http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/ This is a list to discuss the creation of role playing game systems (mechanics, genre, style, etc). Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:09:11 GMT Tim http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43673 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43673 ... Bronze is not as durable as iron. Bronze swords were almost always short thrusting swords, bronze is incapable of supporting the weight of a longsword and Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:42:50 GMT woozlegamer http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43672 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43672 ... good god.. a solid gold broadsword would probobly weight about 150lbs. Some nimble thief would just shank you and sell it. Heh.. I can just imagine a Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:07:38 GMT klaus_ae_mogensen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43671 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43671 ... Meteoric iron is actually a natural alloy of iron and nickel. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_meteorite. The common meteoric iron-nickle alloy Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:16:09 GMT Torben AEgidius Mogensen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43670 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43670 ... Bronze is less brittle than iron or pattern-welded steel (which I guess is what you mean with primitive steel), but it holds an edge less well and it bends Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:26:03 GMT Peter Knutsen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43669 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43669 Hi In Sagatafl, all weapons have a Durability value, derived from the weapon's size (Medium size, equivalent to shortsword, is optimal) and type (sword-like, Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:01:59 GMT Patricio Ulano http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43668 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43668 Hey all, I am involved with a bi-yearly convention in the metro Detroit Area, (Michicon & Wintercon run by the Metro Detroir gamers) and I would like to offer Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:16:09 GMT klaus_ae_mogensen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43667 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43667 "Oddhat" on the Hero Games board posted some interesting statistics about police shooting accuracy, which could be nice guidelines for game design: ... The Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:22:41 GMT Peter Knutsen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43666 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43666 ... Note that in D&D3, an item that gives +6 to any one ability score costs only 36k gold pieces (16k for +4, and IIRC 4k for +2, and such items can be Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:03:49 GMT Frank Sronce http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43665 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43665 ... No site, but... basic PC-inflicted saving throws generally use the formula 10+LevelOfEffect(0-9)+StatMod(3-5). So you don't generally hit DC20 until you're Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:06:46 GMT Raven Daegmorgan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43664 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43664 Heya, I'm trying to finish up a new 3rd Edition product. One of the complaints about my last 3E book was that some of the DCs were too high, even at the higher Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:37:42 GMT Jonathan Jordan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43663 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43663 ... The wiki is only for the setting information. I mentioned that in case anyone was interested in looking at the general setting before expressing interest Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:05:56 GMT JAPartridge http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43662 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43662 On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Jonathan Jordan ... It is an interesting setting, though some of the cultural assumptions are amusing. Are you using an Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:22:44 GMT Peter Knutsen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43661 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43661 ... Yes, that's the purpose of this thread. Not to bash D&D3, but to ask about why specifically its AoO mechanics are to heavily criticized, so that I can Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:59:53 GMT Jonathan Jordan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43660 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43660 So, after years (far too many years) of writing, rewritings, scrapping, restarting, and generally fiddling around with my game...I am finally ready to release Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:58:15 GMT klaus_ae_mogensen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43659 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/43659 ... If bonuses and penalties follow the same scale, there's no need to assign a minimum - just assign an overall penalty and let to-hit be Dex + penalty. In