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UR Leader Hobbes

Along with good old number-crunching, would a test battle conducted to judge the ability of the encounter work for actually playing? Because in response to what you added at the end there, half the group honestly acted completely idiotic in this encounter. Our archer tried to melee attack, our wiza...

UR Leader Hobbes

Hello guys, I'm a new member of the forums, although I have been stalking for a while ha. This included a human Sea Dog, a Elf Long bowmen, a human wizard, and a elf scholar. (This group was a five person group, but our human Paladin bailed) VS The Balrog. Anyway, here goes the real question. As a ...

UR Leader Hobbes

I'll be addressing this in a future post.. I'm doing a detailed review of the PFRPG 2nd Edition.. If Palladium is really thinking about releasing an Ultimate edition I hope they at least take the time to read my review of the core book to fix issues that I've found within. An Ultimate Edition could ...

UR Leader Hobbes

A couple of other ones I forgot to post: Use a disarm attack. Can't parry and simo attack with only one weapon. Another and even better option especially if the PC is fighting a foe with massively superior strength is to have the monster attack the weapons teh PC is using. Weapons on average have 50...

UR Leader Hobbes

Taking away paird weapons from the players isn't the answer. A few things to keep in mind about paired weapons. Yes they can parry and simo attack a single foe. But this also uses up one of the players actions. Players can still be attacked by more than one foe. If a guy is wielding two weapons most...

UR Leader Hobbes

Is there even a Mysteries of Magic 2 out yet? m I'd believe it more if there was a cover shown... Considering they didn't bother to finish writing/editing the first Mystery of Magic book what makes you think they are gonna put forth a better effort? They might be doing a Spinal Tap type cover. I me...

UR Leader Hobbes

I would make the game a bit more cloak and dagger as opposed to hack and slash. I say it's time for a tomb raiding mission. Perhaps the family has an old heirloom that was buried long ago that will prove the PCs buddy is the legitimate ruler. Alternately they might go seeking aid from one of the lit...

UR Leader Hobbes

Hmm after looking over the book a bit Osiris must have been killed in his own deific realm. Hence why the other gods of light can't bring him back until they get all the parts.. I'm thinking maybe some of the other gods of light don't want him back. I mean seriously the guy was dumb enough to get hi...

UR Leader Hobbes

Top 10 things I think make a GM decent. 1) Working understanding of the rules that is shared amongst the players. 2) The ability to let the players pursue character interests even if it doesn't go along with the overall storyline of the game.. I'm a big believer in allowing players to allow the char...

UR Leader Hobbes

Ok, so An NPC Ranger in a group is great for me as a GM. Great guide characters. But...how do you game master for a group with a PC Ranger and make it come off as he knows what he's doing without him just mimicing what you tell him? I think it's really how you relay the information to the player......

UR Leader Hobbes

That is awesome!

UR Leader Hobbes

Well, maybe this should be going in the Magic and Psionics board, but I'm posting it here so there! If you have a power that requires line of sight could you strike somoene who is within range, behind you, but visible via reflection? For example, you are looking in a still pool and see somoene behi...

UR Leader Hobbes

Ah, so not only am I a "fail GM" for using my imagination in games, but apparently I am a liar as well. I never called you a liar. You were the one who was bragging what a great GM you are and touting your virtues of creativity and flexibility. I challenged you to share a campaign with ev...

UR Leader Hobbes

Grimtoooth is truly a vile master of traps.. Personally I like the reverse traps the best.. One of my own design. Group is in an underground area where there are lots of undead... One party member finds a circle that happens to be circle of protection from undead. Unknown to the players is that the ...

UR Leader Hobbes

My biggest gripe about Hobbes's critic of the book is he seems to operate under the assumption everyone knows what he knows, and does things the way he does them. First EVERYONE should know what is in the PFRPG Core book.. With out that book you don't have the rules. So asking the new writers and t...

UR Leader Hobbes

I think everyone could do just a little bit and post it then everything could be consolidated by the end users via links from the Palladium boards. I think it's just a matter of getting people to offer to take on a bit of this or that.. The project is a really great idea, and I'll gladly do a bit. (...

