Troll Lord Games

<t>I was once dragged into playing in an evil campaign... and i have to say, i wasn't exactly Dr Evil. Hell, i wasn't even Mr Evil.<br/> <br/> Though to be fair the DM and the other Players seemed to assume that being evil meant doing Everything in an evil way... which is garbage. You can pay your t...

<t>I'm not sure i would even require a Check at all.... i mean depending on why the Ogre is after the kid, it wouldn't be so unusual for him to turn his attention to the Bard who is yelling and throwing stuff. Unless the Ogre has a very specific reason to focus on the kid i would say that this is a ...

I have mixed feeling about the New World of Darkness. The dice systems is nicer. But i hate how The requiem gutted the Vampire Clans... i also feel that they ruined the Vampire Powers as well.

Frost wrote:
Buttmonkey has a point. That ad sounds great for C&C converts, but 3.5 or 4e players might take it as a shot at them.

It's not a shot at them?

Yes, this is the third printing. Green cover and all.

<t>I'm having trouble understing a couple of the entries on the table.<br/> <br/> Now i do understand that the entries are cumulative. But i can't figure out what some of them are for.<br/> <br/> "Single use, spell completion" vs "Single use, use-activated"<br/> <br/> So a magic item that has only o...

Sir Osis of Liver wrote:
I stand corrected. It's been a while since I put the series down. You understand the point of my post, though.

Indeed, you do make a very good point.

Sir Osis of Liver wrote: It's possible to assign multiple names, you know. What they call themselves as well as what the locals call them.... Anybody who's read Jordan are familiar with this. Myrddraal = fades = gray men = etc. . Not to sound TOO geeky, but Fades aren't the same thing as Gray Men G...

Ahem, i prefer Hanukkah music myself.

<t>I've thought this over, and i've decided that the spell can't use tactile illusion to Convince the target that it's real. But once the target fails their check it's as real as anything else to them.... so an illusion of an arrow striking them wouldn't work as well as an illusion of an archer who ...

I rather like Darkling

<t>Ok, say that i manage to create a Ghost with my silent image and the target believes it. How would you base the Ghost's attack rating on? Personally i think it would be using the caster's attack rating. Because the caster only has so much knowledge of how to attack someone, so they can't control ...

Go0gleplex wrote:
Factual: There are medical reports that claim physical manifestation of burns and death based on belief. Essentially, the target is scared to death in terminal cases.

Whoa whoa whoa, let's not go bringing fact into this

The description say that it can't create tactile illusions... but then goes on to say that if a creature believes it they can suffer damage from the illusion.

How does one suffer damage from an illusion if the illusion can't trick them into feeling like they have been damaged?

<t>The author of this article seems to have trouble with suspension of disbelief. Sure, some of what he says is funny, and makes you think "what the hell was the creature creator thinking!"..... but any creature that can float makes me think magic, and a magic floating skull sound pretty damn danger...

oh i'm a fan because it has the "old school feel" AND is rules lite. I love that i can play a classic fantasy RPing game and yet i don't have to be ready to deal with 30 supplements worth of add on rules, spells, feats, and so on.

Huh, That is odd. I think the new ones look pretty good. And I think they have a pretty good "drawn the eye" style. Something that makes them stand out on the shelf.

Whoa whoa whoa, let's not say something that we can't take back. Ok?

seskis281 wrote:
Hope you roll high on your Constitution check....

Haha, damn, i can't believe i didn't think of that.

Oh i like some of those ideas. Very inventive use of a spell. The manacled to a wall idea is especially good.

Death by Bacon Golem, gotcha.

Omote wrote:
Welcome to the madness, Mr. Hatter.

-O

Haha, *bow* thank you. I'll just make myself at home

<t>I suppose it's about time i introduced myself.<br/> <br/> I started with 2nd Edition D&D, moved through all the editions up until 4th, then i figuratively vomited in rage and gave up on RPing new games <br/> I have also played Shadowrun (which seems to only be fun in theory) and a couple of t...

<t>Correct me if i'm wrong, but i'm pretty sure the Player's Handbook says that a creature can choose to lower their SR protection to receive beneficial magic.... though perhaps that only applies to Natural SR and not the SR of an item you are wearing... given the choice, i would house rule it that ...

<t>At first i was kind of blown away that it was a flat d20 roll. But after some thought i actually really liked the idea. I mean the SR has to do with a creature's ability to shrug off magic, not the caster's ability to hit them with it, so a caster can't really learn to get better at beating an SR...

DangerDwarf wrote: Props...not so much for me. Descriptives...varies by current mood/pace of the group. If the group is hankering for some action I might gloss over some detail to move them along. If things are going good, I keep the descriptors rolling. I get into NPC's. Along with voices, facial ...

<t>Do you find it helpful to have visual elements to a Pen-and-Paper RPing game? Such as miniatures, maps, or even just creature pictures.<br/> <br/> Should a CK/DM have props?<br/> <br/> Do you prefer deeper descriptions (setting the mood of a room) by the CK/DM? Or just the basics unless someone a...

serleran wrote: That has its own abuses... wands and staves are typically 11th + caster level, so, say you're at 5th level and have your single 3rd level spell slot... let's see... do you "waste" it by casting fireball (as an example) at 5th level, or do you "recharge" a wand th...

<t>I'm not particularly interested in "Easy Recharge". I'm really just interested in the idea that as long as a Wand or Staff (still thinking over it is should be both) still has some charges (aka, energy) in it. You can channel your own energy directly into (An equal or greater spell level) it to c...

Treebore wrote: The rule allows the caster to expend spells from memory to "charge" a use from a staff. Oh i like that very much. They use personal energy funneled through an already existing magic device. So a wand of fireball could suck an equal or higher level spell slot's energy direc...