general basically) with D&D 3E, and was slowly introduced to the cosmology of the Great Wheel. I think for any setting I made myself, I wouldn't use it. It just contained too much stuff that I didn't need or find interesting, especially with alignment...

I really like the 4E cosmology and when I make a setting, I often use concepts of it. I particularly like the Shadowfell and Feywild as mirror planes and prefer that over Ethreal Plane and the Plane of Shadows. I also prefer the Elemental Chaos over dedicated Elemental Planes (and...

Order-66 was basically a wide-band broadcast so it would reach everyone (especially every clone trooper anywhere, even behind enemy lines). Quite possible it was even send on all transmission channels that were otherwise forgotten - like the At-Attin channel. The timeline is unclear, but it...

The rules only give us very limited ways to gain class levels, so if it still requires going on adventures and either killing monsters or achieving quests, it might not be possible for an entire village to get that many high level PCs, because there just aren't that many "quests" around. (And...

I dunno, maybe when it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, it really is just a selfish fallen Jedi Pirate? Not sure how many more episodes there will be - is it 8 total or more? But here are my predictions The supervisor isn't the former Pirate Captain. It's a computer...

But still a much worse chance then they do in the real world where you'd just be murdering some innocent frail old woman. And it's likely to cost them a few people.

One of the interesting things - even before given them multiple genders is that because in D&D, myth and fairy tales are kinda true, all these prejudices that existed in the real world that created those tales now are actually true things. However, the "mundane" and (usually by comparison...

Interesting. Wonder what the art will look like for a male nymph, if there is one.

Well, the profitable ones make huge profits. But then you get something like Concord, that had barely people playing it at launch, and cost hundreds of millions to make. This is kinda similar to Hollywood, if you think about it - making very expensive movies and some succeed wildly - and others...

Well, the newest trend is "advanced access" - spend more money to get the game up to a week earlier - when it's practically guaranteed the game will be the most buggiest. "As a little thanks to our play-testers, they are allowed to give us 20 $ and they even get a in-game hat for it!".

I guess this can be difficult. A guideline is - if the outcome is not in doubt, don't roll. But sometimes you only realize that it isn't really in doubt after you already rolled, because you didn't think of it immediately or realize that the players are just too skeptical of the situation or...

Warlock Seals As Warlock, your pact grants you magical powers you can apply to yourself or others to aid or protect them. Applying a seal requires a standard action. You can only have X seals active at a time. Many seals can be expended to gain a greater effect, some might even require doing so...

I think the previous episode didn't just point out the problems of the multiverse concept, but it also showed its advantages. If you think Star Trek primarily as a setting with developing characters and story arcs, the multiverse kinda makes all that pointless, because anything happens, good...

but is that true? Forging weapons has no specific skill in D&D 4 Realistically, forging weapons involves working with steel, using tools that require strength and dexterity. Sure, these mere abilities scores might not change over time, but whether you're a Wizard, Rogue or Fighter, you are...

One thing to consider. Just because Rangers are great survivors in the wilderness doesn't have to mean you need to devote a lot of its abilities on that. Just make sure that it has some nice features that no one else can get and require at least a modicum of investment, and the rest can be stuff...