A Call to Arms (OOC) (Recruiting)
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Variant Rule: Sharpening blades.
Asking for maps of Horned Lands, Lands of Iuz, Critwall and Doraaka, arouses suspicion: make it an encounter.
I'm thinking of using a rule I made up ages ago (for 2nd ed) that made sharpening blades and carrying whetstones worthwhile.
Basically, every time you go into combat, your blade (piercing and slashing) gets dulled. This is represented by a maximum -1 penalty to damage that is gained after any combat. If you spend an hour sharpening the blade, which requires a whetstone and some oil, at the end of the hour you make a Craft (metalworking/weaponsmithing) roll against a DC of 17. Success negates the penalty. A further hour spent sharpening gives the blade a fine edge that increases the damage dealt on the first successful blow by +1 and negates any penalty that would be gained after that combat.
It means a little bit of book-keeping and something extra to remember, but it's a nice, quirky little thing that enhances the game, I think.
The reason the DC is relatively high is that if you've ever tried sharpening a blade (as in a proper steel blade, not you're funky fake ones), you'll know that succeeding isn't easy and takes either time, luck or skill. I figure with the Take 10 rule, most people who care should be able to get it easy enough and those who don't can always take a good stab (pun intended) at it
Asking for maps of Horned Lands, Lands of Iuz, Critwall and Doraaka, arouses suspicion: make it an encounter.
I'm thinking of using a rule I made up ages ago (for 2nd ed) that made sharpening blades and carrying whetstones worthwhile.
Basically, every time you go into combat, your blade (piercing and slashing) gets dulled. This is represented by a maximum -1 penalty to damage that is gained after any combat. If you spend an hour sharpening the blade, which requires a whetstone and some oil, at the end of the hour you make a Craft (metalworking/weaponsmithing) roll against a DC of 17. Success negates the penalty. A further hour spent sharpening gives the blade a fine edge that increases the damage dealt on the first successful blow by +1 and negates any penalty that would be gained after that combat.
It means a little bit of book-keeping and something extra to remember, but it's a nice, quirky little thing that enhances the game, I think.
The reason the DC is relatively high is that if you've ever tried sharpening a blade (as in a proper steel blade, not you're funky fake ones), you'll know that succeeding isn't easy and takes either time, luck or skill. I figure with the Take 10 rule, most people who care should be able to get it easy enough and those who don't can always take a good stab (pun intended) at it
OOC and Character Actions
Hmm... ok, two things, first, this is the OOC thread so any major OOC stuff to be discussed can be discussed in here.
Secondly... as you know, I'm on a learning curve and one thing I've discovered is that I have to wait for people to be clear before continuing. Now, I'm not picking on you, John, just using your actions with Clete as an example. Instead of saying, "I want to go and do this sometime later," could you all say instead, "I'm doing this, this, and this now." Be definitive so that I can make judgements over whether or not to continue. For instance, with Clete's gather info deal, in the sentence it indicated that he was in a discussion and waiting for a response from others whereas in OOC it was as if he was going right then and there. So I couldn't be sure what was happening. If John had said, "I'm going and doing this right now," then I would've responded, however since I was unsure, I'm still waiting for confirmation of his actions.
Like I said, not a gripe just me learning and trying to figure out the best way to move forward.
Hmm... ok, two things, first, this is the OOC thread so any major OOC stuff to be discussed can be discussed in here.
Secondly... as you know, I'm on a learning curve and one thing I've discovered is that I have to wait for people to be clear before continuing. Now, I'm not picking on you, John, just using your actions with Clete as an example. Instead of saying, "I want to go and do this sometime later," could you all say instead, "I'm doing this, this, and this now." Be definitive so that I can make judgements over whether or not to continue. For instance, with Clete's gather info deal, in the sentence it indicated that he was in a discussion and waiting for a response from others whereas in OOC it was as if he was going right then and there. So I couldn't be sure what was happening. If John had said, "I'm going and doing this right now," then I would've responded, however since I was unsure, I'm still waiting for confirmation of his actions.
Like I said, not a gripe just me learning and trying to figure out the best way to move forward.
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