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RobinStarwing · 02-07-2011, 11:39 PM

There is a d20 Slayers Book detailing everything up to Season 3. Including Races and all that. IN Slayers world, Gold Dragons get to shoot Lasers from their mouths!

Eltargrim · 02-07-2011, 11:49 PM

I am running a Spelljammer campaign as we speak. Ad hoc ahoy!

Ryong · 02-07-2011, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by RobinStarwing

There is a d20 Slayers Book detailing everything up to Season 3. Including Races and all that. IN Slayers world, Gold Dragons get to shoot Lasers from their mouths!

So like Exalted, then?

RobinStarwing · 02-07-2011, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryong

So like Exalted, then?

What'd Exalted? All I know is that Filia looked awesome shooting lasers from her mouth in both Dragon and Human form.

DarkDrgon · 02-08-2011, 12:17 AM

I played one session of Exalted.... i am not a fan. I wish I could get more people to play Paranoia though

Tev · 02-08-2011, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkDrgon

I played one session of Exalted.... i am not a fan. I wish I could get more people to play Paranoia though

Exalted is White Wolf's DBZ setting. I really couldn't much get into it myself either.

Paranoia on the other hand is awesome.

Also, does anyone here know about or play Dread? I'm really quite taken with the game. Its premise is basically to play out a bad SyFy Original movie while playing Jenga to stay alive.

Nikose Tyris · 02-08-2011, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by RobinStarwing

What'd Exalted? All I know is that Filia looked awesome shooting lasers from her mouth in both Dragon and Human form.

Exalted is a game with spirits, land-based dieties and demi-gods, where you play a demigod in a world that has an intense dislike for you. It's not a bad game, but it's... a restricting game. The world is mostly fleshed out.

Ryong · 02-08-2011, 06:49 PM

So, I had a bit of an argument with one of the players in my campaign - not during the actual game, though - about custom monsters. Basically, aside from the first two sessions, I've been making custom monsters. He seems to be annoyed that 1) I won't master the monsters in the books and 2) I will grow attached to them and be angry if they die quickly or some such and then 3) they will not know how to deal with them.

My counters were:
1) I think I can read the monster's role and the blurb on their tactics and figure a way for how the monster is supposed to work.
2) If I flip through the monster manual, looking for a random monster of a specific level and go "Oh dang this thing looks cool, it'll be great." it's the same damn thing. Either way, I'm well-aware that monsters exist to be killed or captured, in the end. If I make a boss, I'm not going to make him so strong that the party dies and everyone has to roll a new character because of poor planning or some such.
3) Bit of OOC there, y'know? I remember reading a quote that was something like:
"The man growls and becomes a 10 feet tall tower of teeth and fur."
"Okay, he's a werewolf in crinos form, hand me the werewolf book to see what's he weak against."
"You die."

What do you guys think?

Yrcrazypa · 02-08-2011, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by tacticslion

FURTHER, if you want it to be available for characters who aren't 300-some-odd HD, you can simply allow them limited access to it (or give compelling plot reason, such as Lina has, to limit its use themselves). This actually fits in quite well with epic magic and it's problems and draw-backs, for lower-level characters.
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You can also just do something called "Chain-Gating Solars." Gate in one Solar, the Solar gates in another, and another, and so on, and they all donate some spell slots to you. Have fun with your "Destroy Everything" spell with a DC of 1! Oh, be sure to watch out for flying books though, the DM will end up doing that.

Meister · 02-09-2011, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Ryong

He seems to be annoyed that 1) I won't master the monsters in the books and 2) I will grow attached to them and be angry if they die quickly or some such and then 3) they will not know how to deal with them.

1) Why does that annoy him, specifically?
2) Well, that's sort of a legitimate concern - if he's worried about that it might be a good idea to demonstrate, or flat out promise as a DM, that this isn't something you're going to do.
3) That sounds like bullshit because, as you said, the point isn't for players to demonstrate how well you memorized the Monster Manual. Maybe he just thinks your custom monsters are too tough, though, or that their weak points are too hard to figure out on the fly. In that case I'd recommend allowing appropriate Knowledge or other skill checks to gain clues.

02-07-2011, 11:39 PM	#51
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02-08-2011, 12:17 AM	#55
DarkDrgon Always Trick Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 978	I played one session of Exalted.... i am not a fan. I wish I could get more people to play Paranoia though __________________ [color=red] Kneel before the Lord Drgon, or you will be knelt.

02-08-2011, 06:49 PM	#58
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	So, I had a bit of an argument with one of the players in my campaign - not during the actual game, though - about custom monsters. Basically, aside from the first two sessions, I've been making custom monsters. He seems to be annoyed that 1) I won't master the monsters in the books and 2) I will grow attached to them and be angry if they die quickly or some such and then 3) they will not know how to deal with them. My counters were: 1) I think I can read the monster's role and the blurb on their tactics and figure a way for how the monster is supposed to work. 2) If I flip through the monster manual, looking for a random monster of a specific level and go "Oh dang this thing looks cool, it'll be great." it's the same damn thing. Either way, I'm well-aware that monsters exist to be killed or captured, in the end. If I make a boss, I'm not going to make him so strong that the party dies and everyone has to roll a new character because of poor planning or some such. 3) Bit of OOC there, y'know? I remember reading a quote that was something like: "The man growls and becomes a 10 feet tall tower of teeth and fur." "Okay, he's a werewolf in crinos form, hand me the werewolf book to see what's he weak against." "You die." What do you guys think?