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Oh, we 'take the step' or just hand wave the roll if it isn't interesting. I tend to do this in most games I run. I don't like pure diceless systems, but you don't have to make players roll for everything. It's a great way to speed things up, especially with mundane tasks or when fighting mooks. He...

Windling which is around 40 pounds, and obsidiman which is roughly 800 pounds. I'm more interested in game balance than real-world physics. I mean, if we're going for realism, then an Obsidiman's worst enemies are chairs, ladders, and rickety bridges - not necessarily in that order. People always g...

http://www.fasagames.com/blog/?post_id=60&title=earthdawn-developers-blog%3A-and-now-a-word-from-morgan That's great news. I love the way it's going (mentioning Detect and Disarm Trap for example). This fills me with so much excitement, I might have to go see a doctor if it lasts longer than 4 ...

How about a very small strain pool (say equal to your circle x3) which you can refill by spending karma as a free action? After you exhaust it you can alternatively use hp? Karma is not that much for most characters. Agreed. Spending karma to replenish the pool is a little too easy. I like the idea...

I think he means that whether you need to test for Knockdown is based on Toughness (as it keys off Wound threshold). But yes, the test itself is Strength-based. Sort of. I was following up on Stormcrow's original idea: I was thinking the simplest way to do it would be to have another box on the cha...

Why should non-Adepts have the exact same rules than Adepts for some things? For simplicities' sake, as well as for consistency. Adepts & non-adepts exist within the same world, so using the same game system makes the most sense. There are blessings and curses to giving everyone and everything ...

Why not have a KDT based off of Str in the character creation table thing? You could make it much higher than WT on average but I think it would make Str more interesting. I do not think resistance to knockdown should be in any way based on strength. I understand why you think it might make a good ...