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<blockquote data-quote="smc" data-source="post: 442287" data-attributes="member: 8445"><p><strong>Re: Design issues and on-going work</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks for the additional insight into RPM, Luke. I have spent some more time on the program, and I am seeing some of the capabilities that I missed before. There are some things that I think are really great, such as the handling of skill rolls and the options which are presented to the DM (which you discussed in your post). I am constantly forgetting modifiers and feeling like I am pulling DC's out of a hat rather than with any logic or rules-base, so the extra information and features you provide for even something as simple as a "spot" roll is pretty helpful and impressive.</p><p></p><p>I've also given some more thought to the power of your mapping function, and I am starting to "see the light" on that. I am currently running my players through the "Sunless Citadel" module, and it seems like it would be possible to place _all_ of the enocounteres on a scanned-version of a level. This is pretty cool becuse I can actually move opponents around as they respond to the intrusion of the PC's ... for example, if guards move from one area to another as they hear the sounds of combat and join the fray. That's pretty awesome, and gives me an opportunity to treat a map as more of a "whole" than a series of self-contained encounters. So, I can see the potential of using the RPM battlemap for the big picture and using our table map for the minutia of a single battle.</p><p></p><p>There are some things still eluding me. Try as I might, I just can't figure out map "locations", and there are a couple of other things where I feel like a complete dunder-head. Perhaps I will swing by your forums and see if I can work through any of the sticking points, because I certainly see a great deal of potential with RPM in my games.</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p></p><p>smc</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smc, post: 442287, member: 8445"] [b]Re: Design issues and on-going work[/b] Thanks for the additional insight into RPM, Luke. I have spent some more time on the program, and I am seeing some of the capabilities that I missed before. There are some things that I think are really great, such as the handling of skill rolls and the options which are presented to the DM (which you discussed in your post). I am constantly forgetting modifiers and feeling like I am pulling DC's out of a hat rather than with any logic or rules-base, so the extra information and features you provide for even something as simple as a "spot" roll is pretty helpful and impressive. I've also given some more thought to the power of your mapping function, and I am starting to "see the light" on that. I am currently running my players through the "Sunless Citadel" module, and it seems like it would be possible to place _all_ of the enocounteres on a scanned-version of a level. This is pretty cool becuse I can actually move opponents around as they respond to the intrusion of the PC's ... for example, if guards move from one area to another as they hear the sounds of combat and join the fray. That's pretty awesome, and gives me an opportunity to treat a map as more of a "whole" than a series of self-contained encounters. So, I can see the potential of using the RPM battlemap for the big picture and using our table map for the minutia of a single battle. There are some things still eluding me. Try as I might, I just can't figure out map "locations", and there are a couple of other things where I feel like a complete dunder-head. Perhaps I will swing by your forums and see if I can work through any of the sticking points, because I certainly see a great deal of potential with RPM in my games. Cheers, smc [/QUOTE]
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