Recent content by Harlequin Jones

I'm not thrilled with the Disneyesque animation style; I would prefer something grittier, like the Conan comic currently published by Dark Horse. On the other hand, Ron Perlman is an excellent choice. I'll give it a chance. Harley

That's been my personal experience as well. My 2nd level barbarian is tougher than my 5th level thief was. Sure, she could dish out some serious pain with a sneak attack - but she was Left for Dead on more than one occasion when she tried. :) Harley (And her tumbling skill, with modifiers...

Unless he rolls a critical, then it's 6d10+21 for a maximum of 81 hit points of damage. That's serious. :) Yes, thieves do have the edge in dealing massive damage - but it can be tough to get into the position to do so. Fighters can do their solid damage round after round. Our duo of...

We just houseruled DB away. It didn't feel very Conan-esque, and made it more sensible to pepper enemy scholars with arrows than to run up and chop off their heads. That's just wrong. *smirk* Wanting to give low-level sorcerers something, I offerred the following as a replacement: Inflict...

I suppose that's true if you consider combat skill and feats to naturally go together - but not all feats are combat-related. I was just thinking it would be nice to have the option of a combat/skill character in place of a combat/feat character. Now that I know about the skill/feat...

Really? Huh. I was under the impression that the bonus feats had to be sorcery-related in some way. Guess that comes from not owning the books, neh? How does the Rule of Obsession come into play? Does it? Harley

I have no trouble with the Soldier class per se. I think my problem is this: aside from things like magic and sorcery, d20 characters can generally be broken down into skills, feats, and combat ability. By having classes that focus on one or two of these three, multiclassing allows one to gain...

Another way to put it: thieves kick ass when they outnumber their opponents; when outnumbered, they tend to get their butts kicked. From personal experience. *smirk* Harley (Poor doomed Mouse used up all her fate points...)

I don't know about Real Life, but the Bossonian archer in our game kicks butt. With Rapid Shot, he can dish out 2x(1d12+Str) damage each round. That's more than my barbarian can do, and my barbarian is a badass. :) Harley

Hats off to Mongoose for making a fine game. Conan does everything that I liked about old-school D&D with little of what I dislike about D&D 3E. As I told my gaming group earlier, "D&D is DEAD to me! THIS is the real third edition." *smirk* I love the way characters are encouraged to...

I've played both a thief and warrior. Sneak Attack is badass, no doubt - but it's really all the thief has. Her attack bonus sucks and her defenses aren't great, either. The pirate and I did our damndest to tumble around combats and flank opponents for 5d8 damage, but it was tough. The...