Quadrophenia
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... Wait... _can_ you grow a beard? I say this with all due respect, but that is one smooth babyface you've got there.
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How do you mean by rotation pattern? Well, it's something to try. I do feel I'm generally more productive when I have set goals to work work. Writing 500 words a week? Yeah, I can do that. I can write this down, set up obligatory once-per-week goals.
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I get that a lot. I call myself a Prince and a Princess at once for a reason XD Sincerely or ironically?
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If you don't get around to wrestling bears, mind, everyone will just assume you're a hipster! XD
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In absolute fairness, I'm both! Like I said, androgynous, associate with either pronouns.
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Parks & Rec. I'm catching up on modern American sitcoms.
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I am not kidding when I say Welcome to Night Vale is my jam. It's the altar of weird I pray at every morning. It's my chief fandom on the internet, easily. Don't forget steeped in surrealist performance art traditions or philosophically absurdist, either.
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Ha! That's a fair point. Looking back on it, one of my biggest problems is findin the appropriate tone. For instance, one story I'm writing... well, on the one hand, the world itself is a dark, cruel, depressing place. It's Upton Sinclair's The Jungle meets Fritz Lang's Metropolis, an industrial hellhole that treats its lower class citizens like utter scum. On the other hand, the main plot revolves around something of an underground tournament; there's excitement, action- How do I balance that? It's my attempt to write a Sanderson-esque novel, and he always knew how to keep that in perspective, balanced. The first Mistborn novel nicely illustrated the plight of the working skaa and the horrors of the plantations, only for Kelsier to pull a Django Unchained at the end... and it never broke the narrative tone, because even the people he saved were skeptical of the freedom he had given them. It was a nice way to keep things in perspective. But I don't want to rip off the man.
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Nah, s'all good, I get ya. Matter of fact, a friend of mine is running a Fire Emblem d20 game. I'm playing a Pegasus Knight! -
What's your strategy, if you don't mind my asking?
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One idea I had was to make Shardbearers a full class in their own right. Granted, they'd be glorified Fighters... Albeit in magical Iron Man suits enhancing all their physical attributes. They'd each have two automatic Feats: Shardplate Proficiency, Shardblade Proficiency. Throughout SA, we've seen characters with one, the other or both, so I thought I'd reflect that by having some characters only possess the Proficiency for one. Depends on the player. Incidentally, for Shardblades... best idea I've come up with for the sake of balance is giving Shardblades a 25% Crit Rate increase and the ability to deal Con damage. Oh, and ignore AC. How did you approach Shardblades?
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Lemme see... Bands of Mourning, I do believe. In one of the Broadsheet sections, a story written by a lady adventurer.
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But we've seen evidence of Hoid using Allomancy and Awakening on Roshar. Nightblood (presumably) functions perfectly fine in Roshar despite being utterly out of its native element (otherwise why would Nale give it to Szeth?). In one of the Wax and Wayne books, we see a cameo of Khriss's long suffering assistant Nahz fire an apparently magic gun that shoots ghosts at people.
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Do you find it'd cause a power imbalance if you allowed Allomantic/Awakened/Elantrian players into the mix?
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So, fun question to pose to everyone here- But for those of you either planning RPG's or fantasy novels of your own that're a little adventure oriented... what's the perfect film you like to watch for inspiration? If you're writing a real sword & sorcery adventure, do you go for Ahnuld's Conan the Barbarian? For a sweeping romantic fantasy, The Princess Bride? For epic fantasy, Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings? For something whimsical and unconventional, Coraline, Alice in Wonderland or Time Bandits? Ooh, or for dark flavoured fantasy Princess Mononoke? What's your major fantasy film influence?
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Right, right, forgot about that. Now, crazy question, but for your game have you opened the door for Worldhopper characters? For magic users or visitors from other Shardworlds as, say, members of the Ghostbloods or some such?
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Actually, just wanted to ask: comparing and contrasting a skinny guy with no armour and a fat guy loaded with gear, would the former having a saving throw of, say, DC 10 and the other DC 15? 20 if in Shardplate or really heavy armor?
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It does! I like the angle you had with the Lashings. For Soulcasting, I was just going to jury rig D&D's Conjuration/Transmutation spell list for convenience, but I had forgotten to include the whole "psychic communicating with denizens of Shadesmar" aspect. In which case, Lightweavers would need to have seriously high Cha mods...
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I do have to say, that last bit is a tantalizing proposition!
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Huh. I... never thought about that before. The first paragraph, I mean. Second, well, I always feel nervous about posting any of my ideas online where anyone could see. I'm paranoid someone might steal my ideas and get money off 'em before I ever get the chance.
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Heh heh, you'll be fine! Hi, I'm Fel! I'm new here too!
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I read the set up you had. Didn't you say it's kind of a more loose application of the d20 system? Any tips you might have for how you approached some of the core mechanics of SA from a d20 perspective would be awesome! And sure, I'll keep that in mind.
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Good idea, bad idea- Using Stormlight: Surgebinders have a set number of Stormlight "Points," i.e. the number of charged spheres they have in their inventory. Say it's 50. Using a Surgebinding bit of magic requires spending one point. More complex or demanding forms of Surgebinding requires spending more points (say, five points). So the player will have a limiter placed on their character for narrative and gameplay tension, forces them to consider how to apply their powers carefully and conserve stormlight... "What determines the quantity of charged spheres the player owns?" Hm. Social status + level + Cha mod? "What if I play a thief and I just steal spheres?" Fair point. "Also, in the middle of combat, could I sense any other nearby sources of stormlight?" Sure! I was thinking of making it an automatic Feat for Surgebinders. "Buuuut... in the thick of battle, could I drain those nearby sources if my own private stash is depleting faster than I can effectively employ?" I don't see why not. What do you guys think?
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Heh, reminds me of Douglas Adams' proof of God.
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S'all good, these are great suggestions!
