GrimJesta

YEEEEEEEEEEOWW! 300 pts.. right, that explains it then. I sorta fainted when I saw this writeup because Im used to my 150 pt built PCs and thus assumed you were runing the same type of game. -=Grim=-

Hrmmm, this could be used for the second sight that The Inbued have in Hunter: The Reckoning too....uh... sorta. I always assumed it would be a Mind Scan of some kind, as the more powerful the creature, the better it could hide from mortals that might see it. The sight would sorta be a special effect of the MS. But this is alot cheaper, more to the point, and less of a hassle. -=Grim=-

Well, Change Environment in 4th isnt what it is in 5th apparently. It gets a two paragraph treatment and doest hit anyone up with modifiers of any kind. Its almost like a glorified special effect that the GM can give a modifier to in extreme cases (like frost slowing down a fire-guy). Actually CE is the main reason Im getting 5th ed. I openned the book in the store and saw PAGES for it, not paragraphs. I read in some compilation of AC articles at my local game store that every 10 pts of CE is a -1 to perception, but they said it like that was obvious in the rules. Maybe I have the Toys R Us version of Hero? I think Im going the route of modifiers with the special effect being despair, as stated above. At least for now. -=Grim=-

AHA, thanks dude, thats a huge help. Right... I just have to wait until 5th revised. But NCL are sweet. -=Grim=-

Are negative combat levels new to 5th? Cuz I dont have those in my books I dont think. If so, add itt o my list as to why I wait for revised with hunger in my eyes and a fire axe in my hands... -=Grim=-

Alright, Ive said that I play 4th ed (until revised comes out), so 5th may answer this question for me. But I have no way of knowing, so Ill ask you all. I want to create a Mind Control that causes despair. It wont make you lay down and cry, but you wont fight as effectively and your morale drops. Now, do you suppose that its fair that for every 10 or 15 pts of MC you get a -1 to OCV, DCV and ECV? Or is that too powerful. I dont see any way to apply penalties with MC in the book. But I sometimes read past things (I blame my meds), so the answer might be there and Im just retarded. Is this fair? Or is there a better way to do this? The Drain route is way too expensive, IMHO, for what I want the despair to do. Or is Drain the real way to go and I should forget Mind Control?? Blargh. On a side note, I contemplated switching systems to Wraith/Vampire, but I then beat myself up mentally. I love this system too much. But in sticking with Hero, I gotta find a way to do this despair thing... -=Grim=-

Hrrrrm, an Ego Drain maybe mixed to Negative Skil Levels... Ive been seriuosly reconsidering a form of Mind Control only because I can see characters with Mental Defenses being particularly resistant to Taunting. But Change Environment works too. Too bad the 4th ed book has such a sucky CE description. Pffft. Thats ok, Ill buy the revised. For now Ill just borrow one again. Mwhhaha. -=Grim=-

Yo, Im trying to figure out how to build a taunt attack. Not a presence attack, which was how I built it to begin with, as I was unhappy with the outcome. I want to have a villain that constantly spews insults to make you less effective in combat or when trying to perform skills. Would an "Entangle vs. Sight with a limitation of Only Affecting Skill Use and OCV"? I mean, thats all I could think of and I hate it. Its definately not a mind control attack. I want to create actual penalties with the Taunt. So then I thought maybe some sort of Flash, but I didnt see any way that would work as a Taunt. Then I thought maybe a Drain vs DEX would work, as that affects combat values as well as most skills that would be afected by the Taunt, probably linked to an Intelligence Drain or something. Im kinda not happy with any of those, and everyone on this forum is REALLY good at thinking of things like this, so I decided to post my problem here. Usually its me missing the obvious. I dunno. Any ideas? >----< --=Grim=-

LOL... the Sex Ed one cracked me up, as did FRED EX. LOL, Sick. Im actually glad that Im a grognard and refused to buy 5th when I already had 4th, cuz now I wont have to buy 2 of the same books or something. Shhhh, lemme just justify this to myself ok. Just go along with me. -=Grim=-

Hrmmm, yea the reason i asked is because I thought I was doing something wrong using MC (which is what I tried to do to begin with) because of the end cost I got. Hheheh. I guess I was right and its just expensive. The combat levels thing I like, even though its not what I was originally intending to have the effect be. Its actually more in keeping with this Vampire than the MC. Thanks folks. Appreciate it. -=Grim=-

