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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 6253094" data-attributes="member: 6685730">[MENTION=6746469]Dethklok[/MENTION]: noted, and you're not just welcome, but invited to provide criticism on Modos RPG if you ever get the urge.For a change of pace...Mike Mearls and I recently wrote a new Legends and Lore:A Few Rules UpdatesMichael Terlisner, with Mike Mearls[HR][/HR]               A     s we continue to work toward the release of Modos RPG, a  number of rules that you saw in the public playtest have undergone  revision. Here's a quick look at some of those updates and changes.      [h=3]Exploration[/h]The exploration rules have been reworked to  make them easier to use at  the table. They've been conveniently left out of the v1.1 rulebook,  because there's not much need to have rules on exploration.  A  character's passive perception is the result of taking half on a Detect  contest. Your character sheet will have a space to note this,  making it a value you calculate once and then use as needed.We've  also folded the basics of the exploration system into the party's  marching order. As the party approaches a trap, a hidden monster, or  some other threat, the GM rolls a Detect contest for the one party  member who is most likely to detect it. This  change eliminates tracking the party's alertness.  This change will also  not be included in the rules, because it adds just another rule.We  also simplified the concept of group stealth.  Whenever the party wants  to be sneaky, the GM rolls a Sneak contest for the character most  likely to be noticed.  At a slow pace, a rogue can thus attempt to hide  while using  an action to pick a lock or search for secret doors, simply by pairing  that action with a Sneak action.  If the party moves  at a faster pace, each character can still attempt to hide, but must use  an action to do so, as normal.The idea of a sequence that includes checking for random encounters is bulky, and has been omitted.Finally, we've glossed over the time it takes to complete certain  actions with the exploration rules. Disarming a trap or picking a lock  takes at least one action, possibly more if the lock has been assigned progress (damage) points by the General of Modos.[h=3]Extra Actions[/h]   The playtest process showed us that gaining an extra action on your  turn in combat can lead to a lot of overpowered combinations. So extra actions are no longer awarded by perks, they are instead unlocked  by perks as characters gain the ability scores needed for extra  actions.  Multiclassing cast a bright light on this issue, with  PCs designing their own classes in a free-form way as they progressed in  level.    Right now, we're not working with a rule that limits a character  to  one bonus action per turn, because characters get 3 free actions per  turn, and one (unlockable) bonus action for every 5 points that an  ability score is above 10.[h=3]Character Speed and Heavy Armor[/h]   We're looking at giving all the standard player character races the  same speed, and allowing characters with sufficient Physical  scores to offset the Physical penalties for heavy armor by virtue of  simply having a Physical ability modifier.  We think these  ideas make sense for a few different reasons.   The speed penalty for smaller characters and dwarves doesn't  exist, because while they're small, they're also quick.  Or hardy.  Or  better described by their character concepts and Movement skill points.   When it comes to armor, we wanted heavy armor to have potential  drawbacks without being overly harsh or restrictive. Heavy armor is . . .  well, heavy, so making your Physical play a role in its effectiveness  is intuitive. This change allows armor to be increasingly restrictive as  it increasingly restricts the Physical damage that a character must  avoid taking.  So we've applied a 1 point Physical penalty while wearing  light armor, 2 points for medium, and 3 for heavy.  Other  characters can still maximize their defense by wearing light armor and  taking the Armor Training perk, or by using the Specialize perk for the  Parry skill.</blockquote>

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