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Stat Differentiation
Red, I was trying to make it easy to understand; not everybody knows/cares about D&D's rules! Besides, I believe that 4e discards DR (absolutely DO NOT quote me on this, my books haven't arrived yet). You do bring up excellent downfalls about AC, however. A Tarrasque's +57 Bite and other five +52 attacks are... yeah. I am going to combat this by saying that fighting more balanced and less exploit-crazy CR1-10 encounters are more entertaining. =D
MODIFY: I just re-read some excerpts from the DMG and PHB; it mentions DR. Scratch that line, Craze! I think's more like 2k3 or FF, however: 200, normal, 50 or 0% damage. Something like that (no more slashes).
MODIFY: I just re-read some excerpts from the DMG and PHB; it mentions DR. Scratch that line, Craze! I think's more like 2k3 or FF, however: 200, normal, 50 or 0% damage. Something like that (no more slashes).
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Yeah, IRC (or maybe OpenRPG, never looked at it) would be the way to go; it's not that difficult to find a dice-rolling bot to implement and plenty of clients have it built-in.
I would love to join this (my 4e books are shipping now!), but, uh... I'm leaving for eight weeks, starting this Saturday. Maybe when I get back, if it's still going, I could make a new Xth-level character and be like HEY GUYZ U NEED BRD (well okay, no bards in 4e... so HEY GUYZ U NEED GNOME (I am so glad they added them to the MM (parenthesis))). I prefer DMing a 80% kick-in-the-door/20% exploration party, giving my absence and this forum's general intellectual nature I don't think that'd work out well. =D
Maybe if Shadowtext (defacto DM currently) wants a break in the fall I could take over DMing? Who knows. I would have all of the equipment to do it, and I have enough experience to know what works and what doesn't.
But yeah. I am interested, but not available. :<
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zomg i r thinkinz
Maybe we could set up a "guild" of people and their characters? Characters not taking part in an adventure due to time or simply too many people signing up to do a session (DM could set size limits or something) would gain 1/3-1/2 EXP, and would be able to post in an UPDATE THREAD I suppose if they wanted to use downtime to make potions, scribe scrolls, perform rituals, cast wish, whatever. This way I could gain EXP while gone!
I would love to join this (my 4e books are shipping now!), but, uh... I'm leaving for eight weeks, starting this Saturday. Maybe when I get back, if it's still going, I could make a new Xth-level character and be like HEY GUYZ U NEED BRD (well okay, no bards in 4e... so HEY GUYZ U NEED GNOME (I am so glad they added them to the MM (parenthesis))). I prefer DMing a 80% kick-in-the-door/20% exploration party, giving my absence and this forum's general intellectual nature I don't think that'd work out well. =D
Maybe if Shadowtext (defacto DM currently) wants a break in the fall I could take over DMing? Who knows. I would have all of the equipment to do it, and I have enough experience to know what works and what doesn't.
But yeah. I am interested, but not available. :<
MODIFY:
zomg i r thinkinz
Maybe we could set up a "guild" of people and their characters? Characters not taking part in an adventure due to time or simply too many people signing up to do a session (DM could set size limits or something) would gain 1/3-1/2 EXP, and would be able to post in an UPDATE THREAD I suppose if they wanted to use downtime to make potions, scribe scrolls, perform rituals, cast wish, whatever. This way I could gain EXP while gone!
Stat Differentiation
I suppose that DR counts as DEF in D&D, but I really like how D&D handles "general" defense (and FF1 does it similarly too, iirc)--AC. I can't believe that Shadowtext didn't mention Armor Class.
AC is basically the sum of all protection that a character has, from the ability to dodge to half-plate to magic energy fields. If an enemy attack roll isn't higher than the target's AC, it simply doesn't hit. No damage. Otherwise, full damage (most of the time; most undead and giant mechanical things and elemental monsters have some sort of damage reduction but there is no DEFENSE stat). You can increase a character's HP/level via base stats, but again: no DEF.
I like that.
