First Impressions?
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Sir Robilar
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Looks fantastic so far. Nice to read, simple and clear. I adore the advantage/disadvantage rules. It reminds me of Ye Olde Gaming company's Wayfarers RPG, where the proficiency system works the same.
Chris_Nightwing
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Still reading the rules, but I like advantage/disadvantage. The ability modifiers remain the same, which really confuses me as to the Rogue's skill ability mentioned in the last Ro3 article (the math doesn't work, see other thread).
Chris_Nightwing
First Post
Oh and the rules about rolling hit points and your Constitution - sounds like a really neat trick on paper, but screws high hit die classes? I can't decide.
Majoru Oakheart
Adventurer
It is interesting. It mostly appears to be a mix of 3e and 4e combined together.
Hit Dice are pretty much Healing Surges just with more rolling to see how many hitpoints you regain and only able to use them out of combat. Also you don't need them for spells to heal you.
Armor and Weapons work more like 3e. However spells use Int or Wis as their attack stat. Stat modifiers are exactly the same as 3e.
The spells appear to be mostly copied as pasted with very few changes from 3e.
Meanwhile, the whole thing is wrapped in a layer of sentiment that "The game doesn't need exact rules for doing anything other than attacks and damage". It pretty much says "As the DM, make up DCs for things, you have 6 stats, use whichever stat you think is appropriate for a task or saving throw".
Hit Dice are pretty much Healing Surges just with more rolling to see how many hitpoints you regain and only able to use them out of combat. Also you don't need them for spells to heal you.
Armor and Weapons work more like 3e. However spells use Int or Wis as their attack stat. Stat modifiers are exactly the same as 3e.
The spells appear to be mostly copied as pasted with very few changes from 3e.
Meanwhile, the whole thing is wrapped in a layer of sentiment that "The game doesn't need exact rules for doing anything other than attacks and damage". It pretty much says "As the DM, make up DCs for things, you have 6 stats, use whichever stat you think is appropriate for a task or saving throw".
Raith5
Adventurer
On page 4 of how to play it says your hp are your con score plus your hit dice roll or your con bonus (whichever is higher)
Kinak
First Post
Overall, the rules have a very OD&D feel to me.
Mapping saves and skills as attribute checks seems pretty solid to me, very old school.
I'll admit I'm a little concerned about their flat math. You need big bonuses to make a difference when your random factor is a d20.
The advantage/disadvantage (roll twice, take the better/worse) mechanic is nice. I'm looking forward to seeing that in play. Much more gratifying than a small bonus and doesn't complicate things by stacking.
Their line on buying magical items is up my alley (i.e. you can't).
Not sure I'm sold on their approach to rituals (exchanging components for memorization), but it's certainly worth taking for a spin.
Scaling spell effects based on the target's hit points makes "save or suck" way more interactive with the rest of the party. Very cool.
The spell effects look perfect too. They're short and easy to understand without being too jargony.
Overall, lots of simplification. It should be fun, but I'm sure it still has a lot to hammer out.
Cheers!
Kinak
Mapping saves and skills as attribute checks seems pretty solid to me, very old school.
I'll admit I'm a little concerned about their flat math. You need big bonuses to make a difference when your random factor is a d20.
The advantage/disadvantage (roll twice, take the better/worse) mechanic is nice. I'm looking forward to seeing that in play. Much more gratifying than a small bonus and doesn't complicate things by stacking.
Their line on buying magical items is up my alley (i.e. you can't).
Not sure I'm sold on their approach to rituals (exchanging components for memorization), but it's certainly worth taking for a spin.
Scaling spell effects based on the target's hit points makes "save or suck" way more interactive with the rest of the party. Very cool.
The spell effects look perfect too. They're short and easy to understand without being too jargony.
Overall, lots of simplification. It should be fun, but I'm sure it still has a lot to hammer out.
Cheers!
Kinak
