i knew you'd have something to say, and it would involve numbers. thanks for your attention to detail....
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Palmer of the Turks
palmerofthet...
Mar 22, 2004 8:24 am
... I'm a system design junkie, what can I say? The people over on the Thrash list have gotten used to me, seeing as how I reply to about 90% of all posts made...
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Orion
orionkidder
Mar 22, 2004 8:38 am
thrash?...
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Palmer of the Turks
palmerofthet...
Mar 22, 2004 8:47 am
... Free RPG that I've been playing or involved with for like, 8 years now? http://www.blackbird.nu/thrash/ As you can see on that page, Blackbird has decided...
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Orion
orionkidder
Mar 22, 2004 8:55 am
a friend of mine is currently quite sad that his gaming group is all out of town because he really wants to try BESM. how do you feel Thrash holds up next to...
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Palmer of the Turks
palmerofthet...
Mar 22, 2004 9:12 am
... It doesn't... Thrash is meant to simulate fighting games (Street Fighter and King of Fighters specifically, others secondary) first and foremost, and anime...
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wikidogre
Mar 26, 2004 6:59 pm
Ok A little advice needed Vampires using DNW'S What would happen if say....a Nihtcrawler rip off was pinned and slain by a vampires energy drain and he was...
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Lizard
lizard_sf
Mar 26, 2004 7:18 pm
... I think an energy blast is a "physical"; attack. Non-physical attacks, to me, mean things like mind control, poison, drain, and so on. On the other issue --...
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Palmer of the Turks
palmerofthet...
Mar 26, 2004 7:18 pm
... Depends on how you define "energy" attack. Most "energy" attacks include a physical element - a fire blast is certainly of a physical nature... I would...
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Palmer of the Turks
palmerofthet...
Mar 26, 2004 7:26 pm
... Yeah, forgot about the vampire question. I'd say they keep their powers, and get extra vampire ones. Of course, they get extra Uncomp EP for them to pay...
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Orion
orionkidder
Mar 27, 2004 1:15 am
p252-253 of the Monster Manual (3.5) reads: * * * VAMPIRE Vampires appear just as they did in life, although their features are often hardened and feral, with...
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Palmer of the Turks
palmerofthet...
Mar 27, 2004 3:18 am
On 26 Mar 2004, at 18:15, Orion wrote: Yeah, under conventional D&D, the Vampire template explicitly says the vamp retains all the "special qualities" it had...
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Lizard
lizard_sf
Mar 27, 2004 4:05 am
On 07:17 PM 3/26/2004, Palmer of the Turks said.... ... Just to nitpick, it's legal to totally change the information, too -- make a fireball spell do 2d8 per...
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Orion
orionkidder
Mar 27, 2004 7:39 pm
the one thing that no one's mentioned is the fact that (under 3.5 rules, anyway) when a PC becomes a vampire, his/her alignment immediately switches to C/E. i...
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Palmer of the Turks
palmerofthet...
Mar 27, 2004 8:19 pm
... I larped Masquerade for 3 years. You got a problem with that? ... I don't see the alignment thing as a "penalty" or "drawback"; It's just a "basic rule" of...
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Patrick
slingbld1619
Mar 27, 2004 8:28 pm
I've never agreed with all vampires are evil thing in any modern setting. I like the idea that all vampires have as many personalities as "normal" folk....
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Jonathan M. Thompson
RaiderDragon
Mar 27, 2004 8:34 pm
Or Angel and Spike. :-D IIRC Vampire Hunter D and Blade are 1/2 vampires, isn’t that correct? Jonathan M. Thompson President, Battlefield Press, Inc....
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Palmer of the Turks
palmerofthet...
Mar 27, 2004 8:48 pm
... Yeah, but they're still vampiric. Plus I couldn't think of any others off the top of my head. Vampire Princess Miyu is definately good-aligned as well. ...
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Orion
orionkidder
Mar 27, 2004 8:54 pm
... i didn't mean to imply that it was an all-around penalty, just that a forced alignment change is part of the penalty of allowing yourself to become a...
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Orion
orionkidder
Mar 27, 2004 8:56 pm
they can have personalities and still be 'evil.' check out Buffy. for that matter, characters can have personalities and still be 'good.'...
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Palmer of the Turks
palmerofthet...
Mar 27, 2004 9:26 pm
... It's based on the same rules-set as D&D. BESM d20, under this definition, is "based on D&D" but it's not. You could say that d20 Modern is "based on D&D"...
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Palmer of the Turks
palmerofthet...
Mar 27, 2004 9:37 pm
... The vampire in my game took the following Darkvision Full - 5 EP Fast healing 1hp/min - 4 EP Nearly Unkillable -25 HP - 3 EP Pheromones, Attraction, 10ft,...
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Orion
orionkidder
Mar 27, 2004 9:38 pm
... i was going to mention her, yeah. although, there's also the problem of uptake in stoker's novel. see, he wrote it during the industrial revolution. logic...
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Orion
orionkidder
Mar 27, 2004 9:52 pm
what about crosses, sunglight, garlic, all that? the photophobia isn't even close to the 'instant death' effect that's in every movie i've ever seen. what made...
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Palmer of the Turks
palmerofthet...
Mar 27, 2004 11:44 pm
... Crosses are a christian thing, period. Same with holy water. Sure, they work... but only if your game world is cosmologically defined as Christianity being...
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Orion
orionkidder
Mar 28, 2004 12:12 am
... uh, no. look at D&D. no christians to be found, and yet clerics can turn undead and holy symbols can keep vamps at bay. the european vampire legend grew...
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Palmer of the Turks
palmerofthet...
Mar 28, 2004 12:48 am
... Most holy symbols in D&D are not crosses. In fact it says that unless the specific religion says otherwise, the "default" holy symbol for (I suppose you...
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Palmer of the Turks
palmerofthet...
Mar 28, 2004 12:49 am
Posted on Wed, Mar. 24, 2004 The cemetery in Marotinu de Sus, Romania. Villagers here are not up in arms about the undead-they're pretty common-but the fact...
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Orion
orionkidder
Mar 28, 2004 3:30 am
... huh? the sun symbol in the PHB 3.0 is related to the fact that the sample cleric worships a sun god. nothing more than that. ... i think you may have...
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Palmer of the Turks
palmerofthet...
Mar 28, 2004 4:33 am
... Look up Holy Symbol in the equipment list. Holy Symbol, Silver or Wooden: A holy symbol focuses positive energy. Clerics use them as the focuses for their...
