Recent content by KirinDave

Makes one wonder if Lone Wolf is really that poor a seller? I dunno. If so, it's sad. Lone Wolf, even without being an adaptation of Dever's work, is a cool system. The magic is inventive, the annoying parts of D&D are filed down and made faster, the classes are unique and have strong many...

I think Confused Wolf is correct, but it's a surprising conclusion to me. It means that magic is fairly weak in the LWRPG. Brothers of the Crystal Star really can't do all that much damage with lightning hand, even at higher levels. Lots of Valkeros magic specifically gives them bonuses to...

Okay, but why or why not? :)

Why is everyone so concerned about keeping continuity with the Lone Wolf books? Not only is that 50 years of gametime into the future, but it's rather restricting. It's no fun bringing in younger versions of characters for cameos if you know they're immortal because they're required for another...

The title kinda says it all. The text on magical combat says that INT takes the place of STR and DEX for magical combat. Does this include damage as well? It seems logical that it would unless otherwise specified. Otherwise, attack magic would be weak.

parvatiquinta hits it on the head. Also, keep in mind that the suggestions above were all targetted at more than just psionics. A +3 to Will Saves makes them more dangerous to magic too. I didn't find our resident Kai Lord feeling picked on. In fact, when I presented those guys, the player...

KirinDave backs away from the forumite who mentioned "Legends." I didn't do it! I didn't say it! The way I think I'm going to handle it is by giving Brothers of the Crystal Star a number of "cantrips" a day equal to their intelligence. These spells can never even do a single point of damage...

Well, I'm aware there are no other printed materials. Nor do I think there need to be, the BotCs get lots of variety. What I'm talking about is flavor stuff. For instance, spells that might be useful only in a more abstract story sense ("I have this little spell I'm working on, it helps me...

So, I've got a BoTC running in one of my games, and in a game someone else is running I'm thinking of playing one (Shianti shot down, wah!). It mentions there are "other" spells for the Brotherhood of the Crystal star, but that they aren't fast casting or much applicable without a long time to...

I always assumed that was a misprint of 16.

Byakugan has no sensical english translation in the context it's used here. It's a reference to a wierd kind of Eye Magic in an anime called "Naruto". The bearers of the Byakugan don't have pupils, and they can see in nearly 360 degrees and even through darkness and other objects. They can also...

You could do that too. I just recently finished off a segment of my game where I made several enemies that were fairly strong against psionics to keep the Kai Lord of our group on his toes. For a group of 6 L10 drakarrim footsoldiers with dark axes, I had something I rather enjoyed and after...

Kai are the tops of mortal psionics. And it's obvious to see. Almost nothing is immune to Pyschic Lash, Dagger of the Mind, or the amazing Psi-Surge powers. But, if you need something to give a kai a challenge they can't solve with Mindblast (and believe me, sometimes GMs will get frustrated...

Good question. Keep in mind that the damage is psychic, so it never meets up with damage reduction. No matter how you interpret it, this bonus can't be applied to overcome damage reduction on a creature. I decided to aducate it as working only when the kai lord scores a hit that does damage, but...

Yes. Fear fear. A Kai in the game I'm running has a nasty habit of eschewing multiple attacks in return for massive psychic damage. Consider the following combination: - Psychic Lash ( 1d6 PSY ) - Psychic Attack ( 2d6 PSY ) - Force of Personality ( +3 PSY ) - Masterwork Longsword Attack (...