Author: Bear (Page 63 of 212)

    Having fun working in a hotel in Fredricksburg, VA. Kids are asleep in their bed. The wife and I are working on our computers writing our separate projects.

Tonight's idea actually dealt with Ability Checks, specifically for things like Naval Maneuvers and/or Naval Combat. This may spread to other areas.

Ships will have a Ship Rating. A character's ship will use it's Ship Rating to modify the ability test. For example, a character's ship attempts to suddenly change course to avoid running up on the rocks.

The character will make a DEX test adding the Ship Rating to their DEX stat.

I'm working with an opposed test, but it feels clunky. Here's the rough idea:

A character is attempting to use their ship to evade an enemy ship:
Character makes a DEX test adding their Ship Rating to the DEX stat. The Ship Rating of the enemy ship is added to the roll.

This require more thought and testing. Rock on, everyone.

    It's been two weeks, but I am finally able to continue plugging away on the Red Concordant. I will be working a bit tonight and tomorrow night. (RL tough stuff created delays, will share if asked privately)

Tonight's assignment:

Finish the Magic section.

    Checking in:

Despite RL issues, work continues on The Red Concordant.

The sticking point is that I included the ability to decipher runes in a background, but have no rules for using runes.

Dwarven Loremaster
+1 INT or CHA
Weapon Proficiency: None
Runecunning: Able to read and understand Dwarven and Giant runes as well as recall the Great Dwarven Epics. This does not grant the ability to cast spells with runes.

At first, I tried to use the rune based magic system, but that needs more work. I think I have a solution, but I need to test it out.

I could change the background, but where's the challenge in that?

Still about 27% complete.
Character Creation is done.
Systems (Stat checks, combat, etc) is outlined.