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Ushgarak
Paladin
Gender: Male Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UK Co-Admin |
USH'S LORD OF THE RINGS GAME- Upcoming rules additions
Time is being my worst enemy right now as far as updating the LOTR rules is concerned, so I am leaving off the presenational update for when the new additions come into play after the Baranar fight is done. There is only one major change coming, though some smaller tweaks will be introduced.
One such tweak is the introduction of Secondary skills, a whole host of minor skills not covered by the main ones, which are very cheap to get- they include foraging, leadership, social skills, and so forth. They were left out at first to avoid complication, but now people have the basics hammered down, this small change should be easily absorbed.
Of course, I hope to updtae the rules thread out of any mistakes I spot in there, and bring it back to the fore of the RP area.
The biggest change will be the final rules for Mages and Animists- Animists may well be renamed, btw. The new Magic system, based on the one given in the base rules but tweaked for playability and appropriateness, will give such players the opportunity to definitively decide upon and advance in their powers. Here are some of the changes involved:
Mages and Animists will get a +12 per level in Stamina. Whilst slightly unsatisfactory that this puts them on a par with Rangers, the fact is that as it stands they are just too damn fragile, even at higher levels.
As part of that, the basic skill allocation of Mages and Animists will be altered also, because as it stands I had compensated them for low stamina, and also some changes for the new system will be made. By far, then, the simplest option for all Mages and Animists will be to re-make their characters from scratch. This I apologise for, but it is far less of a nightmare than trying to work out what should change where.
As a result of this I will be giving all players a chance to tweak or re-make their characters if they so wish. This will likely be the final such opportunity. This will coincide with the experience rewards for the entire period from Rivendell onwards, so if anyone goes up a level they can work that in at the same time.
The skill Herbalism, a Secondary skill for anyone who wants to learn it, will be a Primary skill for Animists, who will also receive a profession bonus in it.
Animist spell lists will include Herbalistic healing, Animal Empathy, and some powers of a spiritual nature. Future prediction has been ruled as something players will not have access to. Animists will gain the use of familiars, who will provide considerable bonuses, and at the theoretical top end of the scale they will be able to bring some of their mates- like the Ents- along for battle. That's not actually a point at which I want players to think about getting to, mind! But the bringing of natural allies will also be an Animist function.
Mage spell lists will be similar to the options I presented before- Fire, Ice, Light, Stone etc. A small amount of licence is being used, and Mages will actually have some direct attack spells that perhaps are not 100% in keeping with how Mages work in the books- however, such powers will be limited in use and you certainly won't be acting like most fantasy Wizards. Mages will be most effective when affecting environment- like Gandalf shattering the bridge at Moria with his staff.
Both types will be interested in the use of Power Points, which judge how often they can use their powers. The use of items, like staves, to focus your power will be encouraged. 'Use Item' will be important in this regard. However, Read Runes will likely be abandoned, because it becomes a skill only useful if I decide to introduce its need, because someone has it... rather circular in a gaming sense and so being ignored, certainly as a primary skill. The distinction between Directed Spell Use and Base Spell offence... is not quite finalised yet.
With the amount of players descending to a more manageable level, things should be easier for me to cope with- I did get rather overloaded at first. So, with any luck, once the big fight is done, everyone will have experience with the system, and the system for all players will be finished, and we can push on with confidence!
Please feel free to ask any and all questions.
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Last edited by Ushgarak on Jun 25th, 2004 at 03:44 PM
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Jun 25th, 2004 02:42 PM |
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Corlindel
Noldor
Gender: Male Location: In weiter Ferne, so nah! |
Looks perfect
I hope I survive and win enough experience points to gain a level
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Jun 25th, 2004 03:24 PM |
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Fire
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Gender: Male Location: On vacation |
yea I have a question do we have a winning shot at the siege, cause because of all these inactive ppl it aint looking good
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Jun 25th, 2004 03:30 PM |
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Ushgarak
Paladin
Gender: Male Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UK Co-Admin |
Don't worry- the stories are written for three players or more. All I do is tweak the danger as appropriate for the amount of players. If people don't show it gets tweaked down again.
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"You've never had any TINY bit of sex, have you?"
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Jun 25th, 2004 03:46 PM |
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Tptmanno1
Life Ponder-er
Gender: Male Location: Dreaming...Or am I living... |
thats a relief.
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Jun 25th, 2004 03:58 PM |
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Dexx
wingless
Gender: Male Location: Bucharest, Romania |
rrr...r.....redo my character?
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Jun 25th, 2004 05:47 PM |
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Fire
Senior Member
Gender: Male Location: On vacation |
well I need to see how much a secondairy skill costs
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Jun 26th, 2004 01:16 PM |
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Ushgarak
Paladin
Gender: Male Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UK Co-Admin |
In fact, I think I'll probably have everyone re-do their characters once we are done at Baranar, now people know the system, so we can make sure everyone has what they want before we proceed with the mass murder of the players.
I mean story. Sorry, keep doing that...
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"You've never had any TINY bit of sex, have you?"
BtVS
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Jul 22nd, 2004 09:28 AM |
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Dexx
wingless
Gender: Male Location: Bucharest, Romania |
yeah...afterall..i did give up my animal empathy FOR MONEY...when you forgot i did have some to start with at default ..tisk tisk
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Jul 22nd, 2004 11:43 AM |
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Ushgarak
Paladin
Gender: Male Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UK Co-Admin |
Don't tell them all that!!!
(hides)
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"You've never had any TINY bit of sex, have you?"
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Jul 22nd, 2004 05:18 PM |
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Dexx
wingless
Gender: Male Location: Bucharest, Romania |
well...ok....i guess we can sort the financial details via PMs
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Jul 22nd, 2004 08:08 PM |
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Trickster
True KMC Jester
Gender: Male Location: United Kingdom |
We started with money?
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Jul 22nd, 2004 10:58 PM |
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Ushgarak
Paladin
Gender: Male Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UK Co-Admin |
Nonononononono...
Well...
Yes.
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"You've never had any TINY bit of sex, have you?"
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Jul 22nd, 2004 11:01 PM |
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