UR Leader Hobbes

I would say it all depends on the methods being used. As a rule I would make the one being tortured make saving throws vs pain. Deduct the necessary SDC. (It doesn't have to be a lot to be uber painful!) Just give each method used a rating for levels of pain. Let the player use the PE bonus to resis...

UR Leader Hobbes

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Pal ... torehouse/

In the files section under GM Aids I have every skill listed by category with base percentages listed.

I use it to quickly roll up characters. My players have found it invaluable.

UR Leader Hobbes

Alchemists don't actually forge any weapons. They add magical properties to them. The customer has to supply the weapon they wish to have enchanted.

UR Leader Hobbes

A few things come immediately to mind.. OK he may have you on the whole reading and total recall thing. Good job on the players part.. But just because some guy wrote it in a book doesn't make it accurate. Keep in mind books back then didn't come off a printing press. Most were copied by hand by scr...

UR Leader Hobbes

You know, I would have paid real money to have been a fly on the wall during that gaming session... I don't think that's ever gonna get old. We totally should set up podcasts of our games. I don't think the world is ready for 10 hours of the Jeridu doing anything. Clearly a significant amount of ed...

UR Leader Hobbes

Uncle Servo wrote:You know, I would have paid real money to have been a fly on the wall during that gaming session... I don't think that's ever gonna get old.

We totally should set up podcasts of our games.

UR Leader Hobbes

Yep he's one of the twisted individuals I have to GM. Oh and I'm sure the character he has been complaining about for months on end is the Jeridu.

UR Leader Hobbes

This happened Sunday night in my gaming session. After a demon attack on a town was quelled the players were in the process of rebuilding and getting things back to normal. During the attack a herd of cattle stampeded and ran off. Rob playing a Quiron Druid (The blue guys on the Baalgor Wastelands b...

UR Leader Hobbes

It's called "Art" Seriously look at a lot of the old maps. They aren't all that accurate and the artists did the best they could. Nice attitude. You could have said this in a much friendlier way. Try not to be so overly sensitive. Seriously, if you can't handle a bit of sarcasm then you r...

UR Leader Hobbes

It's called "Art"

Seriously look at a lot of the old maps. They aren't all that accurate and the artists did the best they could.

UR Leader Hobbes

My review can be found here.

http://forums.palladium-megaverse.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=108345

UR Leader Hobbes

The way I do it is I have all the players roll Init. And I take the monster in the fight with the highest bonus for Init and roll. Whomever wins goes first. Play then proceeds around the table clockwise. On my turn I take all the actions for all the monsters. It works out far easier then rolling it ...

UR Leader Hobbes

Old Kingdom Books would rock!

UR Leader Hobbes

Taking away the "all nightbanes are orphans" thing makes their origins more mysterious, not less. I found it kind of silly that there was some Nightbane Stork dropping these mutant babies off at orphanages and the Nightlords hadn't found them. What's more, it made it super-easy for nightb...

UR Leader Hobbes

Umm you might get more responses if people understood what you were asking..

Are you trying to figure out what Characters work well together? Or are you trying to figure out what are good OCCs for one character are good combs to have?

UR Leader Hobbes

1) Name: Well Tunnels & Trolls was already taken.. 2) Game: Palladium works better for our group so there ya go. Also thankfully PFRPG isn't all about releasing a new version of the rules every few years forcing the players to buy all new books and what not.. The down side... They hardly ever re...

UR Leader Hobbes

Start em off at first level.

UR Leader Hobbes

1. If a player was allowed by the GM to become an alchemist, would the player be allowed to start off as a Wizard, level to level 6, switch to Diabolist until level 6, then switch to Summoner until level 3, then finally start as an Alchemist? (following the OCC change in the cutting room floor of g...

UR Leader Hobbes

I know some people don't approve of the Armor Rating given to Nightbane in Survival Guide, me I'm still indifferent to the idea. But I noticed that none of the mineral II Morphus forms have an A.R. (Page 93-94). Other forms throughout the book have A.R. but not a bane who turns into solid metal. He...

