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With the rules as written, the balance comes from how hard the bow is to defend against. Any character besides a Long Bowman and Warrior Monk is -10 to parry/dodge against arrows. 2D6 doesn't seem like a lot, but getting your rate of fire up to 7 equals 14D6 per melee that most are -10 to defend aga...

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let me clarify when a mage casts a spell the roll is not a to hit roll but a roll for success roll a 20-2 things go fine, maybe even dbl damage/ or AoE /duration for a 20 roll a 1 and then he muffed the incantation- spell failed- he was distracted or got hit by something. a critical fumble thats wh...

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eliakon wrote:Even AoE spells still need a strike roll.

Are you saying this as a suggestion? Because there's no strike roll required on most "AoE" spells.

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torjones wrote:I want to clarify a few things before replying properly here...
someone playing a wizard in your game, casts armor of ithan in combat upon themselves. What, if any, roll is required to be successful?

No roll is required.

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Whoops, I missed the part of the OP that said 1st ed. My bad.

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I think it's wonderfully balanced exactly as written. My lvl 1 wizard is going to throw 2 5d6 firebolts at you in a melee, but your lvl 1 Merc Fighter is going to hit me 3 times with a 3d6 (+ps bonus if any) battle axe in a melee. The simplest thing to do is to just go by the book. Roll to strike if...

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Yes. There is SDC in first edition. But you cant count SDC as protection when damage is above AR. If damage is above AR all the damage will hit the hitpoints. So Armor will have no effect on the lightning from a 10th level wizard if the damage roll is above AR. This is not correct. The damage would...

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Wow. That's umm... detailed.

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Thank you both for responding, but is it a +5 or +9 to strike in range attack in 2nd edition? Thanks Neither. Any character besides a Long Bowman and Warrior Monk has a -10 to parry or dodge incoming projectile attacks. This is separate from the attacker's bonus to strike. Example: JimBob the Bowma...

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You will also want to read the Long Bowman and Warrior Monk OCCs, as every character besides these classes has a serious defense penalty against ranged weapons that is not mentioned anywhere else.

/facepalm

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7/27/2013 We made our way to meet our contact, named Cuber Oztig. Our presence in the Inn drew a few stares, as we were not the usual clientele. Cuber took us to a more private section of the Inn, where he revealed why his family in particular was concerned over these magic tattoos. He comes from a ...

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We took quite the hiatus for summer and are now back at it! Here are our two most recent updates. 6/2/2013 After our performance, we were set up with Rallian’s finest horses and made our way to the capital. It felt good to be just another group of travelers after making such a spectacle of ourselves...

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I understand that the character is not you. But a player can role-play what his PC is going to say and the GM will "Keep it in mind" in regards to the MA stat and adjust the NPCs reaction accordingly. If John is playing Gildehart the Dashing and John just isn't very dashing, I think we can...

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Definitely not my cup of tea, but hey man, if your game needs more numbers, go for it. We play pretty much stock Palladium, no house rules or anything. If I were to implement house rules, it'd be less numbers, not more. One of the things that bothers me about other RPGs are all the stats/skill rolls...

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Do you still have a crazy waiting list, Zyanite?

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(Sorry this sat un-updated lately. Work has been a little nuts. The following details this morning's play session.) Inside the office waited none other than Rehim Soothsayer, the titan who had originally recruited us into the Order what seems like ages ago. We had discovered the main headquarters o...

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After an intense battle, we emerged victorious and saved the women and children. We began to get a distinct feeling that this particular challenge was aimed mostly at Sir Peter. After offering to escort the women and children to the safety of the nearest village, our surroundings began to twist and ...

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Our final instruction after acquiring the gift of the Keepers of the Forest was to bring the gift to the Temple of Kai in the Timiro Kingdom. Standing in the south-east section of the Wastelands, we decided to head directly east and find a way over the mountains. The journey would take us right thro...

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I play wizards. Not just in PFRPG, in everything. I will always play the mage character first. Always. Not sure why....

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We continued on our path due south of the Sandy Desert, headed further into the foothills of the Baalgor Mountains. We knew that we would soon be entering territory claimed by Mt. Nimro giant nation. While camping one night, many characters began to hear strange sounds while others heard none (Savin...

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The books TDE listed are must-haves. I think you also might want to pick up a sourcebook for setting. I think one of the large human kingdoms would be a good departure point for your first adventures. The Eastern Territory comes to mind with the large wilderness, and the mini-kingdom design provides...

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Our next play session began with a gruesome scene, as our Silonar mounts ate their fill on the carcasses of the Mologoths that unsuccessfully tried to make us lunch. We continued on the trail that would lead us to the Durylops tribe, heading south and west on the edge of the sandy desert. Our ranger...

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As far as the style goes, I'm not picky. Some people prefer to write in character, which I feel requires more skill. I just write a synopsis in past tense. This is great and I can't wait to do some reading. I'm working on updating my thread with tonight's gaming session.

MOAR! MOAR STOREEZ!

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I think we should make a concerted effort to write up synopsis/narratives of our gaming sessions and post them here. We spend a lot of time clarifying rules and posting our homebrew OCCs/items/spells, but where are the stories? My contribution is in my sig!

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I'm so proud of my promptness; the following details the play session from this morning! After defending themselves from a marauding warband in a wagon, the party encountered an oasis about halfway between Troker and where they would turn south to follow the edge of the sandy desert. A village of Dr...

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After completing his research, Kierjan started back to the inn serving as the base of operations for the party. Along the way, he encountered a defenseless quillback being roughed up by some thugs. Too late to intervene, Kierjan tended to the quillback’s injuries using Heal Wounds, and cleaned him u...

