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serleran wrote: Fields of Battle -- mass combat Melee -- board game Harvesters -- anthropomorphic (humanoid animal) SIEGE Engine game Since Fields of Battle will be a seperate product, does this mean that the large scale battle rules will be taken out of the CKG? And will Melee work with it or be c...

<t>Could somebody Trollish tell me a little bit about the following products? Specifically, I'd like to know what they are in general...<br/> Fields of Battle<br/> Melee<br/> Harvesters<br/> <br/> Of particular interest to me is wherther the first one means that the rules for Large Scale Battle are ...

<t>It's probably just a case of the GSL, which forbids 'repackaging' 4e material for other systems and vice versa.<br/> <br/> As NG is a small company, that means that they'd have to create entirely original C&C material, a seperate line, which they might not be able to afford. And like it or no...

<t>I find it ironic that 4e is going for the MMO crowd but the core rules are so burdensome, it's much easier and less work to just play an MMO where the rules fade into the background.<br/> <br/> C&C rules, on the other hand actually do fade into the background and could recreate the speed and ...

<t>I'd suggest, if you're just looking for a trimmed down version of the main rules, downloading the Quick Start Rules. It has only the four basic classes (Fighter,Cleric, Wizard and Rogue) and three races (Human, Dwarf and Elf) to simplify things. The levels only go up to 4th, which while limiting,...

gideon_thorne wrote: *chuckles* Elmore and dynamic comic action art from Marvel and their How to Draw book are two of my stronger influences. I use models, but I don't stop with the model. Sometimes folk just cant hold the extreme pose, so take a photo and dynamic it up a bit. But there's such a hu...

Omote wrote: Luther... you avatar freaks me the F out. That is all. -O Mission accomplished, then. That is one of my favourite pictures from one of my favourite old school artists, from the best RPG campaign of all time: The Daemon Gideon in disguise as a pageboy, by Will Rees, from The Enemy Withi...

<t>I played 3e until 3.5 and the splatbook tide made it unbearable. I thought 4e would be an improvement, but after looking at 'advanced' copies of the core books, I immediately asked myself, 'what was it that got me role-playing in the first place' because it sure as hell wasn't the encyclopedic ru...

What you do to the covers ain't no thang, but you best get me my CKG! SHO NUFF!

I don't see a CKG soon I'm gonna bust a d20 in yo f*n*y!

You betta reconize...

EDIT: Wow, you can't say F A N N Y on the forums! I guess the forum software is irish...

If Vin Deisel hadn't fallen so far in terms of $ per picture, I'd say he would be the richest.

Robin Williams would be my next best guess.

Is stephen Colbert still playing the game? When does he have time...?

Mike Frank wrote: Luther, take a look at this "Old-School Primer" posted by Mythmere. http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=912860 LOL! I actually downloaded that yesterday and have only had the time to read the first couple of pages. It's good stuff, so far, and something I plan to ha...

Treebore wrote: I just go by the M&T, its taken plenty of time for them to level to 15th level (nearly 3 years of regular play), so I think the XP system, as written, works fine. The only "modification" I have made is sometimes I will only award a percentage based on difficulty. Still...

You asked for opinions, so here you go. I hope your eyes don't fall out of your head before you get to the bottom... Rigon wrote: Attributes Attribute Scores: Roll 4d6 7 times dropping lowest die roll each time, drop lowest score and arrange as desired. Class Primes: There are no class specific prim...

Well, I was curious as to the justification of why finding it made you more powerful in ability. Regardless, I think the idea of gaining XP for spending money is great when taken in the following context... Quote: Another option is to let the characters donate gold to a community for xp. I tried it ...

<r>There is a very intersting thread on rpg.net discussing the xp/treasure relationship. Basically, someone wants to bring an 'old school feel' to 4E by reinstituting the 1xp/gp rule and reducing monster awards...<br/> <URL url="http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=409651">http://forum.rpg.net/show...

serleran wrote:
Heh, I make it sound far more complex than it is, in practice. It does take some explaining to get the point of it across, though.

Anyway, I thought it might be of interest.

I appreciate it...

serleran wrote: Basically, the Asbury System awards XP for HP of damage dealt, but it weighs in level and class, so that a high level fighter, who is much better at dishing out damage than a low level wizard, gets less of a multiplier which is then weighed against HD of the slain monster. *SNIP* Bu...

Treebore wrote: I presume your referring to 3E modules? ... That is one thing I did not like in 3E. You could make level 15 and only have 6 or so modules to your "history". In C&C my 15th level game has 17 modules to their history. Plus a lot of stuff that I just threw into the mix to...

Treebore wrote: I would go with option 1. That way when levelling slows down I could just up it from 50 to 100, or 200, etc... It is by far the easiest to apply and modify on the fly, and the one I lean towards the most. The biggest problem is converting modules from other editions that might not m...

<t>I have always been reluctant to mess with RAW, but I have to say that C&C has inspired the tinkerer in me. Not that the rules need extensive reworking, but they are just so flexible I can't help but experiment with different ideas before I start my fall game, regardless of whether or not I'll...

<t>Now looky here yoyos, that's the way you do it,<br/> <br/> gimme another book for C&C.<br/> <br/> I hate waitin, when you gonna do it?<br/> <br/> I pay you a bundle for a CKG.<br/> With apologies to the Dire Straits <br/> Seriously, though. When is this book coming out and can we get some mor...

Treebore wrote: CL of 2 x the spell level gets real steep real fast, and has too high of a failure rate. I have used CL 3+spell level for over a year now and it still has a pretty high rate of failure, but since this is to allow for spells to be modified (maximized, extended, change AoE, etc...) I ...

So as not to clutter the original description, I'll post my reasoning behind the design process here. 1. Vancian Plus Considering the nature of magic in the Jack Vance novels, I think this actually represents spellcasters a little better and it gives the caster options outside of 'blow my wad, rest ...

<t>Right, I've been all over the place looking at different options for spellcasters in C&C for a campaign I plan to run in the fall, and these are some of the potential changes I've come up with. I'd only use one of the following, but I'd like to know your opinions on the pros and cons of each:...

<t>I'm going to post it as soon as I've ironed it out some more.<br/> <br/> The thing I'm struggling with at the moment is to capture that 'faustian deal' feeling you get with WFRP magic because of Power Dice. You can choose just how much power you put into a spell, and it results in you asking your...

I have to agree with Rhuvein as well because, funnily enough, I started a similar thread discussing whether or not a good hybrid of the C&C and 4e spell system was possible. The aim was to show that C&C could do anything 4e could do, but better, and with less modification of the core system....

cinderblock wrote: This could be interesting. I would have some difficulty with regular play as my job requires that I work second and/or third shift butit does sound kinda fun. Treebore wrote: I would guess the online players are more likely to see this in the on line game forum. I would be intere...

<r>Due to a conversation in another thread, I'm gauging interest in running an XCrawl League for the members of these boards.<br/> <br/> To explain, XCrawl is a D&D setting set in the modern world where dungeon crawling is a spectator sport, orgainized much like football, in which lagre dungeons...

serleran wrote: In that case, if I could, I'd play in the third one. #1 tends toward high level play, which I find boring, especially if I have to be the ruler of something -- much more interesting to be high level and actually adventure. Also, I don't see why mass combat rules are "necessary....

serleran wrote: Maybe ask your players. They're the ones who have to actually play the game. Well, considering that the folks on this board might well be the folks who play the game, I thought that was what I was doing. I never see a posting for 'Random Game looking for players, game to be decided ...