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May 29, 2007

Touched by the Hand of Fate

Yesterday I ran the Secret of Zir’an one-shot for the C-U Run Club. We didn’t quite have enough time to finish. I had a nice set-piece battle for the end that we never actually got to. Part of it was me not noticing the time (I would have rearranged things to speed the plot up), part of it was me...

May 17, 2007

Current Projects

So many things are going on… At work I have a conference coming up at the end of June that I am planning – and this is a busy time of year otherwise. Personally, I will be going away for at least two weekends in June. This upcoming weekend is a friend’s wedding (tonight is his bachelor party – I...

May 15, 2007

Zir’an Frustrations

I’m finding preparations to run The Secret of Zir’an to be equal parts awesome and annoying. I’m creating pregenerated characters. Character creation? Awesome… and annoying. The concepts flow quickly. The process of creating a character uses a lifepath-like system that creates a well-rounded PC with unavoidable coolness. Unfortunately, the mechanical bits behind the lifepath system are less than intuitive and...

May 9, 2007

Tuned in to FM

In general, I like the idea of contested rolls in gaming systems, but I don’t like the actual reality of them. The idea that one person’s ability opposes another’s makes sense. Unfortunately, two rolls is not only a whole lot of die rolling, but it is also a whole lot of variability. I don’t know what the actual probability effects...

April 16, 2007

Funky Mechanics, revisited

A simplified summary of this Funky Mechanic System that I was obsessing on last week, which I hereby dub the FM system: Each skill/ability/whatever has one or more pools of dice (d6s). Each pool of dice represents an additional level of mastery of that skill. When you roll the skill, you roll each of your pools. You take the highest...

April 10, 2007

Funky mechanics

In case the two people who read this have been wondering, I’ve been popping in and out of town a lot lately on business, which has cut into my posting rather dramatically. Unfortunately, this isn’t going to change anytime soon, so I will have to adapt. (Actually, Statcounter tells me that I have significantly more than two regular readers.) Anyway,...

April 3, 2007

Class Creation Workshop

A few weeks ago, I mentioned some of my dissatisfaction with the Monk class. In the meantime, I decided I’d do something about it. I’ve been working on splitting the monk class into two separate classes: one which focuses upon martial arts and one which focuses upon contemplation and mysticism. The two will be designed to multiclass well together. For...

March 9, 2007

Real Magic Items: Boots of Striding and Springing

I appreciate the fact that D&D 3.5’s magic items are all clear in terms of what it takes to create them. I like the fact that they are (mostly) sanely balanced with respect to each other0 in terms of price and power. They lack flavor, though. Older versions of D&D had weird, idiosyncratic magic items. Now, most things replicate spells....

March 9, 2007

Wand Week Ends

I find that I am not writing anything else when I do this stuff, but I wanted to force myself into that habit of updating every day. In that, it succeeded. Today, I give you some funky features for wand customization as well as an even more funky (and, perhaps, somewhat silly) wondrous item for use with wands. The material...

March 8, 2007

Wand Week,, Day IV

No alliteration today. Two more spells. Tomorrow: the final installation – new features with which to customize your wands.The material enclosed in the box below is released via the Open Game License. WandscribeTransmutationLevel: Sorc/Wiz 4Components: V,S,F,MCasting Time: 1 standard actionRange: TouchTarget: One wandDuration: 10 minutes/levelSaving Throw: Will negates (harmless, object)Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless, object) This spell takes a scroll and...

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