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<blockquote data-quote="Rodrigo" data-source="post: 214582" data-attributes="member: 4552"><p><strong>My take on them</strong></p><p></p><p>I personally think they are good... but only if you begin using them from the beginning of the campaign. Let me show you my character for example:</p><p></p><p>I have a 10 Sorcerer / 1 Fatespinner. I have Bloodline of Fire, Focus Evocation, Greater Focus (or whatever it's called) Evocatio, and Iron will. My only offensive spell at 4th level or higher is Phantasmal Killer.</p><p></p><p>So basicly unless I can get my fighters to use up all of my DMs action dice there is not much I can cast offensively that can't be easily offset by the use of 1 action die from the DM at this point in my career. The DM's action dice also completely offset my fatespinner abilites, but that is admittedly an unusual situation</p><p></p><p>Also the crit thing does nothing but screw those players that play with the crit threat as their focus.</p><p></p><p>I was a long time Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay player. In that world you did not get resurrected but you did have fate points. These were rather like a cat's 9 lives and could basicly counteract something bad that just happened to you. You would start out with 3 or 4 for the life of your character. You could gain one by doing something like saving the world but when you were at 0 that was a good time to think about retirement.</p><p></p><p>I would simply do this:</p><p></p><p>Get 1 action die per level you advance and 1 per heroic deed. Heroic deeds maybe a great self sacrifice or completing an adventure where you save the world.</p><p></p><p>Action dice do not refresh every night.</p><p></p><p>The die type is your level rounded down. ie. 4, 6, 8, 10, 12.</p><p></p><p>These can be used to retroactively modify a roll YOU have made. But not modify someone else's roll.</p><p></p><p>The GM does not get action dice. We are the heroes after all.</p><p></p><p>Get rid of Resurrection. That's for pussies. But that is another arguement entirely.</p><p></p><p></p><p>These kinds of things will help offset the occasional save of 1 vs that disintegration spell but won't save you against them forever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rodrigo, post: 214582, member: 4552"] [b]My take on them[/b] I personally think they are good... but only if you begin using them from the beginning of the campaign. Let me show you my character for example: I have a 10 Sorcerer / 1 Fatespinner. I have Bloodline of Fire, Focus Evocation, Greater Focus (or whatever it's called) Evocatio, and Iron will. My only offensive spell at 4th level or higher is Phantasmal Killer. So basicly unless I can get my fighters to use up all of my DMs action dice there is not much I can cast offensively that can't be easily offset by the use of 1 action die from the DM at this point in my career. The DM's action dice also completely offset my fatespinner abilites, but that is admittedly an unusual situation Also the crit thing does nothing but screw those players that play with the crit threat as their focus. I was a long time Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay player. In that world you did not get resurrected but you did have fate points. These were rather like a cat's 9 lives and could basicly counteract something bad that just happened to you. You would start out with 3 or 4 for the life of your character. You could gain one by doing something like saving the world but when you were at 0 that was a good time to think about retirement. I would simply do this: Get 1 action die per level you advance and 1 per heroic deed. Heroic deeds maybe a great self sacrifice or completing an adventure where you save the world. Action dice do not refresh every night. The die type is your level rounded down. ie. 4, 6, 8, 10, 12. These can be used to retroactively modify a roll YOU have made. But not modify someone else's roll. The GM does not get action dice. We are the heroes after all. Get rid of Resurrection. That's for pussies. But that is another arguement entirely. These kinds of things will help offset the occasional save of 1 vs that disintegration spell but won't save you against them forever. [/QUOTE]
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