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by randalls
Sun Apr 24, 2022 10:03 am
Forum: Design and Development
Topic: m20: Pick-up/One-Off Games, or General Purpose/Campaigns?
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Re: m20: Pick-up/One-Off Games, or General Purpose/Campaigns?

I've come to the conclusion that the base m20 rules provide an excellent base for a ruleset, but pretty much beg to be extended in so.e way. I think the players agreed as, while they seem to have generally enjoyed the campaign, one commented that they "needed to get me on a crunchier system.&q...
by randalls
Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:51 pm
Forum: Microlite20 Adventures
Topic: The Lost Tome
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Re: The Lost Tome

koval2 wrote:
Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:52 pm

File appears broken in any PDF-Viewer, it looks like file was corrupted or something. I fixed text, but map is still broken, but now it should be useful.

That is a major improvement. Thank you!

by randalls
Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:49 pm
Forum: Microlite20 Core Rules
Topic: Microlite20 (Core Rules)
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Re: Microlite20 (Core Rules)

koval2 wrote:
Wed Jan 19, 2022 7:57 am

I found PocketMod format really cool, so i created PocketMod from this file using pocketmod.com redactor.

Looks pretty good. Thank you very much!

by randalls
Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:47 pm
Forum: Rules Lite RPGs
Topic: How to balance Feats in Purest Essence?
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Re: How to balance Feats in Purest Essence?

How do i balance it out? Just remove too powerful feats? Remove them. Place limits on them. Rewrite them so they are less powerful/better for your group. There are a number of ways to balance things, but you have to decide what type of balance you want and modify things as needed to get that balanc...
by randalls
Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:52 pm
Forum: Design and Development
Topic: Karma Points & HP Combat Bonus
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Re: Karma Points & HP Combat Bonus

In a project I am working on attempting to create a paranormal investigation game, Fiends and Phantasms, I added Karma points to give the characters a better chance at surviving while not necessarily making them overly strong. The Karma points allow reroll of failed rolls. Thoughts on that? Action ...
by randalls
Sat Dec 11, 2021 9:30 am
Forum: Design and Development
Topic: Grappling
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Re: Grappling

squirewaldo wrote:
Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:28 am

and here is the proposed final rule without having to go to my website and download the rules:

I like these rules better.

by randalls
Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:34 pm
Forum: Design and Development
Topic: Grappling
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Re: Grappling

I think though that requiring success on two separate rolls makes it statistically too difficult for someone to grapple. Doing a quick check on this site shows that requiring the second success makes the chance of grappling drop like 20%. THIS. Requiring multiple rolls for success drops the actual ...
by randalls
Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:15 pm
Forum: Design and Development
Topic: m20: Pick-up/One-Off Games, or General Purpose/Campaigns?
Replies: 10
Views: 40596
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Re: m20: Pick-up/One-Off Games, or General Purpose/Campaigns?

Gamers these days seem to want/expect some level of "rules gadgets," and even I will certainly cop to a love of 2E *books. I guess this is my real question: is there a niche for something with something that balances the character-diversity options of splatbooks through 5E with Microlite ...
by randalls
Fri Nov 19, 2021 8:31 am
Forum: Design and Development
Topic: m20: Pick-up/One-Off Games, or General Purpose/Campaigns?
Replies: 10
Views: 40596
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Re: m20: Pick-up/One-Off Games, or General Purpose/Campaigns?

Anyway, there seemed to be a prevailing thought at the time, even by its original author, that m20 was better suited for "one-off" or "pick-up" games, as character creation and refereeing were both quick and easy. On the other hand, if players wanted something with more depth, t...
by randalls
Tue Sep 07, 2021 2:07 pm
Forum: Rules Lite RPGs
Topic: Getting Microlite74 printed
Replies: 3
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Re: Getting Microlite74 printed

Ultimately it will really depend upon your printer. Some will print whatever you hand them and some will require proof of permission. That is contained in the license information section. And some are downright unreasonable. I've taken to adding specific permission to print copies to all the new ga...