And here is the crux of the issue. I heard at great lengths that the BI was too difficult for some tables. Yet at your table you were bored due how quickly...
Just so you realize arcane casters, psions and rogues have bad fort saves. My 13th level psion with an 18 con and a +5 cloak has a fort save of 13 (base +4)....
... Honestly, I consider the LARC more important. Besides, the LARC will address several things in Magic of Arcanis (what stuff is usable for play, etc), so...
This sounds to me like a combat situation, not an entire MOD situation. You can scare a table without being in combat. This is a roleplaying game, emphasis on...
Sure, a DM can always boost the EL of an encounter if he thinks the party is having too easy a time. That mostly happens at mid-level. Low- level parties...
... I completely agree with Chris. Perhaps though there's an overlooked component to the equation - what about the non-combat stuff? Are PCs potentially...
... Maybe ... Paul, I think this IS the crux of the issue. I read the original poster's comment and was nodding my head to much of it. Then I read Chris's...
... The nature of the d20 system makes counting on DC's very unreliable, and I would never use that as the sole way to complete a module. Example: Let's look...
... <snip> ... I agree to an extent. Your examples certainly illustrate more clearly the inherent limitation in the way the current D20 system operates....
One thing I think that needs to be addressed and scaled is the dc on skill checks. A first level party should not be expected to make the same dc as a 7th...
You know you loved the cleric shakin' in his plate mail the whole time. His official motto for that BI was "I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die...okay fine...
... can ... Right. or lesser degrees of succes. Otherwise, it's a system that ENCOURAGES players to disregard Skill sets, which of course in turn encourages...
Actually reflex is my bad save at 10. But reflex is not a save or die save, and generally neither is will. Will is usually a save or work for the other side...
... The only thing that encourages this is the lack of a bell curve with the random factor (the d20). If we were rolling 3d6 instead of 1d20 for skill checks,...
... level party should not be expected to make the same dc as a 7th level party. A 7th level should not be the same as apl 15. However a dc 25 search is not...
Hey, my bad save is also Reflex at +10, +13 will (17 raging), +21 fort (24 raging). A tank failing a save against Dominate person can even more destructive to...
Yes, a tank or caster failing a will save is I save or the party dies:). The the level loss form death is a pain. Incapacitated I expect my party to win the...
To this I would say: It depends on the skill check. Sometimes someone who wet behind the ears just won;t be as good at searching and know as much as someone...
OTOH, at high levels sometimes absurdly high knowlege check DC's are appropriate (lets say you want to gain knowlege about a legion that hasn't existed for...
Hi Joe, Is it not still on the RPGA site? If not, then shoot me an email off list and I will send you a copy. Best, Derrel Joe Ipsen <joe.ipsen@...>...
... I think you're wrong. The DC for each check should be based on how difficult what the PCs are trying to do, is. Trying to track a shod human through the...
... Have you heard of this neat part of the system called "Taking 10"? Unless there's something outrageously ugly, like the potential for a known trap to go...
... <snip>. Perhaps though there's an overlooked ... Some modules have had "exit points" near the end that "screened" out individuals/parties that weren't...
... Yes, I have. But since the DM doesn't tell the player the DC, they have no way of knowing beforehand what they need to get. In the absence of knowing...
... 10"? ... This is a good point, Casey. I think actually myself and some others might also use it. In regards to some earlier general comments about...
