tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post1095712015955777973..comments2024-03-26T02:31:48.024-05:00Comments on Trollsmyth: Would You Say I Have a Plethora of Classes?trollsmythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-71817508003493899522010-02-09T01:01:47.762-06:002010-02-09T01:01:47.762-06:00Crunch: the mechanics of the game. Hit Dice, class...Crunch: the mechanics of the game. Hit Dice, classes, skills, etc. <br /><br />Fluff: background details which flesh out mechanics to make them a part of the setting.Erin Palettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984632637166408245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-10938453267933232812010-02-09T00:10:11.687-06:002010-02-09T00:10:11.687-06:00I don't really understand "fluff" an...I don't really understand "fluff" and "crunch" .. . do you have any way of communicating this idea that doesn't sound stupid?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-35492846443382011262010-02-08T19:48:10.645-06:002010-02-08T19:48:10.645-06:00Re: Rogues - originally, the setting was going to ...<b>Re: Rogues -</b> originally, the setting was going to be Birthright's Cerilia, where only blooded characters could be full wizards. Those without a magical bloodline could only be magicians, and the rogue was sort of my version of them, with a bit more hitting power.<br /><br />But if I had it to do over again, I might drop them entirely and give the elves the rogue to-hit table.<br /><br /><b>Re: Hierodules -</b> I'm really not sure. In the game, they've kinda become a particular flavor of witch. I wanted to riff on Taichara's psionics, but I'm not sure she's going to finish that, and I've a ways to go if I want to build it up into something that can actually be a character class.<br /><br />That all said, if someone decides they really want to play one, I'm sure I can knock something together based on 2e spheres and schools of enchantment, charm, and illusion.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-25476697848989221772010-02-08T13:47:58.336-06:002010-02-08T13:47:58.336-06:00Partly this is because no one's played one in ...Partly this is because no one's played one in game for any length of time, but the rogue doesn't seem to have a clear place in the milieu. Witches, clearly, have a very specific place; the rest of the classes you've made have actually been races. But even compared to the other human classes -- clerics and sorcerers both have very specific roles in the setting, and fighters are kind of "everyone else," which makes it kind of unclear exactly what rogues are supposed to be. And while I could see someone running one as a PC, I'm not sure why we'd hire one as a henchmen, rather than a proper front-line fighter or a proper magic-user.<br /><br />Are you ever going to get around to writing up a hierodule? Or have you changed your mind about that since you wrote the half-ogre post?Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528192783751011497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-37093740977503831882010-02-08T13:26:22.992-06:002010-02-08T13:26:22.992-06:00Yikes!
The first version of that post had me talk...Yikes!<br /><br />The first version of that post had me talking about the "Doom & Tea Parties" game, not my LL games in general. (And yes, ladies and gents, I've already broken my no-new-games resolution for '10. *sigh*)<br /><br />But yes, Erin is playing an octopus PC mostly based on <a href="http://poleandrope.blogspot.com/2009/07/he-wants-to-hold-your-hand-hand-hand.html" rel="nofollow">this one</a>.<br /><br />(And no, I haven't forgotten I owe you a post on that adventure. :) )<br /><br />And I was also just reminded that I did come up with a lizardfolk engineer PC class as well, though nobody is playing that character as yet.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-60216163891765495982010-02-08T01:41:14.215-06:002010-02-08T01:41:14.215-06:00Don't forget my Octopus class!Don't forget my Octopus class!Erin Palettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984632637166408245noreply@blogger.com