Troll Lord Games

Fiffergrund wrote:
Quite frankly, your DM sucked.

Yes, I believe a spirited discussion concerning this very idea soon followed.
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serleran wrote: Wouldn't know about Exalted. That's a White Wolf game, right? I stopped looking at them in 1998. All the games were, essentially, the same: some mysterious group of supernatural beings riddled with angst and impending doom vs humans and possibly some other supernatural group riddled...

Quote: This is what I do. If the PCs say they are looking for something, I tell them whether they see it or not. Say it is a vault behind a painting in a room. "I look behind the painting!" says the PC. I tell them the vault is there. I mentioned this to a pal and he recalled a 1s Ed game...

serleran wrote: But, essentially: yes a player could (if they were extremely good at descriptions) get a "free hit" with no attack roll. There certainly are a few games are there that at the least give bonuses to combat rolls if the players put in a good description (Exalted springs to mi...

Breakdaddy wrote: There have been some good ideas worth thinking about on this thread. The bottom line is this: if you as the CK find it broken, then it is broken. What follows logically is to fix it. How would you fix it? ...SNIP... I sure wish my C&C xmas stuff gets in soon so I can start tin...

Omote wrote: C&C does not have skill sets such as spot, listen, search, diplomacy, etc. This has to come out through roleplaying. This type of roleplaying needs to be taught to the PLAYER that with a character of low WIS and low INT is probably not going to check for such things as "search...

Quote: ]Personally, I abandoned the "spot" and "search" checks when I left 3e, and this stemmed from a 2e skill that I found equally annoying: "alertness". This is what I do. If the PCs say they are looking for something, I tell them whether they see it or not. Say it ...

Holy abs, batman!
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Geez, and with Hobbes visiting in and everything! The shame...

A tiger's favorite food is Tuna Fish Sandwiches!
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I pulled this from another thread... Tropico wrote: Hmm lets see what else... well, as predicted the cleric with his Prime WIS was the Spot and Search god of the game, with him finding almost every single secret or clue while the others almost never did. Also the rogue failed to take INT as a Prime ...

The last chart? That's Fighter only.

The warrior class group (D) has the best max Def Bonus. They'll always be capable of the best AC.

Something else?
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Please splain.

I don't know what my taste is. Yet. What's so balanced about it and what's the balance you like? And why?
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<r>Critique my Defense Bonus variant rules, please.<br/> <URL url="http://www.nineshadoweyes.com/dnd/dbr/">http://www.nineshadoweyes.com/dnd/dbr/</URL><br/> <br/> These rules are designed for use in an E6 3.5 campaign (1st through 6th level only).<br/> <br/> The basic idea is that I wanted PCs to ha...

<t>Mine was kind of surprising. I really don't consider myself True Neutral. And Wis 16? Ha, my Mom would laugh herself silly at that. If she knew what it meant, that is.<br/> <br/> True Neutral Human Druid/Ranger (3rd/3rd Level)<br/> <br/> Ability Scores:<br/> <br/> Strength- 9<br/> <br/> Dexterity...

0 lvl halfling fishmonger. With 2 skill ranks in 'Pretend to be Rock Star'.
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How about giving Wizards some kind of variant of spontaneous casting? Maybe the have a small number of spells they specialize in and can do that sort of thing with?
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<t>Give Exalted a go. It's all about crazy world changing gaming.<br/> <br/> I ran an Exalted game where one of the PCs was the general of a kingdom's armies and after the capitol has vaporized (big magic) the PCs basically became the rulers fo said kingdom, fought some wars, went on a big quest, fo...

Buttmonkey wrote: You've got to start giving them Christmas wish lists. It's amazingly effective. Yeah, some people just don't take the hint. I tell relatives about my Amazon wish list every year and I never get anything from it. Some of the gems I got this year that most certainly were not on my w...

Treebore wrote: As for the wizard, yeah he is tough to play with his slow XP's. However the tenacity is important, because with the saves being based on his level, etc... when he gets powerful enough to throw fireballs and such he will become a god. So think of it as "putting in your time"...

I guess a way to mimic E6 in C&C is to simply halt progression at 6th level? Probably more like 8th level since there's no feats to keep earning, huh?
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Maliki wrote: I like the idea, but a very hard sell to my players. (Stopping at level 6 just is not what they want to hear.) Get new players! Western MD, though... not likely. Where at in western MD? Near Frostburg, per chance? _________________ ::: Shane ::: Rational thought, not superstition

Howdy! Anyone have any experience with E6?. What a great idea! Quote: How E6 works Like d20, E6 is a game of enigmatic wizards, canny rogues, and mighty warriors who rise against terrible dangers and overcome powerful foes. But instead of using d20s 20 levels to translate characters into the rules, ...

Traveller wrote:
Grognard: The Kvetching

There are no dice, and there is no role playing. Only bitching, whining, and moaning.

This has got to be the most successful game in history, then.
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Peasants & Pottage
aka Harnworld
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<t>20.) I never have to take a dump.<br/> <br/> 21.) Even though I've been camping in the woods for weeks in winter with minimal gear, food and shelter I always feel great.<br/> <br/> 22.) I'll almost certainly not die from infection.<br/> <br/> Unless I'm playing Hrnworld, in which case I'll always...

Again with the joking of the hating! Just a jest. Carry on.
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May you find a hundred hungry halflings slicked in crisco and playing yahtzee in your kitchen in the morning.

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Oh yeah, fer sure. I try to mold events to suit the needs of the story.
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Wow, they saved the best for last.
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So I guess there's no preview?
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