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I played SW some, but found it about par for the course. It was a pretty awesome system, and did the game I was running good justice (zombie survival horror!), but in the end it seemed like six of one and half dozen of the other as to it and D20Modern. I.E. some things about SW were faster ...

I've been playing with some simple changes to the d20 Modern game based on StarWars Saga edition that seem like they will integrate simply and would enhance this type of game. "Defenses" Instead of Saving Throws You can keep the current averages by doing a very simple flip. Take your final...

Are there any samples of what the gumshoe system looks like? I mean, it SOUNDS interesting, but a quick browse around the site provides no obvious link to a quickplay or even a description of basic mechanics. I still find d20Modern + Dark*Matter to push that particular button for me rather...

My wife would have a field day with this thread. We both had a lot of gay/lesbian theory during our stint in The Ivory Tower. We were discussing this thread in the car after dinner, and I'll try to summarize some of her comments: To a predominance of bi/lesbian female characters over...

Our game has largely allowed whatever spells we wanted to bring in. We're an oddly-balanced party, however, with mostly clerics, and some non-optimal choices ... most of the blasting from levels 3-14 was done by a full-class Cleric ... so having additional cleric spells with some bang kept us...

I'm probably first and foremost a Director. I like the story, the act of creating the story, and most of the changes and rules I find myself putting into place are done with an eye toward developing the story. The group I play with is a little more filled with Actors and Worldbuilders. When...

Huh, when I was thinking of starting up, it didn't cost to be an organizer. Weird. I'm surprised they're still in business. Is it a nominal fee? They don't seem to have the fee schedule on the website in an obvious place. EDIT: Found it, $19 a month per month or $12/mo if paid in a 6mo...

Tried starting a Meetup or tried starting a Meetup in Kelowna? :) I tried to start a Meetup in one town, but I never formalized it as such because I found a group before many people had expressed interest. I didn't formally start the meet-up, just joined in the "looking for a meetup" for my...

I should have been a bit more clear. I wasn't replying specifically to the bit about lying, but the bit about Dark Side points being given out left and right. I.E., it seems, from the movies, that all kinds of things force the balance and that Jedi are required to be ever-vigilant to keep...

Have you seen the movies, though? It seems to be less harsh for non-Force-Users, but in the Force, if you can fall just getting UPSET ... Anger and Fear lead to the Dark Side. --fje

Yea, I'd say FoM would work in the crowd situation too. Hrmmm. An additional question that comes up for me, then... Would FoM allow you to take the Charge action over rough terrain? Would it let you take the charge action through friendly occupied squares? Unfriendly occupied squares? The...

Yes and Yes. For the first I would lower the DC to +5 what the usual DC should be (since the rope is not affected by FoM and would be wobbling and sloshing about in the water) ... DM call on the +5. I would say that from the spell it should actually drop the DC to what it would be given no...

Well there's logical extensions and then there aren't. As above, air and water are functionally rather similar when working out resistances placed on other bodies. It seems, to me, obvious that the section about moving and attacking in water is a call-out to demonstrate what is a common...

"Also" is a continuation in this regard. Your argument begins with the assumption that "also" provides an additional effect as opposed to a continuation of effects. The format of the spell description states the overall effect and then goes on to clarify and call out notable utilities...

I can't speak to the RAW, but if I were the GM and you asked, I'd allow it. Seems, to me, within the purview of the spell. Winds are hindering your movement (I.E. they are trying to knock you off balance if you move) and then they wouldn't be. I would remove the effects of the wind for that...

Cross-class ranks. There are no forbidden skills in 3.5, so anybody can take UMD at cross-class if they want, IIRC. My group house-ruled two more Skill Points per level across the board for all characters, and my wife's Wizard took max cross-class ranks in UMD for this sort of thing...

Limited Wish is where it is at, as they say. I managed to grab an item through my GM to yoink Spell Domain, giving me Limited Wish in a domain slot. And I take it EVERY DAY. And when I need it, I use it. Usually to emulate a Wizard spell I need. My character got dropped a mile up with no...

I've always been baffled by the movies, where the fall to the Dark Side is quick and difficult to stop. It's hard to put that into a game system because players can look at the numbers, if they're so inclined, and play to the edge of the Dark Side to get as much juice as they can from it, and...

And then Boba Fett spent a Force point to instead drop to 0hp and five steps down the Condition Track. The Sarlac couldn't penetrate his Fortitude Defense with it's Digestive Enzyme attack of +0 over the course of the next ten rounds and Boba rolled a 15 on his Constitution check, moving up the...

My wife's favorite character of all time was a low-level gnome rogue named Fanelin Fayne ... The Greatest Wizard In This, Or Any Other Realm. She'd take a round out to say: "I cast True Strike." at the table and pantomime doing a spell over his crossbow ... then if she missed the next round...