Comments for Geek Related http://geek-related.com A place to get some role-playing game goodness. Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:08:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Why I Love And Hate BRP by demodog http://geek-related.com/2011/01/29/why-i-love-and-hate-brp/#comment-18067 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:08:27 +0000 http://mxyzplk.wordpress.com/?p=2812#comment-18067 Just a quick question, if normal circumstances dont require any rolls at all and a roll below skill is mostly not catastrophic – then what’s the use of bonus/penalties like -25% or +25%?

]]> Comment on D&D 4e’s Out… And It’s Awful. Here’s Why by ahnehnois http://geek-related.com/2008/06/06/dd-4es-out-and-its-awful-heres-why/#comment-17944 Wed, 29 May 2013 23:09:37 +0000 http://mxyzplk.wordpress.com/?p=216#comment-17944 It’s sad. But this was a really well reasoned point of view when it was written, and it remains so five years later. It’s not a question of old vs new or one style vs another. It isn’t about spite directed at the company or personal disputes. In style and in substance, the business side and the creative side, regardless of why or how you play D&D, 4e is just a really bad game.

]]> Comment on D&D 4e’s Out… And It’s Awful. Here’s Why by Lathos http://geek-related.com/2008/06/06/dd-4es-out-and-its-awful-heres-why/#comment-17636 Mon, 13 May 2013 18:59:57 +0000 http://mxyzplk.wordpress.com/?p=216#comment-17636 I agree that they did make some changes, and I won’t argue over the validity of your dislike for the combat style. I find giving people useful powers and such in combat very helpful, and i always felt combat as a major downfall of 3e, so I rather enjoy the pace of the combat here, everyone is useful, clerics and paladins don’t start as just warriors with rules, and so on. I disagree of the Roleplaying point however. from my experience, every group ran the roleplaying part differently, many not even according to the skills there. Most competent players have their own way to roleplay these things, so I think giving a sturdy (in my opinion) framework for the combat, which was always the hardest to personally rule but opening the roleplay with less useless, and more streamlined skills, is a good thing. What they’ve made (or attempted to) is a sturdier combat system with more freedom to play the other parts of the game as you wish. Veteran players of D&D already know how to do the roleplay part, so having 2 different skills with roughly the same effect (search and spot) and having only modifiers to saving throws removes the surprise of a trap. The moment you ask someone to make a spot or a reflex check, everyone starts searching. I agree, it feels far more like world of Warcraft, but I wouldn’t consider that a bad thing. I think it’s a bold evolution and, in my experience, it has turned out well.

]]> Comment on Why I Love And Hate BRP by erik http://geek-related.com/2011/01/29/why-i-love-and-hate-brp/#comment-17447 Sun, 05 May 2013 19:59:33 +0000 http://mxyzplk.wordpress.com/?p=2812#comment-17447 Most systems has a way to pass or fail a roll. It is true for d20+skill >= DC and it is true for d100 <= skill + mod. It is equally true for bell shaped dice like 3d6 <= skill or most of the pool based ones. Why do you dislike it especially when it is d100, roll under?

]]> Comment on Sredni Vashtar’s Girl by mxyzplk http://geek-related.com/2013/04/21/sredni-vashtars-girl/#comment-17445 Sun, 05 May 2013 15:49:06 +0000 http://geek-related.com/?p=4469#comment-17445 Yeah, the adventure paths are great… If only there was time to play in them all!

]]> Comment on Sredni Vashtar’s Girl by Nethys http://geek-related.com/2013/04/21/sredni-vashtars-girl/#comment-17424 Sat, 04 May 2013 00:16:12 +0000 http://geek-related.com/?p=4469#comment-17424 Awesome! My group is about one session away from finishing Jade Regent as well, and all voted to play Carrion Crown next too. :) Great game, this Pathfinder.

