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SRPG 2010 - Skills

KevinBlaze — Tue, 18 May 2010 22:45:16 GMT

So, skills. What a character can do and not do is important. It is especially important to give people explicit empowerment to take certain actions, not simply counting on good will and MTP. But how effective should these empowerments be? Obviously harder guidelines and specific uses are called for than we were playing with in the our most recent run with SRPG system. At least we had timeframes and distances for things like Super Tracking, Clairvoyance, and Psychometry, with a bit of wiggle room ...

SRPG 2010 - Stuff to include

KevinBlaze — Tue, 11 May 2010 01:25:44 GMT

So yeah this topic should've been earlier . New Player friendly. Simple basic mechanics and introductory characters. However it is more important I think to have a robust and interesting system for a slightly more experienced crowd even if necessary to sacrifice some newbie friendliness. Since atm the moment this project is a game for us. Less bookkeeping than 4e. Remember the moment with the million counters and whatsits? Yeah that's no okay. This ties in with elegance, because even that ...

SRPG 2010 - Roles

KevinBlaze — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:56:41 GMT

So here's the idea: Have 5 or 6 disciplines which are things like duelist or whatever that powers can be divided under. Then have the classes be flavorful things like Ninja, Black Mage, Medium, Warmain, Runic Knight, etc. Each getting access to 2 disciplines, making our version of multiclassing so there's lots of ways to get access to abilities, but people can still be different. I think it showed in our playing that even with no aim for 4e style combat role protection or even having combat ...

Color Suggestions

Joaneh — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:31:52 GMT

So, here's the deal kiddos. I am not a particularly big fan of the varying shades of gray, but that's just me. However, the other color options aren't exactly hopping either. Look at those colors and learn to fear them, or not. Regardless of your reaction to them the question remains the same. Should we stay with the grays, switch to one of those other fabulous colors (if so which one?), or should I go start poking around for some other skins to use (if so any particular colors/themes/whatever ...

SRPG 2010 - Stuff to exclude

KevinBlaze — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:41:11 GMT

PCs who are only support chars, combat or otherwise. PCs who are only auto-attack DD bots. We want characters who are engaging to play, so it matters that a human being is taking a turn in combat or doing something for the narrative that a simple script can't handle. Encounter based XP Grinding has no place in tabletop gaming that I can understand. NPC-only "Dark Magic" PCs and NPCs should play by the same rules. Gold = Magical power [copied from goals in progress] Separation ...

NE: Goals in progress

KevinBlaze — Sat, 02 May 2009 20:13:42 GMT

Major system changes: Luckily since the system wouldn't be for sale or profit we have nothing to fear from copyright laws stealing whatever we feel like from 3e/4e or whatever ^_^ A Class Tiers More gentle level up changes with each one being more meaningful than it is in 3e, nothing like 5th lv fighter levels. But more gradual than the every odd level huge caster jumps. Also more tiers so that normal people fit in the level system somewhere: Something like: Levels 1-3: Normal people 4-6: ...

Next Campaign, after Final Fantasy 1

KevinBlaze — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:16:57 GMT

Hey gang so I figured I should get our Idea Ball rolling regarding what we should do for our RPGaming post Final Fantasy 1. If we are interested in doing another 4e game DM'd by me it'd need to be based on a world/game that I'm pretty intimate with. Some 4E campaign ideas I'd be interested in pursuing: Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 4, Final Fantasy 5, Final Fantasy 6, Dragon Warrior 1-4 Hybrid. They'd each need a way of addressing at which point of the game to start in to be able to ...

Heroes vs Adventurers

KevinBlaze — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:21:53 GMT

A major theme of the Light Warriors FF campaign is that the LWs are heroes so I thought I should share some of my thought process about what it means to be a hero, and how very cliche it can be. Heroes vs. Adventurers: Heroes don't lose. Heroes are the biggest, baddest, most awesome guys in the story. Heroes get the girl or boy, or boys and girls, or....whatever (Even if they don't want to). Heroes win the story and then then live out the rest of their lives having fat babies and reigning ...

The World of Ivalice

KevinBlaze — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:24:19 GMT

Surely I should make little snipet posts about our Final Fantasy world of Ivalice, and I'll keep them here! The World of Ivalice The Islands of the Middle Sea The Kingdom of Justice The Kingdom of Justice, and its Capitol Corneria are the homeland of the original Light Warriors. It is a fertile land full of friendly, good, and hardworking people. It is not a large land, as one can travel from side of the kingdom to the other in 1d3-1 random encounters. Aside from the capitol there ...

Return to Sanbanushi. September 19!

KevinBlaze — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:46:47 GMT

Sanban DnD Friday nights return September 19th! It will be the Final Fantasy 4e team. More Details to follow!

