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Lord Dynel wrote: I didn't, in any way, want you to feel like I was attacking or deconstructing your house rule. Please, attack or deconstruct away! An idea that does not stand up to the bright light of scrutiny is not a good idea. Of course, it always helps to be polite (at which the people of thi...

Lord Dynel wrote: But don't take what I'm saying the wrong way. I'm not knocking your method by any means, good sir, as I think it's pretty decent and workable idea. Definitely fitting for the "hero" game. I played a little OD&D recently, and first and second levels are just BRUTAL in...

<t>I have seen others mention house rules that say they get full Hit Points at first level. I just wanted to throw out the house rule that I used to use in D&D (1st to 3rd ed.) that seemed to make low levels much, much more fun to play.<br/> <br/> BASIC RULE: <br/> <br/> Roll HP as normal (inclu...

<t>The below are how I would implement these new rules. Note that you are really disadvantaging characters (versus monsters) with most of them, so they may need something to make their lives easier.<br/> <br/> 1) I agree with this one. I have always liked the idea of doing a CON check to see if you ...

<t>That's what I am afraid of: the rules seem better than the old A&D rules, but I see little cracks and crevices where the more devious member of my group could really exploit them.<br/> <br/> (just to anticipate: blah blah good GM controls that blah blah let them have fun blah blah flame war b...

<t>I just read the section in Monsters & Treasures about making magic items, and now I am thoroughly confused. Can someone please outline the magic item creation process? Specifically:<br/> <br/> 1) For making "permanent" magic items, how much XP or gold does it cost?<br/> <br/> 2) For items not...

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Thank you, gentle(people) for the discussion. To me, it just goes to show that even if I don't agree with X design decision or whatever, at least CnC seems to be designed and played by people who have a clue.

Jackal wrote: 2- The one exception to the above is when a character attempts to make an action which is specifically an ability from another class. In this case, the CK can either disallow the action altogether or can call for a normal siege roll where level is not added. I take exception to the ex...

tex wrote: It sounds like you're suggesting that C&C is so light and flexible that it's easy to route around its problems. That may not be quite what you mean, but that is what it sounds like. It's frustrating to hear arguments like this because it sounds like whitewashing. It may not actually ...

Jackal wrote: In short (kinda), the siege engine allows for a great deal of flexibility right out of the box due to adding character level, variable challenge levels and miscellaneous modifiers from situation or circumstance. So just because a character can't add his level to a check doesn't mean h...

tex wrote: I think the real problem is that some class abilities are insufficiently special. The text of Climb shows pretty clearly that it is something that is a special thing, which fixes the problem nicely -- non-Rogues can climb stuff and get better at it over time, yet Rogues can still be spec...

Foxroe wrote: ... so I would not allow the Wizard's level to be added to the roll. If I find that through the course of playing, the wizard is often attempting to hide in the most difficult of situations (and is succeeding at it at least some of the time), then I may rule that he can add half of hi...

Aramis wrote: One thing to be careful of though, imneuromancer, your 3e background is showing (remember when Bugs Bunny used to say "Your slip is showing"? ) For the most part, the orcs do not make an opposed check Fair enough, now that I look at it again. But if what you say is true, and...

Aramis wrote: Zippy the wizard wants to hide from an orc patrol Can he blend into the shadows in front of a boulder and observe the orcs? No, hiding that well is a rogue* only ability (It is DMs call, but my call is never! Keep the rogue special) Can he hide behind the boulder and hope to be quiet ...

imneuromancer wrote: (...and I actually see Conan as more of a Fighter/Thief dual class myself... ) -Fox See, that's what I like about SEIGE/CnC... you don't have to do multilclass in order to do stuff that is thief-like or whatever. If you want to make a sneaky fighter, then give them light armor ...

<t>Aramis (and others): The problem that I see with not giving various characters levels for doing "mundane" skills like climbing ropes or walls is severalfold<br/> <br/> 1) It means that higher level characters basically never advance skills. THat means that Conan the Barbarian would never get bett...

<t>Foxroe: you have more succinctly described what I was trying to say, I believe.<br/> <br/> The Rogues powers at first blush seem like "skills" that you can reproduce with ability checks. However, they are actually more like "powers" that allow the rogue to do some really spectacular stuff.<br/> <...

<t>Here's how I personally see how to run this. This is how I used to run it in AD&D.<br/> <br/> It says in the rules for Hide: "Rogues use this ability to conceal themselves from others. A successful check means that the rogue is hidden so well as to be almost invisible. "<br/> <br/> If the rog...