Hi I haven't been very active for a while on this list, but that doesn't mean I haven't been thinking about RPG design. Here's a couple of dice-roll systems...
... Lazybones! :-) Anyway, the Roll formula for +N rolls is least 1 largest 2 (N+3)#d10 Here are some data points: N Average Most likely result ... 0...
... [...] ... ...While you're at it, what are the probabilities for the various outcomes of 3d10-take-middle? What about 3d20-take-middle? I tried (lazy, lazy...
... Well, I only posted the formula for middle-of-3d20, but since I gave how I derived it, generalizing it's a piece of cake. But since we aim to please here...
... so would quite a few people in bangkok or new delhi, or any of a score of other cities around the world. they all have the same problem - overcrowding....
Like the Anasazi and Hopi? Living in villages, built in the rock face and valleys, but still brick and defensible? Commuting, 2 hours, hum, likely.. I know I...
Got this today.. Migth be more things like how to populated said village? Mike ... UKG Publishing are pleased to announce the latest product in the Master Plan...
Hi all, does anyone here know of a conversion of HERO rules to d20? I know it sounds hideous, but I think I see a way to use HERO for spell construction in...
... I've never seen a formally written system, but it seems like it would be pretty simple. Decide how many points a level X spell should be (ie- a first level...
... It seems unlikely to me that a half-wolf person could catch lycanthropy, so I'd probably just say that they were immune to it. Having it alternately turn...
... Heh, that's what I thought when I started. *g* Every time I read _Elements of Magic_ (d20 supplement that tries to break magic down in a similar fashion),...
... I basically agree but there where examples in England where villages had fortified 'bolt holes' where they retreated to durring attack from vikings (IIRC)....
I've always run that the werecreatures typically could change into three forms: humanoid, animal, and hybrid. In my game, when the rat person actually became...
Ok here is the thing. I am working on a universial rule set to be used throughout my different genre settings. So if you are wanting to keep the core pretty...
... Someone recently mentioned a game where you could choose any disadvantage you liked. It didn't provide you with any extra points at character creation...
... Obviously a village will have to rely on a larger city and its associated soldiers to defend them against large military forces. But I don't think its ...
... In a typical rural environment, no. In one where people have to gather together for mutual defense, similar conditions might be created. ... More or less....
... That isn't always possible, especially when you must rely on 90% of your workforce just to feed everyone. ... I dislike the assumption, because I believe...
... No. As a rule, secure sites do not make good homes. Security is almost always an inconvenient necessity. -- Bradd W. Szonye http://www.szonye.com/bradd...
From: "Bradd W. Szonye" <bradd-yahoo@...> ... True historically, but I've always wondered what difference magic would make to this. Even simple changes...
Seen some around, not sure what edition of D20/Dnd it was though. Understand, I like how HERO or Gurps does spells, more logic to them. Mike ... spell ... ...
... Maybe the 'balance' in their nature would be disrupted by the therianthropy. So a half-boar who became a were-boar would become more bestial all the time...
