Forge Engine beta feedback (pt. 1)
This post and the next few blog posts include long and in-depth feedback and discussion from the recent Forge Engine beta playtest and […]
Category: Magic
Forge Engine spell attack wording?!?
I’m struggling with how to word magic attacks in Forge Engine. Anyone got strong opinions on these variations of the lines beginning […]
Heroes Against Darkness review…
Well this is unexpected.WQRobb over at Graph, Paper, and Games has just posted a review of my first RPG, Heroes Against Darkness.Graph, […]
D&D Next: Sacred Spells
So I just got the new survey from the D&D Next team about the playtest, and I’m frustrated with this one. It […]
Remaking Magic: Blood Anima
One of the deliberate features of the magic system in Heroes Against Darkness is the strict limits on the amount of anima […]
Remaking Magic: Avoid All Absolutes
Yet another of my self-imposed ‘rules’ for Heroes Against Darkness is to avoid the sorts of absolute effects of earlier (and future!) […]
Remaking Magic: Narrative Control
Much to the consternation of some of my more seasoned D&D players, Heroes Against Darkness doesn’t have some of the staples of […]
Remaking Magic: Enhance, Don’t Replace
First, a quick confession. I’m generally such an isolated throwback that I hadn’t even heard of ‘niche protection’ until just a few […]
Remaking Magic: Balance
Heroes Against Darkness employs a number of techniques to keep magi relatively balanced against the martial classes. First, the combination of the […]
Remaking Magic
Let’s get this out of the way: I strongly dislike Vancian magic. When I started work on Heroes Against Darkness we’d just […]