Recent content by worldeater

hi i'm looking for something to help with my conan campaign. any body know of any fantasy/medieval/pre-medieval rpg supplements that might just have a whole bunch of ready-made floorplans? preferably something in print, but any guidance is welcome! i'm looking for something along the lines of...

that is not a bad idea.

apparently you missed the 500 other arguments i had. nothing in the rules says thieves have lower STR than soldiers or do less damage, hense the argument i was responding to was invalid. now read the rest of the thread.

thankfully conan doesn't use CR. i'm quite familiar with designing encounters for conan and capable of running a balanced game despite the questionable ruleset. i'm sorry, but, that system is no good. you're telling me that a guy fighting 4 of his equals teaming up on him is an appropriate...

more like what we could do if we weren't trapped at work all day doing nothing. :? ANYways... multiclassing requires multiple levels :/ in the case of this guy maybe i should just give him nomad1/thief1/scholar1/barbarian1 :roll: i don't think always multiclassing is an ideal solution...

the point of having rules in the first place is to provide a level of balance, and take the burden of deciding everything that happens in the world off of the gm's shoulders. if i'm going to have to use my god-like powers to lower the bad thief guy's abilities every time he shows up, then i'd...

oh, right, we forgot about that. so, if he engages at long range he's not as deadly. so after the initial shots, the pcs are within charge range of this guy, and he's probably easier to spot. still, half of them are toast...

but i'm saying this guy would go down way faster against 8x1st level pc's... even without getting bonus on attack for multiple fighters... that's double the spot rolls, and this guy still only gets 2 shots a turn, so more chance somebody's left alive by the time they get him in melee. this is...

indeed, but it would require more effort, and im already 6 sessions into the campaign.. indeed, if he was close, he might run, but presumably the point of the ambush is to kill someone, so he'd probably try to do that if he could. in the previous encounter with him, he just shot an NPC and...

yeah, but their combined levels are double his. interestingly, if you think about it, this guy would have a lot more trouble against eight 1st level PC's. one of the thief's other advantages is lots of skill points.. so naturally he's going to have a high hide skill. now, assuming this guy...

or another way of saying it would be: 'sneak attacks for thieves are balanced in this ruleset, which is more akin to a collectible card game or boardgame than a well-written role-playing game, because it is a throwback to the 70s' . :cry: .... which is to say i'm not a big fan of the whole...

it's cool.. i was basically arguing with myself that a crit alone is not enough to represent the ammount of damage that should be caused by getting stabbed in the back. ?? i think you're getting the 16 from sneak attack damage... my point was that without sneak attack, a dagger in the back...

in beyond the black river he notes that the picts are a white race (although the hyborians don't think of them as white), and then later in the same story says they are dark-skinned.

if you read my quote, it pretty clearly says 'a crit', not 'a sneak attack' also, sneak attack damage doesn't get doubled on a crit (fortunately)

the thief could just as easily have a strength 18. there's no rule that says fighters get better STR than thieves. if they're hyborian they can use a greatsword as well, and get a sneak attack of 2D10+6+2D8 (not using light-footed, since the sword is too heavy, that means he can wear light...