Yea I should have been more specific. I wanted it to be supernatural. The guy is a master vampire who's voice gets all freaky and his thralls charge back into battle, suicidally attacking for him. I want them totally fearless, which is why I was wondering if it was Ego Aid or something. -=Grim=-

I have a question. I want to make a character who can shout a rousing speech and voost the morale of the people around him that are friendly to him. How would I reflect this? Would it be an AID to others Ego? Would presence factor into this? -=Grim=-

Well, you could just call it KS: Cultures as a vague catch-ass for the Peoples of your setting. Id make the knowledge known very....uh... light, since it encompasses so many different cultures. Maybe KS: Peoples of [setting name], with more detailed KS: People of [kingdom/empire/etc] or something like that. Hrmmm. *shrugs* -=Grim=-

Oh yea, Eosin, whats the URL of the cartography website? The link in the map section is coming up dead for me, but its prolly my uber-crappy ISP. Cuz those maps are awesome... -=Grim=-

Yo Ghee, thats a freakin dope site. I just sat here playing with it for a while and its awesome. -=Grim=-

I dont mind d20. Whichever works for you. If you think to yourself, "No, I can never let anyone see this atrocity called d20" then Ill wait, lol. -=Grim=-

Cool. I can actually see the plate tectonics too. Very nice. -=Grim=-

Yup yup. Hit me up via email? If hats the preferred way, Im grimjesta@yahoo.com (who'da thunk?!?). Just make the subject obvious or Ill delete it as Spam, cuz Ive been getting WAY too much recently. Way too much. -=Grim=-

Sweet. This thread answered more than enough of what I needed. Im not running that kind of game, the one of standard fantasy staple. You dont find gold coins laying around in forgotten lairs (well, you might once). You DO find that the Orcs have alot of bales of cotton, 4 barrels of mead, three crates of copperware, and a few barrels of preserved meat, all of it looted from raided caravans and the nearby village. I dont like having monsters horde gold coins for two reasons: 1) Where are they going to spend the cash, realistically? The nearest settlements hate them. But supplies are much more valuable. 2) Where would they get all that coin if the world runs on barter systems and favors? Only some transactions use gold and silver, usually in ingot form, and those are usually performed by governments or large organizations. Strangers rolling into town looking for a drink can either expect hospitality or better have something to give. Some larger cities use coins as the barter system is hard to do in large populations, especially with foreigners and transients in large numbers. But the average town and village doesnt use coin. The world Im running doesnt have many large cities anyway. I prefer to use land and sundries as rewards. But the widow thing is funny. I may have to use that one. -=Grim=-

That sums it up for me. I actually dont like playing that much compared to GMing. -=Grim=-

Thats really, really cool. I think I might just make memory just that. Very cool. Different, but makes sense in a strange way. Perception of the past... -=Grim=-

Definately Exalted. Exalted is a Storyteller System game so the rules are, well like you said, hardwired into the setting. And not only does Hero not have easy conversions to things like Virtues, but alot of the rules are "loose", as in theyre more open to interpretation and storytelling than actual hard rules. d20 is easy as hell. Its such a simple system that you can do it half asleep. -=Grim=-

I have a quick question. I like to make wealth in my games based more on assets than gold pieces (thats too video games for me). How would you translate the wealth table into land square-footage? Or trade assets? Any ideas? -=Grim=-

Amusing story time: I think it was a Lankhmar game I called the cemetery a Lich Field, as the Newhonians (spelling?) were sort of Cockney accents and made 'em use alot of Old English as well. My friend Nate was like, "What!?! Why are they there just standing around?!? Holy crap (he didnt say crap, he said worse), I say we leave this city! Pete you added this to the setting yourself didnt you!?!" Or something like that (its was over 10 years ago, so Verbatum is impossible). -=Grim=-

I'd definately make it 0 END Persist. Cuz if its a Hive Mind thing, it'd be odd if it can be turned off, and it shouldnt tax the things. An obvious reply, but then again, I *am* Captain Obvious, the guy who the Champions fired cuz I was *too* superheroic for em... Or so I was told. Pffft. -=Grim=-