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Good to see you still plugging away at a similar system! And thanks for the link in Thanee's thread pointing me here. I just recently redid the Core sheets a bit and also went with a 3/4/5 cost system for the feats & abilities. While similar to what you have I've got them a little different: 5...

Well, at least now I know what kept you guys busy up the road. I thought you were just being lazy and/or sleeping in pretty late given how far I had to come back to find you. :p Nice job, Gina! DrSpunj

If it was an extra page/sheet I'd do it happily. And I could probably include a sheet with all the tables and text explaining what to do with them, but the separate spreadsheet I came up with and attached to this thread a couple pages back is spread over ~6 sheets of its own. I'm not a real...

I'll try and remember; I only have access to it at home, and I only tend to check this thread while I'm at work! :p The problem I have doing it that way is then you can "beat the system". Most other things you can buy at 1st level give you more than they do at later levels. HD - maxed at 1st...

"Crafty brutes, eh, Korwin? We'll have to drop this one quickly! Move around behind it so it focuses on me!" {OOC: Kalythar takes another swing at the beast, presumably still flanking it with Korwin. To-hit bonuses: +9 with athame, +2 from Flanking. Damage is 1d8+7 with athame; Crit 19-20/x3...

Kalythar, Litorian Mage Blade "Korwin! Try and hustle around so we can flank him! Quick, while he's still blinded!" *Kalythar rushes the stupefied beast, bringing Glacial Wind in a wide, side-sweeping blow at the thing's neck.* {OOC: If the ground between Kalythar and the Ice Troll will allow...

Egoist! :p Where we still differ is my underlying "Commoner" method. That is, if you spend no CPs in my system you end with a Commoner in every way, shape & form. I like that as a baseline. CPs are for heroes; not just anybody! It put me off but only because I like Tables. The formulas...

"Good dogs!" Kalythar draws his athame while putting himself between the campfire and the Ice Troll. While doing that he checks to make sure all the dogs are focused in the same direction, trying to get a hint if their foes are trying to surround the campsite. "Let the beast come to us near...

Hey, doghead! I'm using a Mac (G3 B&W), too, and compressed it with Aladdin's DropZip 6.5, but I created the sheet using Mac Office (Excel) X (I'm only at 10.1.5). If you're using anything earlier than that I'm not sure what to do. I "Saved As" the file into an older type of workbook, so try...

I've taken this to heart this weekend and reworked much of my original sheet. I've also redone the layout a bit making it much easier to change values across all 20 levels for any given class (you can now use the "Fill Right" command!) and added some Subtotal and Balance calculations to my sheet...

Back in October I got a rare Vadania, Druid figure without her sword-above-her-head arm. I called WotC Customer Service and talked to "Jeff". He put me on hold for a little while and came back with the following info: Mail the damaged miniature with a small note including your return address...

Right, but I have a problem with your underlying assumption; namely that the Core system is balanced in the first place! That's most of the reason I'm switching to the AU magic system, because it removes a great number of variables that I'm anxious to get rid of. It's very difficult to argue...

I just have to sit here and chuckle, Thanee. Have you, by chance, already seen my attempt here to do the exact same thing for the D&D Base Classes? We've come up with nearly identical systems! :) If you want to see the worksheets, they're downloadable from SSquirrel's post #88 on the 5th page...

"I believe we're doing fine, Aadin, if we can believe everything we learned back in town." Kalythar glances at Kelsis quickly then stares off into the darkness a bit more before whispering to Aadin, "I'd forgotten until now another benefit to having the sled dogs on our trip. They are nature's...

I don't check this OOC thread too often, but I did so today because I'd noticed the same thing. I'm back from my meeting and did end up having some internet access, but I've been waiting for Kelsis to wake up from her Memory Delve! ;) I expect the pace to pick up again once we get four PCs...

The one I use is mathematically based, like the UA fractional bonuses for BAB & Saves. It's simple: 1 + (Level * 0.4), rounded down, and fits nicely between the Poor Save (0+(Lvl*0.33)) and the Good Save (2+(Lvl*0.5)), IMO: +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +6 +6 +7 +7 +7 +8 +8 +9 I think I...

Agree. Agree. Disagree. The PHB is very clear about distance playing a factor, -1 per 10' of distance, and we've kept that in our combined Sneak. The difference between the Detector's bonus and the Sneaker's bonus (along with any other modifiers appropriate to the situation) then very...

Ah, right. Fair enough. Please keep it in mind, though, for any specific scenarios you create. The distance penalty will likely mitigate its effect, as you say, but keeping it in there effectively means everything is 20' closer. Perhaps we should put a disclaimer in there next to the bonus...

But having two detector skills keeps those distinctions, DM! If the guard can detect the Rogue through Sense or Spot he must choose which skill to use, but because both are effectively being used he gets a +2 circumstance bonus on whichever one he uses. To continue your example, if he chooses...

Me, too! :D Nail, did you include our +2 bonus on the Fighter's side that he gets for being able to roll either a Sense or a Spot? That's important to the percentages when trying to balance our House Rule(s) to Sense & Spot. BTW, I also appreciate the fact, both as a player and as a DM, that...