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For our next several sessions, we were sent out on a test run for the library, and got sidetracked investigating an island kingdom. I’m going to skip this one, even though it took many sessions, because the storyline didn’t work out the way any of us, players or GM, had hoped. We ended up in the Byz...

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And another 2000PPE for another resurrection! My brother has taken over our GMing. (My notes jokingly say " Russ took over. We all died .") Our first adventure began with the recruitment of the PCs into what I can only assume is an out-growth of The Guardians that defend the Great Library ...

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Rhystrom Khejas is featured in Bill Coffin's books as the Palladium equivalent to Rifts' Erin Tarn. Good stuff, great flavor text.

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I guess my workaround is to just... have the spell go off the moment the wizard casts it, but he only gets two. I've never read anything that states that a wizard has to wait an action until the spell goes off. I think people are importing that from some other game. Our combat just goes one action a...

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Synopsis: ----> THIS WAY TO SECRET VAMPIRE LAIR!!! ------> Kyle’s research into Velton’s journal reveals details about a treasure stash hidden in a temple underground in Caer Itom. The temple belonged to an order of Undead Slayers. The Order was destroyed when it was betrayed by one of its own. The ...

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I realize that the last two posts seem... anti-climactic. Seems like there was a problem, and we just solved it easily, but there was more to it, I just probably was so involved in the finish of each, that I didn't take adequate notes.

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Synopsis: Vernal Equinox Blues After our necromancer ordeal, the party returned to the capital, seeking out new adventures. Regias, the alchemist we regularly deal with, contacted the party with a job. He hired us to accompany his apprentice to a ley-line nexus in the mountains during the approachin...

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Synopsis: Necromancers, Unicorns, and Faeries While on the way back to Caer Itom after their endeavors in Firepit, our party camped one night in the wilderness far away from the the road. They awoke to strange noises nearby, and when investigating, found a small make-shift cemetery being defiled by ...

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No, it wouldn't. And the mortal foolish enough to touch him and make psionic contact would be reduced to a blubbering mass of quivering, wimpering mush, constantly whispering something about "the tentacles... the tentacles......"

Just my opinion, though. Nothing official.

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(To catch up, I'll just attempt to post the major details of each adventure.) For our next adventure, Regias, the alchemist we worked with previously, commissioned us to deliver an item back to its owner. The owner, a gentleman named Velton, had hired Regias to investigate and possibly destroy a pai...

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As the most experienced, I do most of the talking for the party. My brother joins us via Google+, which creates something of a barrier in communication because of the open mic and girls/non-playing kids being noisy in the other room.

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The 11-year old loses interest after about an hour. She runs away and usually does other things. We call her back when her thief skills become useful. The 14-year old is doing great. He frequently comes up with good ideas that cause the GM, my brother, and I (all very experienced gamers) to pass eac...

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Someone put 2000PPE into this to resurrect it. I guess I should write some more synopsis?

We've kept gaming, it's the longest running game we've ever ran.

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If trying to play by the rules, with little house rules, there would be no grimoires. Main Book explicitly states that wizards don't write their spells down. Pg 104 left column, right around the middle. Alternatives: Instead, meet a friendly wizard, and have her trade some spells. Have her run jobs ...

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According to the official rules (MoM), drawing PPE from the dead requires a few melees of concentration. It's really made more for ritual sacrifice. A mage can't just run around the battlefield sucking up power from all the dead bodies. My question is: Why is she running out so fast? I'm guessing th...

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Revamp spell costs so a 1st level caster cannot spam spells like Blinding Flash. It is essentially a save or die spell much like that other game. Blinding Flash doesn't just hit one person. It fills an entire 10' area. Seems really dangerous. Are his fellow party members getting hit by it? If not, ...

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We also recruited Franko during the second session. Franko, an Elven Water Warlock, is another child of professors at the Mages College, and friends with Kyle and Tharzak. Lucy is also a permanent part of the party from now on. Titus shall join in on the next session. There is a session in between, ...

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Synopsis 1/12/2012 After the groups’ initial investigations, the characters had all decided that the thieves they were after were indeed operating out of the ‘Arts of the Hands’ school. They decided that gentle, but direct confrontation was necessary. They bribed a young girl from the school with sw...

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I couldn't care less if rope costs gold myself. I really don't want more numbers to micro-manage. Do you really want to keep track of silver and copper? Perhaps gold is more abundant on the Palladium world, thus making it less valuable. Maybe silver and copper are even more rare. No reason to apply ...

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A little background on Kyle and Tharzak: Kyle attended the Mages College at Caer Itom tuition-free, working his way through via odd-jobs and tutoring other students. Having come from a noble background, Kyle had a head-start on many of the other students, having already learned multiple languages, a...

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Synopsis of gaming session: 1/7/12 Our story begins in Caer Itom, in the middle of a crowded market bazaar. Newly graduated mage Kyle and colonized headhunter Tharzak are winding their way through the crowds, when an unsuccessful attempt is made on their gold pouches. Taking the young boy aside, the...

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The rules have never been that flawed, in my opinion. They work. I've never understood the big hurrah. Synopsis of gaming sessions coming soon!

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Here is the background for Titus, the Human Long Bowman with mysterious ties to the Western Empire. The dream was always the same. He was hanging out the window of his father’s inn, clinging for life to his father’s arms, the heat intense even out the window. In his dream, his father always said som...

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Sorry this has sat un-updated. More character backgrounds coming! Also synopsis of our first three gaming sessions. Just gotta re-work some of them.

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