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 ‘Make an arcane attack’: Drop a comment below with your thoughts.
Category: Powers
Nexus Edition
It’s no secret that Heroes Against Darkness is firmly rooted in the traditions and mechanics of all editions of D&D. When describing the game, I specifically refer to it as a ‘d20’ system because most of the mechanics in the game (attacks and ability tests) are much the same as those that were codified in […]
Heroes Against Darkness Version 1.0 Released!
Well, editing has taken several weeks longer than I anticipated but it’s done now, so v1.0 of Heroes Against Darkness is released: The major changes and updates for this revision are: • Changed Stabilize to be a major action, not a full action• Changed opposed movement to be a major action, not a move action• […]
Alpha Rules Updated to v0.244
I’ve updated the downloadable Heroes Against Darkness Alpha rules to v0.244. This is a huge revision of the rules, and incorporates many of the significant changes I’ve been discussing here on the blog and over on the Game Design & Development forums at rpg.net. Healing, Anima and Resting The biggest single change to the game […]
Heroes Against Darkness: Beta Update
Almost two months ago I posted about what I was working on for Beta: • More monsters from the extended list on page 35 of Beasts and Bastards• Further development of the On Magic section on page 18 of the Game Master’s Guide to determine the Anima cost of each component of a spell• Refinement […]
20 Quick Questions for Heroes Against Darkness
20 Questions about my Heroes Against Darkness campaign from Brandon at Untimately: 1. Ability scores generation method?The system supports 3d6, 4d6 drop lowest, point array and point buy: Method 1: Normal Player CharactersRoll 3d6 six times, then choose which ability to assign each score. This method gives an unadjusted cumulative total of 64. Method 2: […]
Inconsistent Mechanics: D&D Essentials Magic Missile
If 4th Edition D&D went to all of the trouble of replacing saving throws with defenses on a consistent basis, then why the hell did they undermine this good work by making the Essentials Magic Missile auto-hit? Furthermore, this is a double-bad move, because it totally undermines the point of minions. Minions only have 1 […]
Heroes Against Darkness: Alpha rules updated to v0.200
I’ve updated the downloadable Heroes Against Darkness Alpha rules to v0.200. The major changes are:• Switched page format to US Letter (reluctantly)• Removed the damage section from monsters (was redundant and didn’t reflect their different attacks)• Fixed some minor issues in the example character creation maths• Clarified that the relevant Attack Bonus is added to […]
Solo Adventure Character Pregen Preview
I’ve just finished putting together one of the pregen characters for the Heroes Against Darkness Solo Adventure, so I thought I’d post it here for you guys to check out ahead of time. The pregen contains a simplified version of the full character sheet (without all of the Ability Mod + ½ Level sections), a […]
Heroes Against Darkness: Development Update
Now that the alpha rules of Heroes Against Darkness have been publically released for a few weeks, it’s a good time to let you guys know what I’m working on at the moment and what I’m thinking about working on. Stuff I’m Working On: Filling Out the Martial Powers As I mentioned in this blog […]