AC is basically the sum of all protection that a character has, from the ability to dodge to half-plate to magic energy fields. If an enemy attack roll isn't higher than the target's AC, it simply doesn't hit. No damage. Otherwise, full damage (most of the time; most undead and giant mechanical things and elemental monsters have some sort of damage reduction but there is no DEFENSE stat). You can increase a character's HP/level via base stats, but again: no DEF.
I like that.
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High Power=Low Tier?
It's not so bad if you have a DM that is like "hey just replenish your pack for 5sp/cantrip, 15sp/L1spell, 2g/L2spell..." But when the DM is like "wat u want 2 cast fox's cunning??? u need to go RP a trip to the forest and roll a DC30 spot check 2 find fox poop and try not to get ambushed by goblins"
Anyway, I think I am going to include spell components to let spellcasters cast OOB spells like Knock and Charm Person. We'll see... but this is derailing the topic kind of so let's talk about tanks and high STR scores~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay so one of the guild members (all PCs are pre-generated in my game) is a half-orc SOR. She has an extra HP point at L1 and can actually do some damage with her quarterstaff (h-holy fox poop). Since I replaced ONCE/DAY stuff with all characters having an ENergy supply, and I gave half-orc an EN bonus, she's actually the best long-dungeon SOR despite her lower CHA than the other SOR. Oh and her name is Ownka so she wins anyway.
kentona: What the Hell?
Anyway, I think I am going to include spell components to let spellcasters cast OOB spells like Knock and Charm Person. We'll see... but this is derailing the topic kind of so let's talk about tanks and high STR scores~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay so one of the guild members (all PCs are pre-generated in my game) is a half-orc SOR. She has an extra HP point at L1 and can actually do some damage with her quarterstaff (h-holy fox poop). Since I replaced ONCE/DAY stuff with all characters having an ENergy supply, and I gave half-orc an EN bonus, she's actually the best long-dungeon SOR despite her lower CHA than the other SOR. Oh and her name is Ownka so she wins anyway.
kentona: What the Hell?
High Power=Low Tier?
That's a pretty neat idea... when I play SOR, I am almost always a Human for the bonus feat (Toughness + Eschew Components (NGSLGNSLDNVLSDVNJLSDVLSDLJ I hate components)). I might just use that in the VX version, especially since I made AC a little less useful. We'll see!
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MODIFY: added more to the post
High Power=Low Tier?
I'm actually trying to modify D&D (3.5e, I'm not rich enough for your fancy 4e books) to work for VX, and due to the low-HP nature of the game I am using an invisible stat that is basically "R U TANK Y/N" (for you scripters out there, I'm playing with the "odds" parameter that is usually affected by the class position attribute but I hacked that in favor of a plain, mallable stat). DRDs, BRDs and ROGs have their odds of getting targeted decreased as they level, as do halflings at L1. FTRs, BBNs and PALs get their odds increased, so they are the effective tanks in a party. WIZs and SORs are the characters that actually need decreased odds, but if you have an all-magic party you're pretty much screwed anyway.
I am thinking about making it so that a BBN's rage dramatically lowers their odds because they are going APESHIT CRAZY but if you are using a BBN for a tank... yeah.
Basically my tanks are either HEAVY HP/DMG DEALERS, BALANCED DAMAGE DEALERS, or HEALING DAMAGE DEALERS. It would make sense to make a party out of nothing but FTR/BBN/PAL except that a lot of emphasis is put on OOB stats and skills that tanks do not have (except a PAL's very decent CHA for social situations), so that is my method of balancing tanks. They take damage well, but FTRs aren't going to help you run through a prickly thicket at full speed while being chased by a bugbear colony (hi DRD/RGR)!
I am thinking about making it so that a BBN's rage dramatically lowers their odds because they are going APESHIT CRAZY but if you are using a BBN for a tank... yeah.
Basically my tanks are either HEAVY HP/DMG DEALERS, BALANCED DAMAGE DEALERS, or HEALING DAMAGE DEALERS. It would make sense to make a party out of nothing but FTR/BBN/PAL except that a lot of emphasis is put on OOB stats and skills that tanks do not have (except a PAL's very decent CHA for social situations), so that is my method of balancing tanks. They take damage well, but FTRs aren't going to help you run through a prickly thicket at full speed while being chased by a bugbear colony (hi DRD/RGR)!
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