I'm leaning towards wanting to change DnD nite to a non friday, but Friday was our default day before so I hope it remains a reasonable focal point. :-)

Preliminary thoughts on 4th Ed?

Wade8813 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:30:24 GMT

(I wasn't sure where to stick this thread, so it may need to be moved elsewhere). So, we've started playing 4th edition. There's still stuff we haven't experienced yet, but we've got a much better feel for it. What do you like? What do you dislike? To me, it feels like they sacrificed flavor for balance. It's disappointing to lose the flavor, but I'm glad they did it. They still managed to keep a lot of the flavor, plus the balance is more important to me. All of the classes feel somewhat ...

Setting: Steampunk in a points of light world?

KevinBlaze — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:36:17 GMT

The main idea I've been working around for the next Sanban is a Steam punk tech level, at least in the most advanced areas, in a points of light world. Points of light referring to the idea of small clusters of civilization scattered and separated by vast wilderness. Which would be in contrast to Thiefo's "highly civilized" land, full of people and cities and politics. Or to Mazruk Madein's "border of civilization", where there is a line and once you're past it you're in scary ...

4E: Keep On The Shadowfeel - My experiences

BR3AKR — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:54:27 GMT

Howdy all, glad to have the opportunity to make my first post! I'm not usually a forum... person... mostly because I don't usually have much to say I try to spend more of my time doing. BUT I wanted to share some of my excitement for the new edition and give you guys some details on my experiences with 'keep on the shadowfell'. First off, the adventure starts at level one (no big surprise of course)... and then works its way up to level 3. The players don't have much choice with the ...

Death and Dying

Joaneh — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:44:16 GMT

Mmkay.

Seeing as in the steampunk and points of light thread we've managed to get off topic, heading towards death and dying as a topic. Thus meet the death and dying thread area or doom.

/end lame post/

DnD 4th books and return to doing Sanban stuff

KevinBlaze — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:47:48 GMT

I preordered on our behalf 2 4th ed PHBs, and 1 DMG, and 1 Monster Manual awhile ago, just to let folks know that we should be getting our mitts on those between June 8th and 10th. Also that I wouldn't mind 5 or 10 dollar donations into the Posse party fund from folks to take the sting out of the cost :-). Also I'll be back on May 28th, but it is rather unlikely that sanban stuff will begin again quickly, but maybe I'd be ready by that weekend sometime, unfortunately hard to say a few weeks ...

On Brawl

KevinBlaze — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:30:42 GMT

Cousin Sean and I have a short chat about Brawl figured I'd share inyureye1011 (09:07:27 am): so, are you still a brawl h8r? Korohit (09:08:18 am): i havent played brawl or melee for 4 weeks, when i left i preferred melee still, i sadly havent been able to find well regulated tournament matches on youtube for brawl Korohit (09:08:59 am): there's something kinda beautiful and artistic in motions of battle in melee over brawl, in watching the game, too Korohit (09:09:25 am): it feels ...

Italia

KevinBlaze — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:02:45 GMT

Florence 4 ever!
There's something really really strange about seeing Michaelangelo's David and the Duelmo in person

Also there will be a huge amount of stories to end up sharing about Pisa and Florence!

WoW: List of allies by attack types

Jeremiah1310 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:14:31 GMT

Since I noticed that some cards are now affected by certain attack types and is currently unsearchable (at least that I know of), I made a list. Current as of March of the Legion. Feel free to tell me if I missed anything and/or want a type added. Neutral Shadow Angrida Helwen Hukkath Sarmoth Shadowfiend Alliance Shadow Acolyte Demia Augustus Corpsemonger Barnathrum, Lord of Pain Caddrick Von Styler Caretaker Heartwing Darkeater, The Fugu Gertha, The ...

The Forbidden Kingdom

Wade8813 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:43:52 GMT

Alfax and I have been talking about going to see The Forbidden Kingdom, when it comes out on Friday. Alfax suggested we go before D&D. I'm up for it. Thoughts?

New DnD (Name TBD)

Alfax — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:28:43 GMT

Alright guys, here's the skinny. I, Alfax T. Mighty, will be hosting our new DnD deal on Fridays. What you guys need to do is make level 5 characters, you can follow standard or SBan races/classes. Use the stat buy that we use for SBan, which is 30. You'll all get the average starting money for a lv 5 character, which is 9000 coins. When making you character think something like "part of a bigger evil fighting organization." Basically you'll be in a world well aware of the dangers ...

Nightly Activities of the Future

Alfax — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:41:34 GMT

As you all know, or will know soon, Kevin leaves us for distant shores on the 30th. We wish him all the best and hope he keeps himself free of scurvy. More to the point, we will need a new Friday/Saturday night activity. I create this thread for ideas on what to do. Some ideas: We just play Brawl every night and mock Kevin for leaving it's supple embrace. We start up a new DnD game to fill our RP needs. We play cards (Magic, WoW, poker?) on those nights. These things aren't mutually ...

