Goodman Games

Well, I am definitely not a min/maxer or a "daisy". I play/run Hackmaster, my "kills" in that game for my last 7 month run was 12 PC's. I just don't want to have to go out and buy a bunch of over priced dice "just because". I can see why you need to roll just a single ...

I personally don't have a problem with Titles being mechanical, it is a game after-all. I just prefer that they be campaign specific, i.e. up to the Judge or Players. They are. The Judge owns the rulebook, and probably a pencil! However, such a personalized ruleset can't possibly be codified in thi...

Not that I'm against characters gaining title and rank, but I feel these should be social in nature, not mechanical. Based on that logic, XP should be awarded based on how good of a story it makes back at the tavern, not on an exercise in mathematics, weapons mastery should be based on measured rep...

We used Index cards for each character which was fast and easy, as we kind of used them to represent the battlefield too. ... Again, if you have any specifics, just ask. Was the index card used as a character sheet, or did you have a "cheat sheet" of rules? How familair were the players w...

In practice, achieving such a feat of renown such as killing 1000 orcs would translate directly to being made chieftain. I understand this too, it's pretty hard to quantify social status or rank, but XP and levels is as good as it gets. But one Army's General is another Army's Field Marshal. Right,...

Come to think of it, why does this game use a d20? Why can't it skip that gimmick and just generate random numbers between 0 and 20 the old-fashioned way, by rolling a common six sided die four times, and subtracting 4? Heck, switch to five dice and call it Yahtzee! Yahtzee sells way better than an ...

Take chieftain from the neutral fighter list. You don't just kill you 1000th orc and become proclaimed chieftain. No, to become chieftain you have to fulfill whatever requirements your tribe's social structure imposes for being proclaimed chieftain. The same applies to a cleric becoming an adept or...

Well, it's really simple actually. Would you rather be called a 2nd level cleric or an Adept? The flaw with your argument is thinking I'd rather be called a "2nd level cleric" in game. I don't introduce myself now as a 8th level computer programmer. You should only call me an Adept if tha...

I like level titles and I always have. Please keep them in. This is one of those things that _does_ add flavor imo. Explain this flavor for me. Why does a barbarian cease his barbaric ways at third level and suddenly become a beserker Just because you can't taste it doesn't mean other's can't. I'll...

I may be thick, but I don't understand this passage: "If a 0-level character handles multiple weapons over his career, he is considered trained in the last weapon he fought with." A 0-level character starts with one weapon. Say he picks up another one in the course of the adventure, surviv...

jmucchiello wrote:If you increase shields too much more folks will pick Dwarf over Warrior because they get a free Shield Bash attack each round.

You can't pick Dwarf.

Dwarf picks you.

See also funnelling and Table 1-3.

Yay! I love dead zeroes!

Level titles have always been dumb. Why is a neutral dwarf an Apprentice but lawful dwarf is a Rebel? What makes a level 5 neutral warrior a chieftain? Who are his people? Wrong. Level titles are awesome, cultural and brilliant. A very vague, yet evocative moniker which indicates a characters local...

A clod in leather shouldn't be as difficult to hit as Gamely Nimbletoes. It just wouldn't make sense during play.

Going through this guide, highly anticipating the publication, loving what I see here. I just need clarification on "Body Recovery" esp. as it relates to 0-level "Funnelling." The rules state that "0-level character that reaches 0 hit points is irrevocably killed" but t...