Recent content by Deleriad

It's not my idea, I've just seen versions of this floating around. As you say it adds a relatively large random element. Probably too large in this case. Then again it makes mini-maxing for CAs virtually impossible.

That occasionally gets mentioned as an idea. One way is to base the number of CAs on your actual Strike Rank. For example: 1 CA per 6 SR or fraction thereof. So SR 1-6 = 1 CA, SR 7-12 = 2 CAs, SR 13-18 = 3 CAs and so on. Note that RAW this exactly replicates how many CAs a character will have...

It is actually. What it does is that it reduces the rate of increase as skills improve. At 30% you have a 70% chance of gaining 2-5 points and a 30% chance of gaining 1 point. At 70% you have a 30% chance of gaining 2-5 points and a 30% chance of gaining 1 point. You always gain *something* just...

I agree with Bifford. Lore (horse) allows you to know things like the history of the horse breed, the potential health issues that horse might have, awareness that it tends (for example) to be bad tempered. It might also include the mythological status of the breed, knowledge about its...

In Legend by the rules, the answer is 4. Spirit combat is on the spirit plane so the combatants have discorporated. This is not always popular with groups so you can easily say 3. In option 3 I reckon you can portray what is happening as the spirit attacking the representation of a character...

Simple answer: yes. Wraith Recon was adapted for MRQII by Pete Nash one of the authors of MRQII. Wraith Recon has no Glorantha in it. Legend = MRQII with no Glorantha in it. So, for all intents and purposes, Wraith Recon might as well have been adapted for Legend by Pete Nash. That said, the...

Ageing, I like that. Or for those who remember such things, gaining Twilight or "corruption" or mutations and some such. What might be fun is some sort of chart. "Uncontrolled magic and 0 Magic Points" something like d100 01-05 - magic dissipates (mostly) harmlessly. Caster ages 1 year and...

I agree that this is one of the neatest twists I've seen recently. Essentially it recasts Duration to mean "the duration that you can control the spell for." It's a nice thing to add into the toolbox of sorcery options. You can of course have lots of fun with the visual and so on effects of...

Certainly a fun twist to add to a particular setting. Sort of represents that old trope about uncontrolled magic. If magic is a wild and unpredictable force then this works quite nicely. You could also have other triggers for losing control such as failing to cast a spell or rolling doubles when...

It's never really acquired any kind of critical mass. Shame really but as long as it stays up static or we get plenty of warning so I can archive the bits I would like then that's ok.

My favourite semi random way is the big pile of dice. You roll all the dice at once and assign them. E.g. humans have 5*3D6 and 2*2D6+6 So you roll 19D6 and allocate them. Three each to the 3D6's and 2 each to the 2d6+6's. Most characters end up being the equivalent of just under 80 points but...

I guess you can't have S&S deities without using the word "capricious." Enjoying the way your developing this.

I think this is all looking like a very good revisioning of SGB in Legend. I somewhat share Ranger Dan's concern about flashy heroic abilities but it does take a lot to acquire a Heroic Ability in addition to becoming a priest. Maybe it would be worth a paragraph spelling this out because...

Agree with Alex here. There is quite a mindset difference for Legend over previous D100 games when it comes to combat mechanics. The combat manoeuvre mechanic is largely where the combat engine is. If you really want to emphasise weapon speed then new manoeuvres or advantages to pre-existing CMs...

Way I would do that in as simple a way as possible is Combat style: mad as a box of frogs (... thrown scorpion) weapon thrown scorpion: does no damage but if it hits with a degree of success then instead of getting a combat maneuver the target gets injected with scorpion venom in the location...