Sections

Joaneh — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:29:29 GMT

This forum is connected to a kick butt site.

www.sanbanushi.com

However, I'm running short on ideas of what sections to include. So any and all suggestions are welcomed at this point in time, kaythx.

Admin/Joan

Rank Systems

Joaneh — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:45:00 GMT

This forum allows for Kevin or I to promote people to various positions of power. Right now the two technical groups are admins (Kevin and myself) and moderators. There is also an option to allow for other special groups of peons kiddos. However, I'm sort of wondering how necessary any of that is at the moment. So my question boils down to.. Moderators; A necessary or unnecessary evil? From what I know of who the groups consists of there will be maybe four people outside of Kevin and ...

Cold Snap REALLY forever

Andy SweetCandy Wilson — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:29:32 GMT

http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow/en/news/article.aspx?aid=3962

Woah. Invisibilty = really good along with Cold Snap and Sbelongigns....

I'm excited. If we can find a better end game for the deck, maybe it makes a comeback?

Possible new Combos

Jeremiah1310 — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:57:14 GMT

Tainted Earth + Cobrascale Hood (http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow/en/news/article.aspx?aid=3954) Feign Death (It's its own combo ) http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow/en/news/article.aspx?aid=3958 Tomb of Ice + FTS + Gwynn (I'm gonna get this combo right sometime...) (http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow/en/news/article.aspx?aid=3963 Bloodtusk/BOD + Spiritual Domination (http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow/en/news/article.aspx?aid=3968 Evasion + Kick or ...

Woah!

Andy SweetCandy Wilson — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:26:50 GMT

IM AT SCHOOL AND CAN GET TO THIS WEBSITE WOAH!

Expect more posts in the futere <_<

The future of Halo team?

KevinBlaze — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:37:20 GMT

Any ideas on what the future holds for Halo team, or plans thereof, they were left at a crossroads of sorts.

Potential ideas included going to Valley Rock to try to get Shallow's support, going back to Shallows for Adon's now that Elazar is free. Chasing after Sorbar into Nirar Buda was on the table, going after the Shard of Shadow. At least that's a few of the ideas that were out there.

House Rules

Wade8813 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:39:15 GMT

I think the biggest question, IMO, is whether Kevin tries to make huge changes that try to fix all the problems (!!!), or if that's too much work (more likely). Although I'm not sure if I agree with Kevin about all the changes he thinks should be make (I like Prestige Classes), there are a lot of things that seem pretty obviously broken. Fortunately, some of the things that don't work right are just underpowered, and you can just not take them, instead of us trying to fix them. So what ...

Characters with Class

KevinBlaze — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:26:30 GMT

Here's a breakdown of how some various games have made distinctions between class roles. PHB for reference [11 classes] Barb Bard Clr Drd Ftr Mnk Pal Rng Rog Sorc Wiz Interesting Classes that have different recharge and daily functional mechanics Artificer -Book of 9 swords guys Binder [Changes roles on a day to day basis] Psion Warlock Cook Book [11 classes] Akashic [Skill monkey] Champion [Warrior with a cause who gains themed low powered spell ...

Smash Bro.s Brawl Release Gamestop Tournaments

KevinBlaze — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:52:04 GMT

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/ssbb/tournament/default.asp

With winners getting prizes and advancement into future rounds eventually topping off with trips to San Jose to compete for the big prize.

Succubus Inn

FarceQactuar — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:06:52 GMT

Post discussions during Inn-bound off-time here.

4E Hints: Some Wizard Spells

KevinBlaze — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:34:34 GMT

Level 10 Utility Spells Mirror Image Wizard Utility 10 'Three duplicate images of you appear, imitating your actions perfectly and confusing your enemies.' Daily * Arcane, Illusion Minor Action Personal Effect: Three duplicate images of yourself appear in your space, and you gain a +6 power bonus to AC. Each time an attack misses you, one of your duplicate images disap- pears and the bonus granted by this power decreases by 2. When the bonus reaches 0, all your images are gone ...

Useful Information

FarceQactuar — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:13:12 GMT

I'll be posting up things you ought to know here.
edit - I'll be giving you all an overviewish of where you all come from tonight or Friday, and I'll be posting something more concrete here laterz.

4E: Primer

KevinBlaze — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:56:33 GMT

D&D 4E Primer

A link to the 4E Primer for Wizards' D&D Experience. Pretty interesting stuff.