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I was just wondering what everyone thought about the effects of snow on a vampire would be.. I'm guessing that vampires don't suffer damage from either snow or ice as it's not water in a liquid form. While I suppose a vampire who comes in from being outside during a snow storm would suffer damage as...

UR Leader Hobbes

I was just wondering what everyone thought about the effects of snow on a vampire would be.. I'm guessing that vampires don't suffer damage from either snow or ice as it's not water in a liquid form. While I suppose a vampire who comes in from being outside during a snow storm would suffer damage as...

UR Leader Hobbes

There are no rules in black and white about the creation process of an Avatar. The book suggests it is similar to the Nightbane Talent "Splittin Immage" Per the Nightbane RPG book (Page 173) the Nightlord doesn't invest anything into the Avatar so I would assume it's an ability. The only r...

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And the second bane rolled up using the new tables.. Name: Chad DeBois OCC: Nightbane Level: 1 Sex: Male Alignment: Anarchist Height: 6ft Weight: 180lbs Age: 21 Appearance: Short brown hair and usually covered in grease as he's a mechanic. HP: 10 (40) SDC: 48 (180) AR 10 HF 12 PPE: 126 ATTRIBUTES IQ...

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OK here is the first bane. (Morphus attributes/stats to appear like this) Name:Colieen Jackson RCC: Nightbane Level:1 Faction: Nocturne Sex: Female Alignment: Principled Facade Appearance Height: 5ft 6in Weight: 130 lbs Appearance: Short dark hair, blue eyes, light skin, slender build. ATTRIBUTES IQ...

UR Leader Hobbes

Just for kicks, and due to insomnia I thought I would roll up a couple of Nightbane and post em here.. Also I just watched an episode of "Deadliest Warrior" and thought it might be interesting to do something like that for Nightbane. And I'm really freakin bored. I mean I just watched Dead...

UR Leader Hobbes

The Ashmadi is listed has having "Supernatual" for Combat style. It can't learn any Hand to Hand combat skills. (I've just been assuming they have some equivelant of Martial Arts like Nightbane) But it would be good to actually get a ruling on this.

UR Leader Hobbes

For simplicity my responses will be in normal text. Your posts will be in bold. How is there any less mystery with the deletion of the foundling angle? It’s literally knowing vs not knowing. It significantly changes the psychological makeup of the characters. If anything, this muddies the waters tha...

UR Leader Hobbes

OK a bit further in I get to the morphus tables. Love how it's a unified table. Good deal! If any aspect of the game should continue to get updated in later books it's the morphus table. This should be done so it's all inclusive. So good stuff there. One thing I find odd is that you started giving N...

UR Leader Hobbes

I like the living spell.. Although I have to admit when I was reading the recap I couldn't help but think of KoDT and the "Doomsday Pack" and was wondering if that was gonna be the direction you went with this..

UR Leader Hobbes

You know, I make every reasonable effort to cater to the fans, but this viewpoint is one that I've never felt is reasonable. Things change, and when it comes to fictional material worked on by multiple writers at different periods of time, they are almost bound to change. If this shatters a particu...

UR Leader Hobbes

Just wanted to pop in again and say that I'm glad we're getting some good in-depth (and relatively civil ) discussion on the NSG. I do have some things to add, but I've had to copy some posts to a word document so I can parse out the quotes and properly format my responses. Thank you guys for takin...

UR Leader Hobbes

So far pretty good.. I like it.

UR Leader Hobbes

A bit further in and I have to say I like what I'm reading. The suggestions on the basics for communications will be really helpful for players and for their contacts. Although I don't think a first level bane should have any contacts beyond his or her own fraction members. Thats the sort of thing I...

UR Leader Hobbes

Dark Elf Wrote: I agree and it hasnt gone away for me. I will keep it as is (ok, as was!). I dislike new material that alters the course of the world in latter books (eg siege on tolkeen) and altered content as I like to stick to "the rules" as much as possible (I think they are good) and...

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