Troll Lord Games

My thoughts: 1) Close Supporting Fire: 2-3 or 2-4. Take your pick. I agree with you 2 or 3 feels "right". 2) Disengaging: I think these rules make pretty good sense and for my group, they function as intended with no narrative backflips (Read: They actually do work). I have some min/maxers...

Got em today (PHB and M&T digests). They look awesome. Tiny font but awesome. And upon closer inspection, you can see they are only binding glued. So if a person were to open them a little too forcefully or to try to get them to lay open/flat, that glue would crack and the book might start falli...

Hey Redwullf,
Not sure why I didn't think about those types of places. I guess I just always buy my stuff direct from the Troll Lords so it never really occurred to me to check other distribution channels. Thanks I just picked up digest copies of PHB and M&T!

Hey there everyone, I was recently looking to pickup a digest sized copy of the PHB and can't find it on the new store. Does anyone know, is that out of print? Are there any left? When I initially bought a digest of M&ToA, I was ho hum about it until I realized how nice it was for on the go gami...

Hope I didn't stir anything up with my mention of the Ennies. I'm not active on their site but I know the awards winners get quite a bit of free exposure so I figured we could try to give some to TLG. IMO they have certainly earned it. Great content and customer service have been hallmarks of my exp...

Cheating is not recommended. I would hate for TLG to get thrown out if for some reason they detected the scam. I didn't recognize alot of the books either mostly because they were for games I don't play. I can attest though that Engine Publishing and their MASKS product (as well as EUREKA! and Never...

They're near the bottom.

http://www.ennie-awards.com/vote/

I really like it Argo. Lots of great flavor. I am totally borrowing this for my campaign. I can totally envision a point where the road passes close to a stream/swamp where an encounter could occur. Thanks!

First, let me say that I agree with pretty much everything mentioned above. I would add that I've also occasionally used a CL-1 or CL-2 (negative 2) at times to make things feel the way I want them too. But even having said that, this is probably the most significant siege engine basic that I live b...

I agree with Omote. I would take a look at which enemies I plan on them to be fighting at which point in the story and then make sure there's enough experience on the way to put them where they need to be. I've done this several ways. I've put in enough bad guys and enough treasure/quest rewards to ...

I noticed this too. It's currently available on RPGNow.

Amazing Adventures is bringing it down to 15 for non-Primes I believe. (I seem to recall that from the forums, could be wrong.) Honestly, I think a TN of 18 is too harsh. Especially if a character has no bonuses, or even worse a penalty, on an attribute! And sure, a character can add their level to...

I'm still pulling for Ranger art that doesn't make Rangers out to be a class built for two weapon fighting, something that was probably a left over from 3rd edition but that didn't make the transition into C&C.

It's funny you mention the auto-read-magic of 3.5. I had kind of forgotten since I don't play casters a ton but I was just boning up on the Inquisitor for a pathfinder group I'm about to join and happened to read that, literally just last night. BTW, the PFRPG advanced player guide is pretty nice. ...

It's funny you mention the auto-read-magic of 3.5. I had kind of forgotten since I don't play casters a ton but I was just boning up on the Inquisitor for a pathfinder group I'm about to join and happened to read that, literally just last night.

BTW, the PFRPG advanced player guide is pretty nice.

I posted as well. Sounds like he's still kind of figuring out what he/the group likes but I think C&C should more than satisfy!

*puts his hands up, palms outward, in a show of peaceful submission while slowly backing out of the room*

I consider the difference between a sling and a long composite bow in C&C much more significant than the comparison between a long composite bow and a light crossbow in 3.5. The damage output is the same and ranges don't matter nearly as much in that ruleset. But it doesn't matter. I've already ...

"I can't help thinking about wizards in 3.x and though there were some elven ones (I played one in a very short campaign where I opened a book with explosive runes and killed half the party - and yes, mine carried a short bow) but the majority weren't. The proficiencies they were afforded didn'...

Low Level Character Deaths: Combat Deaths: 55% Trap Deaths: 15% Stunt Deaths: 15% Auto-Erotic Asphyxiation: 8% Poison/Disease: 5% Eaten by a Grue: 2% Ahem, well, ummm, there's at least one category that I didn't expect to see showing up in these lists. ;) Thanks for sharing!

Basically, I just decided I don't really care if Elven wizards are awesomer. Will my players gravitate more towards elven wizards? Probably. Will their combat style be a bit more predictable? Maybe. Do I care? Not really. Although, I'd probably limit it to short sword/bow, rather than long, just to ...

Thank you for that breakdown. That's great! It's always fun to compare who groups play the same game. "Failed saving throws (poison, SOD effects, failed saves against spells or effects, disease, etc.): 50%" For the record, I grouped "failed saves against spells" with combat, sinc...

In my games, I would say it breaks down about like this. Character Deaths by Reason at low level. 1. Combat 50% 2. Dangerous Challenges: 20% (things like climbing walls, leaping gaps, etc) 3. Traps: 15% 4. Stupid crap: 10% (players decide they want to try something bizarre like ride a dragon or surf...

No snark detected. Fear not. But I"m confused. My impression was that you were saying survivability is not about ones combat ability. Sure there are death traps and saves, but is that how most of your players usually die? Mine usually die due to an application of damage by an enemy. In combat. ...

"Survivability =/= having a "+4 to hit with a longbow." However, in your strict combat mindset, mb, that's only where it matters to you." Ok, fair enough. I'm willing to concede that perhaps combat capability is not the core of survivability in C&C for everyone. So help me ou...

I honestly think the racial abilities equal out pretty nicely and are well balanced. I consider them a wash. That's why the introduction of the stat bonus is the sole relevant point of comparison. It's the variable. The other racial abilities are the control. Now, if you don't, if you think the raci...

Actually I don't. We're just treading the same ground. Saying the same things over again. "It's a +4" "no it's a lack of a -4" No good can come of keeping this up I think sadly. I'm all for continuing a debate when the debate is expanding or developing but I think this one is sta...

Just when I think I've escaped, you drag me back in ! ;) Eliminating a -4 is mathematically identical to granting a +4. In fact, granting a +4 is mathematically the only way to eliminate a -4. This line of reasoning that one is somehow different in any way, honestly is going over my head. The only r...

Proficiency is not a +4 BTH, it's the absence of a -4 penalty to BTH. It may work out that way mathematically, but that's not the spirit or the letter of the concept of proficiency in the rules. No DM says, "OK, your proficient with a short sword, so you get a +4 BTH, add that to the -4 BTH ba...

I should clarify a bit. The fear comment was actually referring to another recent thread here about the alternate names used for feats in recent RPGs. In my personal rules the talent that gives proficiency is available to any class. I believe talents/advantages should not be limited to only specifi...