ramza

That sounds a little better. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> actually, I will remove the bonus feat to make things more balanced

oooops, my mistake then let's say that half-elves just get a bonus feat and an additional 4 skill points at first level ONLY

True, in my own version of d&d rules, I have also considered changing the races bonus stats and abilities... The main problem is that each class should allow you to play a character that has a bonus in a specific stat and a minus in another one. Humans shouldn't receive bonus stats but as there are 6 races remaining, there should be at least a different bonus stat for each one of them. That way, if you want someone with a bonus in INT, take a gnome. If you want a bonus in DEX, take a hlfling, etc. Here is how I share everything: DWARF +2 CON, -2 DEX (dwarves have their own way of being charming, I believe that dwarves should be considered as a clumsy race rather than a ugly one) ELF +2 CHA, -2 CON GNOME +2 INT, -2 WIS HALFLING +2 DEX, -2 STR HALF-ELF +2 WIS, -2 CHA (half-elves have higher wisdom since they have the heritage of two very prestigious races, however they are hardly accepted in either human or elven societies, thus the -2 in CHA) HALF-ORC +2 STR, -2 INT and CHA However, I believe that it is unfair for the half-orc to have -2 in two stats and to have +2 to only one. So I made some changes: DWARF +2 WIS, -2 DEX (dwarves become a wise bunch which is not false either... we have also seen many cleric dwarves in d&d games lately) HALF-ORC +2 STR and CON, -2 INT and CHA HALF-ELF gets all the special skills and abilities of the elven race and gets +2 bonus skill points per level (half of what humans get)

I have been playing d&d for quite some time now. Even though it is a cool system, I have to admit that there are many things that disturb me. For example, some of the playable races traits are badly designed. This is a personal opinion, but I believe that elves should get a +2 in CHA instead of +2 in DEX and get sorcerer as their favored class. Elves are supposed to be pretty creatures that are alsodeeply linked with magic... Half-orcs should have a +2 to both STR and CON so as to compensate the -2 in CHA and INT... I could go on like this forever but the main subject here is about classes. Are you satisfied with the way classes are designed? Well, I am not. First of all, I have considering changing the spellcasting system. In my own rules, spellcasters do not need to memorize their spells anymore. The memorization system seemed completely absurd to me and I have never seen such a thing in any other game. The mana system is much more convenient. All spellcaster will keep their progression tables for the number of spell uses per day and will be able to use any spell in their spellbook with this limitation. I don't know if Clerics and Druids should have automatic access to all their spells or if they should learn them from scrolls just like the wizard. The second option seems more equitable. Now, when it comes to the wizard and the sorcerer, the latter loses an advantage because of the removal of the memorization system. That is why I made the sorcerer some sort of "specialist wizard" using INT (and not CHA anymore) as their primary stat and getting the same bonus metamagic spells as the wizard. The only difference is that he keeps his current spell progression tables (meaning that he has more spell uses per day but can only learn a limited number of spells per day). BUT, the wizard cannot write down an unlimited number of spells in his spellbook either: just like in 2E, the number of spells he can learn will be determined by his INT. I think that I found a way to balance these 2 classes like that... The way higher and lower saving throws are distributed to each class is not satisfying either but I won't get into that here. Wizards should also get a bonus feat every 4 levels instead of every five... How about clerics? Since when do they wear armor? Since when do they have higher HP than thieves, bards and wizards? Since when do they fight better (higher BAB) than wizards? This is all absurd to me. The new cleric class will suffer spellcasting failure if wearing any armor (but there will be some nice robes to compensate the loss), and will have the same HP and BAB as the wizard. I could maybe give some metamagic bonus feats every 6 levels to compensate that too... Concerning Bards and Rogues, they should normally keep their current BAB and have roll a d8 dice for their HP. Also, Bards should learn spellsongs instead of regular spells (arcane and divine). That way, the choice of CHA as their primary stat shoulb be more justified. Also, I believe that their songs (not spellsongs, just songs like the ballad of the 3 heroes) should last a few rounds after the Bard has stopped playing. Their CHA modifier should determine the number of rounds. The lingering song feat would just extend that... I have thought of a 12th class (people who came to these boards since their creation already know about this) which I have named "warmage" (not very original I admit). It's an equivalent of the red mage in the d&d system. He can learn arcane and divine spells (only from scrolls) up to the sixth spell level and gains bonus feats (chosen from the list of the fighter's and the wizard's metamagic feats). His main stat is INT but WIS plays also a role for learning Divine spells. He has the same stats as the Rogue and the Bard. Another class I "invented" to replace the sorcerer is the "summoner" class (which is supposed to be different from the conjurer). The concept is similar to the summoner class from the final fantasy games: call a nasty beast that will rampage everything for a round. Their main stat is CHA and the power of the beats increases as the summoner levels up. To make things difficult, the summoner begins with only two summons and has to find the other ones (he has to persuade them to answer his call either by beating them or by using his CHA). It reminds me of the famous sentence "gotta catch'em all"... lol these are are few ideas...what do you think? Cheers

I got 270, so I enter in this category 200-299 Level 0 geek (wannabe) meh, I am not surprised...

ahhhh... I managed to sleep afterall... It's cool that I have a big room (50 square meters ) or else I would have been annoyed by the ventilator... Thanks for the help, guys!

