"They'll have to pry X out of my cold, dead hands!"

Mr. Analytical · September 26, 2006, 05:58:25 AM

Yeah, I must admit I'd have trouble going back to points-based builds.

Partly because they're less fun than the surprise of playing a dwarf or a huge and powerful man with a dex so low he trips over his shoes half the time.

Partly because I can't be arsed to make that many detailed choices about my character.

JamesV · September 26, 2006, 07:01:08 AM

Theme: Sometimes stuff blows up when you hit it hard enough.

Silverlion · September 26, 2006, 10:01:18 AM

I don't think I have anything I won't give up at least briefly.

I do know one of my players caught on to a recurring theme--the double betrayal.

Example; A villain betrays the heroes to another villain, said villain then betrays the betrayer often trapping, dispatching the first betrayer because for whatever reason his or her purposes are contrary to the second villains. (and sometimes second villain means LESS harm to the PCs...but fathoming why usually has a deep dark catch.)

droog · September 26, 2006, 05:51:35 PM

Quote from: BalbinusMeh. Much of life isn't really fun. I find to better enhance immersion and to create a real feeling of verisimilitude it's best generally to avoid fun only having it every couple of sessions. For historical games, to reflect the generally decreased leisure time available in most periods, I prefer to only permit fun every four to six sessions.

Your ideas are intriguing, but for some reason they make me snigger.

mattormeg · September 26, 2006, 07:43:43 PM

Quote from: SettembriniRandom Character Generation.

Now, that can be some fun for sure...of course it can be pretty awful too. The only time I tried Hackmaster I rolled up a blind orc cleric, with a number of other staggering disabilities. I had wanted to play a dark elf assassin. I know that many of you might say that a blind orc cleric might have a lot of great possibilities to explore as a character, but the point is that it wasn't what I wanted to play. The GM refused to budge on this, so I did - by quitting the game.
Still, this is a pretty drastic situation. Normally, I have a lot of fun with what a roll of the dice can bring.
Anyone looked at the WILDSIDE RPG? There's charts o' plenty there.

Aos · September 26, 2006, 11:09:23 PM

Damage track.
Feats

Dominus Nox · September 26, 2006, 11:15:22 PM

As far as a game mechanic goes, I kinda need hit locations. Sorry, but any game where a .44 between the eyes does the same damage as one to the foot just kinda leaves me a little cold....

Hastur T. Fannon · September 27, 2006, 09:28:43 AM

Knob gags

Edit: "Dick jokes" to you colonials

jrients · September 27, 2006, 10:40:54 AM

Quote from: Mr. AnalyticalYeah, I must admit I'd have trouble going back to points-based builds.

I'm right there with you. I'd much rather dice up a dud and make him rock in play than spend hours building the perfect killing machine.

The Yann Waters · September 27, 2006, 11:12:53 AM

Quote from: jrientsI'd much rather dice up a dud and make him rock in play than spend hours building the perfect killing machine.

Oh, it doesn't necessarily take all that long...

The Perfect Killing Machine: A Major Destruction of All Living Things

Base Cost: Miracle Level 8
Activation: Simple (-1)
Area of Effect: Almost Anywhere (+1)
Flexibility: One Trick (-3)
Rarity: Uncommon (+1)
Domains: Multiple (x2)
Total Cost: 12 Character Points

A long-lost doomsday weapon inspired by the Dark during the last hours of the antediluvian wars, once willingly activated this Gift will generate a global shockwave capable of reducing every living thing in the world into ashes in a matter of moments.

(It's a little something for Nobilis, in case you didn't guess. You could get the same effect for a much cheaper price, but the resulting devastation is so comprehensive that I wanted to make it a bit more expensive.)

Sosthenes · September 27, 2006, 11:22:55 AM

Evil women.

Character advancement.

Aos · September 27, 2006, 01:08:48 PM

Quote from: Dominus NoxAs far as a game mechanic goes, I kinda need hit locations. Sorry, but any game where a .44 between the eyes does the same damage as one to the foot just kinda leaves me a little cold....

Without hit locations, I just figure if it's a crit it's between the eyes, or through the heart or whatever.

Caesar Slaad · September 27, 2006, 01:40:01 PM

Quote from: AosWithout hit locations, I just figure if it's a crit it's between the eyes, or through the heart or whatever.

This sounds like another "design" topic, but I think that in an abstract system, low damage is almost by definition an extremity hit, high damage is a hit to a vital part.

flyingmice · September 27, 2006, 01:50:56 PM

Quote from: Caesar SlaadThis sounds like another "design" topic, but I think that in an abstract system, low damage is almost by definition an extremity hit, high damage is a hit to a vital part.

That's the way I run 'em.

-clash

droog · September 27, 2006, 06:52:37 PM

Quote from: Caesar SlaadThis sounds like another "design" topic, but I think that in an abstract system, low damage is almost by definition an extremity hit, high damage is a hit to a vital part.

How much damage is it if you write that on a nine-inch nail and pound it into somebody's head?