Author Topic: General Discussion, Questions, Wishes, Brain Farts and other Miscellanea  (Read 1954 times)

Offline Skyrock

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There wasn't a general discussion thread yet, so I have added one.

If there is anything to say, write, draw, doodle, morse signal or otherwise to express in forums format that isn't tied to an existing thread, this 'ere is the place for it.

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Re: General Discussion, Questions, Wishes, Brain Farts and other Miscellanea
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2018, 05:12:58 PM »
Currently mulling about whether I should use the native Fear, Horror & Madness system, or use the opportunity of a major re-write to switch to the UA Sanity system.

Fear, Horror & Madness:
+ fully compatible with existing Ravenloft changes/stats for class features, spells, monsters and so on

0 greatly favours characters with high Will saves

- effects are all or nothing, no gradual attrition serving as a warning sign for withdrawing and/or adding stress as the character resources deplete
- has scaling issues for checks not derived from monsters and encounters, as monster-related DCs scale with HD/CR and Will saves scale with level while other DCs remain static
- proprietary sub-system not freely available

UA Sanity:
+ available for free from the SRD
+ tried & true for decades, counting the original use in CoC
+ scales well across all levels also for mundane checks, since it is derived from a pure ability score, not from anything meaningfully progressing with level
+ allows for slow build-up and attrition

0 greatly favours characters with high Wisdom

- necessitates to re-write existing Ravenloft crunch
- wonky with Wisdom scores above 20 (might work better if derived from all mental ability scores?)

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Re: General Discussion, Questions, Wishes, Brain Farts and other Miscellanea
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2018, 06:32:16 AM »
The pros/cons there sound like you're trying to convince yourself to use UA Sanity. What about the later version in heroes of horror?

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Re: General Discussion, Questions, Wishes, Brain Farts and other Miscellanea
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2018, 01:51:12 PM »
I had completely forgotten that HoH also had sanity rules. Will have to take a look at them.

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Just popped in for a rules thing. Damage reduction doesn't apply to spells, spell-like abilities, or supernatural abilities (such as a Dragon/Fiend Shaman's breath weapon), so if you want the piercing/slashing alternative breath weapons to be affected by DR, you should specify it.

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Thanks for noticing this detail. Dragon Shaman/Fiend Cultist breath weapons have been updated accordingly.

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Small typo in firearms under handgonne:

When you shoot a flintlock musket, you use a full-round action to make a ranged touch attack. It takes 5 full-round actions to reload a handgonne. Reloading provokes attacks of opportunity.

Also, Volley Gun refers to a Dexterity save. That should be Reflex, right?
« Last Edit: July 09, 2020, 05:38:15 PM by Garryl »

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Both fixed, thanks for noticing.