]]> Comment on I Hate FATE by nod20 http://geek-related.com/2010/06/14/i-hate-fate/#comment-17340 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:51:50 +0000 http://mxyzplk.wordpress.com/?p=2228#comment-17340 With FATE Core it became worse…

]]> Comment on Dwarven Forge Mini Terrain Kickstarter by misterjeff http://geek-related.com/2013/04/27/dwarven-forge-mini-terrain-kickstarter/#comment-17339 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:59:43 +0000 http://geek-related.com/?p=4473#comment-17339 My whole group has decided to go for it :-) Five sets by the looks of it! Yeeehaa!

]]> Comment on Dwarven Forge Mini Terrain Kickstarter by C http://geek-related.com/2013/04/27/dwarven-forge-mini-terrain-kickstarter/#comment-17335 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:54:52 +0000 http://geek-related.com/?p=4473#comment-17335 Jeff, look at the Itar’s Workshop KS! $20 shipping for international backers!

]]> Comment on Dwarven Forge Mini Terrain Kickstarter by misterjeff http://geek-related.com/2013/04/27/dwarven-forge-mini-terrain-kickstarter/#comment-17251 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:24:03 +0000 http://geek-related.com/?p=4473#comment-17251 I’m very tempted but $70 postage puts it out of my reach. I’ll have to wait til its available in the great land of Europa

]]> Comment on Hot Girl On Girl Action In Our D&D Campaign? by mxyzplk http://geek-related.com/2009/04/20/hot-girl-on-girl-action-in-our-dd-campaign/#comment-17237 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:26:58 +0000 http://mxyzplk.wordpress.com/?p=1099#comment-17237 Oh, that’s not my pic – sorry, when I get a minute I’ll link that to the real original.

]]> Comment on Hot Girl On Girl Action In Our D&D Campaign? by Dungeon Mistress http://geek-related.com/2009/04/20/hot-girl-on-girl-action-in-our-dd-campaign/#comment-17227 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:30:56 +0000 http://mxyzplk.wordpress.com/?p=1099#comment-17227 I hope you don’t mind I borrowed your pic with a link to the site of Course :) https://www.facebook.com/pages/From-The-Dice-of-The-Dungeon-Mistress/150442988465062

]]> Comment on Sredni Vashtar’s Girl by mxyzplk http://geek-related.com/2013/04/21/sredni-vashtars-girl/#comment-17073 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:25:43 +0000 http://geek-related.com/?p=4469#comment-17073 Thanks! I was captivated by the idea of a witch who’s not “the boss of” the familiar but instead is the dependent in an abusive relationship.

Ha, a good movie. “Do they have ‘Star Search’ in Tibet? Probably not. Probably got ‘Food Search.’”

The name “Sredni Vashtar” is from the classic short story which inspired her first flashback, and the girl’s picture is adapted from a pic of Indian singer Shalmali Kholgade (I was looking for a more wild looking, less traditional/proper Indian woman to use, it was remarkably hard but finally I found her). She mostly does Bollywood stuff but here’s her singing Summertime. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=421546577886843

]]> Comment on Sredni Vashtar’s Girl by mxyzplk http://geek-related.com/2013/04/21/sredni-vashtars-girl/#comment-17072 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:56:44 +0000 http://geek-related.com/?p=4469#comment-17072 She’d never do that, Sredni Vashtar knows what’s best for her, and has taken care of her all these years! (In fact, one of the real risks of this backstory is some PC deciding her weasel sucks and trying to kill it, which may get him sleep-hexed and sacrificed to something or other.)

]]> Comment on Sredni Vashtar’s Girl by misterjeff http://geek-related.com/2013/04/21/sredni-vashtars-girl/#comment-17071 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:40:17 +0000 http://geek-related.com/?p=4469#comment-17071 Fantastic! I don’t know what you were channeling to write that messed up background but it is awesome!
The name reminds me of Sardo Numspar, and hopefully now you’ll not be able to forget this comment and will spend the next year quoting the Golden Child :-)

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