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No worries. I noticed you link all the rolls you make in the T20 PbP. I know what a crappy work that is, and it takes a lot of time. Don't bother with it. I've only checked the first link to see what the diceroller looked like, but I couldn't care less wether you used a diceroller, rolled a live d20, trained a parrot to randomly repeat numbers between 1 and 20 every time you give him a peanut, or made up every single roll.
Just mu thoughts, i don't know if doghead agrees, but i don't think he has ever linked a roll when he's mastering
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Just mu thoughts, i don't know if doghead agrees, but i don't think he has ever linked a roll when he's mastering
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Maerdwyn
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Yeah, I can probably ditch it - it's a relic of a...shall we say...contentious... game I used to play in.
Also in T20, the party has gotten an awful lot of bad news over the past couple game weeks. Until the player got to know me, I wanted to make sure they knew I was at least being straight with them on the dice rolls. It's been a year or so now though, so I hope that's less of a concern
BTW, if you look in the IC thread, I think the end of the spar is just about upon us. Nate with an AoO and another attack following it.
Also in T20, the party has gotten an awful lot of bad news over the past couple game weeks. Until the player got to know me, I wanted to make sure they knew I was at least being straight with them on the dice rolls. It's been a year or so now though, so I hope that's less of a concern
BTW, if you look in the IC thread, I think the end of the spar is just about upon us. Nate with an AoO and another attack following it.
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doghead
thotd
The parrot is fine. Personally, I use a trained hamster, two thumb tacks and a bottle of ketchup. But the actully method is closely guarded family secret so I can't say any more.
And Maerdwyn is not joking about the bad news.
I generally try and keep the game as seemless as possible, doing a lot of rolls here and there as I write the posts. I don't generally post the rolls, particularly where knowing the result can influence how you see the outcome - ie a sense motive check.
The combat looked interesting. It seemed a little more difficult to hit, but get a good one in and the fight can be almost over. The penalties add an interesting dimension as well. It may pay, in the interrest of keeping things moving, to call a critial type when making an attack. That way, if you score one, I can just deal with at the time rather than going back and asking what you want you want to do when they happen.
We're going with the str version of the rules. I like dex fighters, but generally, IR, the big guy wins. I've though about ways of incorporating both, but its gets too complex. So Str version it is. There is always the Weapon Finess feat.
And Maerdwyn is not joking about the bad news.
I generally try and keep the game as seemless as possible, doing a lot of rolls here and there as I write the posts. I don't generally post the rolls, particularly where knowing the result can influence how you see the outcome - ie a sense motive check.
The combat looked interesting. It seemed a little more difficult to hit, but get a good one in and the fight can be almost over. The penalties add an interesting dimension as well. It may pay, in the interrest of keeping things moving, to call a critial type when making an attack. That way, if you score one, I can just deal with at the time rather than going back and asking what you want you want to do when they happen.
We're going with the str version of the rules. I like dex fighters, but generally, IR, the big guy wins. I've though about ways of incorporating both, but its gets too complex. So Str version it is. There is always the Weapon Finess feat.
Thomas Hobbes
First Post
A note on raging and power attack:
Generally speaking, a bonus to hit is also a bonus to damage, since the higher you roll the more damage you deal. So you favor a +1 to hit over a +1 to damage. By the same token, a penalty to AC is also a penalty to soak, because you take more damage the lower you roll on the defense roll.
This changes Rage significantly and makes power attack well-nigh useless. Power attack is fairly self explanatory: trading "to hit" for "damage" is not worth it because "to hit" translates into extra damage as well. In a normal D&D game, Power Attack is a way for fighter with massive attack bonuses to convert that into damage. Here, it does worse than nothing. Perhaps we could house rule it so that a one-handed power attack offers a 2-for-1 trade, as a 2-handed attack does in the normal rules, and a 2-handed attack offers a 3-for-1 trade. This sets up again the original dynamic of hitting harder but less often.
Rage is still fairly useful. The Strength bonus now is doubly beneficial, because it adds to "to hit" AND "damage." However, the penalty to AC and the bonus to Consitution negate each other in terms of attack rolls (2 more points of damage very time you get hit and 2 more points of soak), and actually a bit more than that, because you get hit more often AND every time you get hit you take more damage. The extra soak is actually extra DR with everything that doesn't require an attack roll, however.
So the overall affect is +2 hit and damage (which means +4 to damage), you get hit slightly more often with no damage change on any individual hit, +2 to Fort Saves and +2 to Will saves. Still worth it, methinks. Perhaps some extra soak is justified (1 or 2 points).
Anyway, I'm ready to join in.
Generally speaking, a bonus to hit is also a bonus to damage, since the higher you roll the more damage you deal. So you favor a +1 to hit over a +1 to damage. By the same token, a penalty to AC is also a penalty to soak, because you take more damage the lower you roll on the defense roll.
This changes Rage significantly and makes power attack well-nigh useless. Power attack is fairly self explanatory: trading "to hit" for "damage" is not worth it because "to hit" translates into extra damage as well. In a normal D&D game, Power Attack is a way for fighter with massive attack bonuses to convert that into damage. Here, it does worse than nothing. Perhaps we could house rule it so that a one-handed power attack offers a 2-for-1 trade, as a 2-handed attack does in the normal rules, and a 2-handed attack offers a 3-for-1 trade. This sets up again the original dynamic of hitting harder but less often.
Rage is still fairly useful. The Strength bonus now is doubly beneficial, because it adds to "to hit" AND "damage." However, the penalty to AC and the bonus to Consitution negate each other in terms of attack rolls (2 more points of damage very time you get hit and 2 more points of soak), and actually a bit more than that, because you get hit more often AND every time you get hit you take more damage. The extra soak is actually extra DR with everything that doesn't require an attack roll, however.
So the overall affect is +2 hit and damage (which means +4 to damage), you get hit slightly more often with no damage change on any individual hit, +2 to Fort Saves and +2 to Will saves. Still worth it, methinks. Perhaps some extra soak is justified (1 or 2 points).
Anyway, I'm ready to join in.
doghead
thotd
TH. Thanks for the breakdown. The 2-1 and 3-1 trade on power attack is a bit scary. Perhaps 3-2 (single handed attack) and 2-1 (double handed attack)? Cos whats good for the goose ...
Feel free to make a grand IC entrance at any now. If you want to check anything before you do, email me.
It was August when Temujin said he would be away for a week. So we may have lost him. That leaves three. I can work with that if you are happy to. With just three we should be able to move quite quickly. Let me know what you think.
Feel free to make a grand IC entrance at any now. If you want to check anything before you do, email me.
It was August when Temujin said he would be away for a week. So we may have lost him. That leaves three. I can work with that if you are happy to. With just three we should be able to move quite quickly. Let me know what you think.
Thomas Hobbes
First Post
Will do, Doghead. I figure Cromwell's back on duty after some time in the military pokey; on probation, he's travelled back to his unit to reassume command under the local sarge. Cromwell's likely to remain the alliterative corporal for a while due to this incident, I expect.
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