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Even when Combat and Magic are also Skill best there are often have extra steps like using mana points or spell slots, and of course damage rolls and HP. So they not pure Skill use, in the manner of picking locks or investigate Combat - Magic - Skill are thus the three mechanical systems used...

So with Super Mario Galaxy and Fall Out 2 on the horizon I thought I'd get some recommendations 1 What are your Top 10 Movies/Shows based on Games 2 What games do you want to see turned into movies? I'm guessing Silent Hill and Resident Evil are up there, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ended up better...

Hmmm - the idea of elvish ghouls has got me all shook up

Okay we can link the discussion of Howard and Conan to the idea that Players will use their heroic characters as proxies of what they see as 'ideal' traits, traits which they might well aspire to - Conan is certainly that and players of cunning dextrous rogues might well idealise those traits...

Well Kid Koopa looks infinitely better than Bat-Fam It might even be enjoyable as inspiration material

I still dont know what this is about

started with Mentzer Red Box BECMI, checked out Palladium Fantasy, and GURPS (not sure which was 2nd RPG) didnt like AD&D or Palladium system going Gonzo, so went with GURPS dabbled with Toons, TMNT After the Bomb, Night Breed 3e got me back to DnD

Shade-9 AC:16 HP:43/38(43) HD:4/4 PP:14.DV SSdc13 3/3 DA:2/3 HM:1/2 Lk:2/2

I keep forgetting I have lucky as a boost

Howard consistently portrays Conan as a cunning, resourceful rogue who can move unseen, bypass guards, climb sheer walls, and navigate deadly traps through agility, stealth and instinctive cunning. He is said to move with the supple ease of a great jungle cat. So while he may not be a technical...

Conan was a thief, Cimmerian Barbarian was his Heritage which game him a Str bonus and indomitable feat

none of the other roles you mention are Classes, theyre backgrounds and sure a thief can be any background. But the class is that of Rogue or in more enlightened systems Expert and that tells you what you need to know - they thief/rogue is the Skill expert able to do skillful things that dont...

It does amuse me that as Animation in Asia has become more and more slick and sophisticated, the newer offerings from the USA have gotten progressively worse

Let it burrow 30ft, advantage on grab from below, grapple and retreat and tunnel collape to have its hole fill with dirt leaving victims buried prone underground with the large hungry predator.

Nuckalevee - combine that with the Night hag rider and go full fey horror show

TEAM FUSION - SUBJECT:SHADE-9 - Operation Hydra... The light from the cavern roof above the obelisk was thin and fragile and without the glow of Loklafd’s sword the shadows pooled and settled, which suited Shade-9 fine. Once the kayaks were stacked against the north wall the warforged...

I think it would be more fun if the centaur does know that he's cursed (but only with vague memories of what happens), but he needs to keep it secret so as to avoid Royal embarrassment. Make him a good guy, doing his job but burdened by a terrible secret he doesnt know how to deal with. He...

Playing an adventuring alchemist, I've always been focussed on harvesting organic treasures - especially things like Behir bile glands, basilisk eyes or manticore stingers. Most of the time though its off camera downtime stuff, via a short discussion with the DM and maybe a survival check to see...

I love the idea, the Royal Warden of the Greenway, is respected by the court, feared by poachers, and whispered about by the forest’s folk, especially now that travellers and woodcutters have started to go missing. its mythic and tragic and if you can play the centaur as a good guy who the PCs...

Yeah, but the South Pole is particularly extreme. At least mountains still give options for shelter - a flat sheet of windblasted ice gives you nothing