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What evidence do we have that he has a strict code of morals and behavior? From the write-up, it sounds more like a bunch of exceptions and arbitrary decisions based on viewpoints.

I vote CE. No tendency about it. He's a selfish bastard who happens to have high-minded ideals that he chooses to apply as he sees fit. Torturing as 'primary questioning technique' shows a casual attitude towards cruelty, beating someone to death with their own limbs is chaotic, eugenics is...

Contemplating world-building in an E6 game... how would folks suggest structuring 'what levels exist in the population'? I realize the answer is 'however you want for your campaign,' but it might be worth poking at various designs and the effects that would have on the game.

This approach seems to be significantly more complicated than a regular gestalt approach, for no apparent gain.

Can you copy scrolls with Scribe Scroll, if they are spells you don't know? If so, then it's a perfect way to introduce higher level spells: Step 1, find a cool scroll. Step 2, copy it so you can keep making them as needed in the future. Step 3, cast spell from scroll and hope you don't flub it...

Another possibly neat extension of this system is a 'called shot' conversion -- damage is traded for effect. Joe: 'I want to smack him in the leg, cripple him as much as possible. I rolled ... ha! Crit, 20 damage!' (SRD standard ettin, 65 hit points is 7 pts per injury rank; knock down & 3/4...

Does E6 require control of the feat Toughness? It hit me that 'I take 5 Toughness feats' is a bit out of balance (+30 hit points for +1 LA, effectively?)

Aust: Hmm. Good points. Been thinking about this last night, and I think it might be good to treat it as something like Reserve points. How about this: Divide hit points by 10. This is how much an Injury Rank can soak. You can soak up to 10 ranks. Injury ranks can be used to keep someone from...

Haven't told them, yet. ;) More seriously, I'm still considering options (like my other thread about Injuries).

I've been thinking of running an E6 low fantasy game, and what I'm contemplaying is removing spellcasters altogether. Instead, I may add a 'touch of the healer' feat that stabilizes damage and increases natural healing, and possibly an elemental power feat that gives people damage similar to...

I've been thinking of some of this. I'm contemplating an E6 game, eliminating spellcasters, and then adding in certain feats to allow magic item creation and limited magical effects.

Yes. injury reduces damage = rank x character level. Ability damage is 1 rank for 1 point. So you could take 10 ability damage for 10 ranks. And I meant 'ability drain' = long term version of ability damage, so I may need to make that clear. Higher rank for Stun also makes some sense. Looks...

Ok, been considering this for a while now, and think I have a conceptual breakthrough to make it work. The goal is to have a 'descriptive' element to combat: I'm much happier saying something like 'the mace clips your knee -- your eyes water from the pain, and it's going to be hard putting...

Anyone have a decent system for handling damage mostly like D&D, but incorporating more descriptive/flavored wounds? Something like various leg injuries causing move penalties, or head-shots causing a round or two of stun, or... that sort of thing.

I'm wondering if I'd need to set up some special rules for treasure. I just have this vision of a party with a slew of +1 this, that, every minor item, several keeps filled with potions, etc. Or do the caster level caps keep things mostly under control? Oh, and to 'me too' a bit, gestalt and...

Been away for a while, just twigged to this thread and only read a few pages, so apologies if mentioned already... I've been having a REALLY enjoyable time playing in a gestalt campaign. What do people think of gestalt E6? Seems to offer a decent flexibility and breadth without running into...

I think 'other' isn't the proper answer for 'different and more specialized but just as powerful overall.' Because... um, that's what 'no' means. My view? A level should be a level should be a level should be a level -- at least that should be the overriding goal. Otherwise, what the heck is...

Ever see the TV Show, Bones? The forensic investigator (Bones) is a perfect example. She just Doesn't Get human interaction in any way, and keeps assuming it is or should be logical. Which, of course, it isn't. She's a sympathetic, nice, attractive woman. But she has classic lack of social...

Nice to see all the SSS love. Some of my favorite stuff I've worked on was for their Scarred Lands line. And it's Asaatthi. ;) I really liked Hollowfaust as a general concept that sometimes infuses into my games. Let's see, what else have I borrowed... warforged, the necromantic golems from...

I read somewhere, basically, +1 LA per 5 levels of gestalt. So a level 9 paladin-sorcerer is ECL 11. I wouldn't swear by it, but it seems plausible.