Just a weird thing I saw in the movie was that Tcheng (or whatever his name was) - the leader of the Turks - was alive. I thought he was killed in the game by Sephiroth in that sort of ancient pyramid... It's just weird...

connected seeds: 1 (max possible 1) connected peers: 16 (max possible 26) that's the info I have... I am really afraid of not being able to find the connection again, so I may leave my pc as it is and wait for the download to finish...

I noticed that I could pause the downloading process... is there any risk of losing the file? I wouldn't want to start from the beginning again...

I was wondering if someone could give me some advice on this. I am downloading some good anime right now through BitComet but I have 14 hours left... The problem is that my laptop's ventilation makes a bit of noise, so I am afraid of not being able to sleep tonight. I thought of putting my pc in standby mode but I wonder if this will stop the downloading process... any ideas? thanks in advance Cheers

LOL

I can start another one if you wish...

true enough... people who haven't played the game won't understand very much the plot, despite the short resume of the game's story at the beginning. Also, the movie does indeed have an odd pacing: one event is happening after another without any kind of transition between scenes... well, what can you expect from a one-and-a-half hour movie? I loved it anyway... just a question: where is your avatar coming from? an anime? I have never seen a teddy bear with an eyepatch before...

is this guy worst than me when it comes to bugging people for a game that will never exist? :D

I dowloaded the movie with english fansubs and watched a while ago... what can I say? It was great!!!!! The battles were kind of exaggerated but if you are used to animes, then it will ok for you. The graphics were amazing and the music was cool. It's a 1h40min action-packed movie. You also get to see how Cloud struggles with his own guilt (of not being able to save Aeris). I felt so nostalgic when I saw again the characters of the very first rpg I ever played. Cloud, Tifa, RedXIII and... Aeris! Damn, I absolutely have to play it again during christmas! This game was the best FF game ever made... I don't think we will ever see one like that... Square-Enix ought to make a remake of that one... Also, I think that this one is far better than FF: the spirits within (which wasn't bad either, but didn't have any connection with the traditional ff formula). has anyone else watched it?

Has anyone read the Drizzt comic book? I was thinking of buying it...

I also forgot to mention those 2. There was a bug though with the charmed guy and I never managed to figure out how to fix it. Since I couldn't bring myself to kill him, I just dominated him, pickpocketed him and left the room after closing the door (so that he wouldn't bother me again). I just pretended that he came back to his senses after beating the boss... I really can't explain why I refuse to harm polygons for which I have some sympathy... However, I can be very cruel with my foes... some of you guys mentioned the game Second Sight (first time I am hearing that title) and the event with the guard's wife writing to him... well, I wouldn't feel sorry for him... he just messed with the wrong guy... I find it unacceptable for someone to oppose me (and that is also valid in real life :cool: )! I also reload whenever a party member dies... I just find it unacceptable (and particularly irritating in BG2, when you lose all the extra spell slots that you got thanks to magical items).

Well, I can't sleep at night if, in some games, I have killed some innocent characters (by mistake) or failed to protect them. Call me crazy, but that's the way I am. Here are a few examples: -in BG1, I try to save the guys that are attacked some kobolds (both inside and outside of Nashkel mines) -in BG2, I try to save Coran from the werewolves at all costs -in NWN, I try to save as many trainees in the academy, when you get attacked by the mysterious mages after talking with Aribeth for the 1st time -in all the Syphon Filter games, I try to protect my allies at all costs -in IWD2, I try to protect all the "survivors" when the pallisade is under siege that's all I can remember...

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Lollerskates. Emphasis added. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I found that quite humorous as well. The sad thing is I don't think ramza sees the humor in what he wrote. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> actually, i was thinking of rephrasing that sentence, but i decided to keep it anyway... I am always at your service if you want to have a good laugh at my expense... :ph34r:

I just want to play a game with Jefferson's story, characters and setting... I am not asking for that much... If I had the scenario, I would make a mod myself but that's another story... I am sure that If Obsidian decided to produce it, it would be far better.

what the hell????