Search results

It's not a source for professional purposes, but for personal use it's good enough. And if you need more, the articles are usually very well sourced to places that are good sources.

The thing is, Frodo didn't have the strength for it. At the end, he couldn't throw the ring into Mount Doom. He got close, but no pipe. What saved them was Gollum becoming overcome by his desire for the Precious, biting off Frodo's finger, and then falling into the volcano. That's the...

You mean Giles's brother? I'm sure they'd be thrilled at that comparison.

Another major difference in 4e is that all careers have a built-in staked-out career path, looking like this: The characteristics marked with a cross are the ones you can advance at level 1, with the copper crossed axes, the silver skull, and the gold shield becoming available at levels 2, 3...

The big counterexample is Discworld, where a significant portion of the books are about making the world (or at least Ankh-Morpork) better through either social or technological progress. There's even one specifically about moving away from the hidebound prejudices of the past (Thud!). I know...

Took us like 10 minutes to figure out first time, and we probably got some things wrong regarding timing (grenades generally have a timer fuse instead of going off on impact). Plus, while I'm not an expert on explosives, I think this is one of those areas where detailed rules don't lead to...

I'm assuming you're talking about 1e or 2e seeing as you're mentioning bonuses and 4e doesn't have that in the same way. So you mean the bit in the career description that looks something like this? These are your potential advances. You can spend 100 XP to either increase one of the values in...

I've mentioned this in other threads about GURPS, but as I recall GURPS 2e and original 3e had fairly reasonable lists of skills and advantages. Then came approximately three billion sourcebooks about all sorts of stuff, many written by people who were experts on that topic, and since they were...

You know that this is the Internet, right?

Exactly. It would have been remarkable if the first year or so of 5.5 sales hadn't been stronger than the first year or so of 5.0 sales, given the immense growth the game has had in the intervening decade. The interesting thing would be to see how sales look over a longer period, say 5-10 years.

I think Troubleshooters does a fairly good job there. In Troubleshooters, Complications are fairly standardized. For 3 Story Points, you get some sort of short-term disadvantage: -2 to certain rolls in a scene, or turning a success into a failure, or letting the villain get away because of your...

I think PF2 has a fairly good solve: guidance makes you immune to guidance for one hour (whether you use the bonus or not). So that means you save it for the rolls where it really matters, rather than just getting +1d4 on everything (or +1 in PF2, because of tighter math). I think it's mostly...

Sure, but it means they become hard to tell apart, particularly if not playing in very bright illumination. And from a mood POV, I'd rather have distinctive playing pieces and moody lighting than samey pieces and require bright light.

Gotta make, as one of our time's greatest lyricist said, number go up.