i don't think there's really one community preference over the other, either. both are fun to use and neither is particularly offensive to the lore. really you can leave it ambiguous in the face of quite a lot if you don't want to pick one. i mean if anything should be cryptic and opaque to the play...

the main consequence for using dodge is that you don't have a chance to inflict damage if you win the opposed melee, which is huge. however there's always the possibility that the opponent has a way to reduce your melee, in which case dodge is a good thing to have trained.

the great hospice and collages of magic are both in altdorf last i checked, i fully expect to see lengthy writeups about them and their relations to ubersriek, as well as the entries on the races being focused on how they relate to the riekland in all cases. all their materials have been very focuse...

doing everything strictly from the view of the Riekland, eh? not really what i'm here for. there's a whole empire and beyond to explore and honestly Riekland is the dullest bit of it. Yes, give us stuff about Nordland or Talabecland or Averland or.... I'm 100% behind you on this. But honestly, the ...

doing everything strictly from the view of the Riekland, eh?

not really what i'm here for. there's a whole empire and beyond to explore and honestly Riekland is the dullest bit of it.

i don't think balance matters too much (this edition is something of a mess already) but lorewise i do have a couple nitpicks. Firstly is you've made learning runes comparatively dirt easy in contrast to the lore. to an extent this is unavoidable (dwarfs spend decades as an apprentice before going o...

good on you for doing this. i'm not in the area (and honestly ended up with a stockpile before this all happened so i REALLY don't need 'em) but i hope you're able to help some of the lads in a time of need.

honestly, it sounds like your group is entirely uninterested in the "suspenseful mystery" sort of adventure which is the main draw of the enemy within arc to me. i'd go over it to see what plays to their own enjoyment and let, like getting them in the death on the riek by "just" ...

thinking about it i probably would've not had melee(basic) as part of the human or wood elf skillsets either, so it was more common and to discourage the "everyone should be good in a fight" mentality....

Nothing wrong with being "woke" and wanting your modern RPG product to fit modern sensibilities (especially if they are your own sensibilities). I don't want to speak for Fox, but I don't think he's saying the developer of any new Asian-inspired fantasy RPG has to be Asian, just that that...

It seems to be a common industry failing (IMO) that Pregens (a) don't actually follow the character creation rules and (b) aren't optimized for the role they're intended to fulfill. while the first one is still a real problem, i just wanted to point out that an RPG character doesn't have to "f...

before my group decided the best way to play was to use a different system, i was going to try not losing advantage against opponents smaller than you. a case of not sweating the small stuff, if you feel what i mean.

i always leave lores as an abstract. each field of knowledge is applicable to a lot of things If you know how to apply it and i'm happy to give bonuses to people that have an interesting argument to justify their idea and make the roll. at the same time they're a great tool for the GM to drag player...

I am actually rather in favor of battle mages. We've got battle priests and the mages of the Empire are supposed to spend time on actual battlefields. I'd figure many of them wouldn't want to be entirely reliant on their spells if things gets tight, after seeing how a choppa with their own eyes. An...

celestial lore. because you think it looks cool and looking cool and confident is better than actually casting spells a lot of the time.

Theo wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:42 am Crossbows were used for hunting well into the 17th century, too.

crossbows are used for hunting NOW. they just aren't as flashy as firearms so people buy them less.

i'm not gonna judge it until i see the full roster, but the design concepts seem a little....er, shallow. and GW has been leaning towards awfully shallow design policies the last several years. i hope they'll embrace the sense of character that made WFB the big name of rank'n'flank style wargaming.

I write this suggestion without having much experience of the fourth edition, other than reading it, but would it be possible to change Advantage based prerequisites and triggers into Success Level based prerequisites and triggers? there's several monster abilities and a couple feats that either sp...

The hard cold truth is that 4E is a trainwreck of a system, designed by people that utterly lost track of the bigger picture. It is 2E, except every conceivable subsystem have been made more complicated, broken and cluttery. After playing it extensively I have concluded that there exists no simple ...

i think it's just there to make lore (Apothecary) more valuable, actually. herbs and medicine both have more readily obvious uses and wider applications after all. dip into learning the skill on the side, like it allows in the book, and then take the talent. seem convoluted and meaningless? so does ...