tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283938885302784821.post7582154709967629594..comments2024-02-26T06:13:05.892-08:00Comments on Grognardling: Finals Week ThoughtsChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16988517412357391012noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283938885302784821.post-4187624870473690672011-12-14T11:24:54.066-08:002011-12-14T11:24:54.066-08:00Thanks for the link! I hope you stick around to ch...Thanks for the link! I hope you stick around to check out more entries about Pellatarrum, which is my attempt at writing a gonzo sorcery world. <br /><br />The dragon thing... oy vey. I really did intend it to be a single article, but the damn thing kept expanding like a gas. I feel it's critically important that dragons be SIGNIFICANT, not just a big sack of hit points and XP. <br /><br />Dragons are not monsters; they are VILLAINS. That's a critical distinction that I fear many GMs have forgotten. That's why I wrote the series: to make dragons into real characters rather than a block of stats.Erin Palettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984632637166408245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283938885302784821.post-29956761196586771642011-12-13T19:50:31.851-08:002011-12-13T19:50:31.851-08:00You've really nailed it. In a World of Darknes...You've really nailed it. In a World of Darkness chronicle I made a handsome, charismatic PC with lots of social skills. During play, the GM kept hand waving role-playing encounters and decided NPC reactions by fiat. I got really frustrated because the skills I possessed should have influenced the NPCs. <br /><br />I realized that in that guy's campaign the key was to max out on combat skills because that was about the only way to influence NPCs. "9mm diplomacy" I guess.christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650456794111980661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283938885302784821.post-26086023792436238372011-12-13T13:46:35.910-08:002011-12-13T13:46:35.910-08:00Wow, that's a long series about dragons. Will ...Wow, that's a long series about dragons. Will have to revisit when I have some more time.<br /><br />For counterpoint, I recently came across <a href="http://odd74.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=monterstreasure&action=display&thread=6374" rel="nofollow">this interesting thread</a> at the odd74 forums celebrating an almost diametrically opposed view of dragons:<br /><br /><i>So dragons in the 1974 rules, more so than any other version, are suitable opponents for all levels of PCs.</i><br /><br />(This is also helped by the fact that power inflation by level is so much less in 1974 D&D than in later editions.)Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.com