Sheets

FarceQactuar — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:54:56 GMT

For reference, and to not be completely blindsided when you say 'I can do *blah*!', I'd like to have some basic sheets from you all. The basic information I'll need is along the lines of: what strange feats/abilities you have, what resistances you have, anything about your weapons/self that overcomes resistance (like cold iron and the like, as I have no idea who has what), any looky/thinky skills like knowledge and spot, and anything you think I should know. If you want to poke the info ...

Garfield minus Garfield

KevinBlaze — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:01:08 GMT

I found this, and it was just disturbing enough that I felt compelled to share:

http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/

4E Hints: The Rogue

KevinBlaze — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:44:29 GMT

Bunch of stuff yoinked about the 4E rogue from the official site: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dramp/20080222a&authentic=true Gives some hints about 4E in general, and this info is from a basically final draft of the Rogue Rogue "You look surprised to see me. If you�d been paying attention, you might still be alive." CLASS TRAITS Role: Striker. You dart in to attack, do massive damage, and then retreat to safety. You do best when teamed with a ...

Character Descriptions, Backgrounds, Histories, Relations

FarceQactuar — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:10:12 GMT

Post them here, and talk amongst yourselves to figure out how you all met/why you're all together. By no means is this required at all, it's just nice to add some flesh.

I have an idea...

DevDeathRay — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:05:21 GMT

I think everyone should send me 5 dollars. It's for a good cause. Promise.

Magtheridon's Lair

KevinBlaze — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:06:44 GMT

We got Magtheridon's Lair in the mail today, I suppose that means we'll get to try it out this Saturday night.

Feat Doctors without Borders

KevinBlaze — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:44:38 GMT

The basic premise is as follows: DnD Fighters feats don't scale to match higher level opposition: Mariliths, Balors, Mind Flayers, Wraiths... all these fun flying, incorporeal, DRriffic, instant kill spellcasters. Fighter feats add numbers; more crits, bigger crits, more damage, more attack rolls, more ac, etc. Even though from early levels they already had the biggest numbers. How BAB and the feats work, and the proliferation of minor bonuses, just runs counter to keeping people working ...

Martial Maneuvers

KevinBlaze — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:46:15 GMT

Here's a draft I put together of potential martial maneuvers, since I'm pretty sure a Warblade type system is a pretty close to perfect way to make fighter type characters more interesting, and competitive with the world's magicers, on a turn to turn basis as well as in combats in general. Formating kinda sucks since it was c/p'd from word, not too bad though: Fighter Maneuvers Level 1 � Fighter Athletic Burst Sw 1 rd. +5 athletics [C, J, S] Cleave Sw Downed an opponent, gain ...

Heroes

Alfax — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:20:05 GMT

We all know I love Me some Heroes, so I felt there should be a thread for you to express your love for them as well. And so here it is. What it is Heroes fans?

Ship Titles; Who are you?

Joaneh — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:05:56 GMT

Now as easy as it is to guess who most people are I'm fairly lazy and don't want to have to. Actually, that's not why I'm asking for who you are. It's more or less a way to verify that you in fact a human being or a cleverly disquised robot, a way for me to quickly update the website with your forum name for easy reference, and all of that cool jazz. Outside of that if you would prefer to go by your real name or forum name you should probably say something along those lines here. Admin/Joan

WoW: things to keep in mind when going against...

Jeremiah1310 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:22:22 GMT

I have noticed that there are a few key things that we all seem to forget when going against other decks so I am going to write down here some that we should remember. Note: these are only ones I thought off of the top of my head so I know there is a lot to add. When going against: Druid OTK Morlug + Twig (mainly against though Andy ;P) Prowl + Vengeance of the Illadari + Form Cobra Hood Go Wild! Hunter Mage Paladin OTK Morlug + Twig Priest Morlug + Shadowweaving Rogue Cobra ...

Character Backgrounds and Descriptions

KevinBlaze — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:14:46 GMT

Here's a thread for posting character backgrounds, bios, and descriptions, so that we all may be better informed :-).

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Information to consider

Bios! Bios! Bios!

Joaneh — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:37:53 GMT

Have you sent in your bio yet for the site? No? Then get to it kiddos. All that is needed is an autobiography written as if it were a biography. About a paragraph in length will do - in fact more than that would earn you an A++. Except not really. Popular lines involve school-ing, what you do inside the war room, etc. etc. Send it to me through e-mail, im, or even here. Ready, set, send! Admin/Joan

Categories/Forum Suggestions

Joaneh — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:23:26 GMT

While the forums are in their beginning stages it's time to figure out what everyone is sort of interested in seeing happen with them. That isn't to say that changes can't and won't happen later as they will occur as the site changes and things are found necessary or unnecessary. Growth is just super nifty like that. Anyway, while Kman is in charge of the general addition of new categories he may not get all of them and the ones I make are more for site/forums input there is still some ...