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by Jakob
Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:14 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: 3rd or 4th edition?
Replies: 24
Views: 4962

Joking aside, Pathfinder is wonderful. I have begun to think in the last several months, however, that any iteration of the d20 rules doesn't do Ravenloft justice. The setting is intended to be much closer to the low end of the power scale, and a place in which mobs with torches and pitchforks are ...
by Jakob
Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:20 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: 3rd or 4th edition?
Replies: 24
Views: 4962

Moving on to Pathfinder RPG, here. I don't think 4ed is the best system to tell the stories I want to tell. :)
by Jakob
Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:01 am
Forum: Role playing games
Topic: Sine Requie Anno XIII
Replies: 5
Views: 4953

Looks metal! I wanna work for the Pope! Where is my chainsword? You have to reach alive the upper echelons of the templar hierarchy. :D http://www.serpentariumgames.com/images/sinea13/templare_little.jpg Oh, and remember: whenever you're killing someone, FIRST chop away his legs: he won't be able t...
by Jakob
Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:14 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Points of light (4E)
Replies: 32
Views: 4808

Re: Points of light (4E)

Ahem... Trade is paramount in the points of light setting. In the presented area in the DMG the dwarves sell iron and weapons to the rest 4 points of light. The barbarians trade furs etc. The Winterhaven and the villages sell food. The elven nomads sell herbs. Oh, ok. Sorry, but the DMG is not out ...
by Jakob
Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:57 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Points of light (4E)
Replies: 32
Views: 4808

Re: Points of light (4E)

- Most of the world is a hostile wilderness with a few scattered points of civilization. - The population of the points of civilzation seems to be irrelevant to the setting. The points may be large city-states along with villages in their outskirts with total population in the tens of thousands and...
by Jakob
Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:54 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Wanted: Sea Monster Sighting Reports!
Replies: 294
Views: 49086

The Caller text looks good, aside from the usual grammatical edits. :oops: I'll have to revise the sidebar about the Siren's Call effect, however, to take out the original spell's description. (Our netbooks shouldn't re-print whole spells from WotC books. They've been polite about us using classic ...
by Jakob
Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:59 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Wanted: Sea Monster Sighting Reports!
Replies: 294
Views: 49086

Isabella's willing, last I checked. Jakob? Are you still interested in doing some artwork also? Sorry. I've been really busy in the past month, so I couldn't check the boards. My friend (the artist) is under pressure because of an incoming deadline. I'll be rewriting the kanibozus in the next days....
by Jakob
Tue May 13, 2008 3:00 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Character mortality
Replies: 23
Views: 4950

I almost never kill PC because their bad luck. I tend to be a "storyteller GM", so I try to keep them alive. Sometimes, though, PCs tend to be stupid. In my current campaign, I had two casualities. One was the half-vistani monk: she couldn't know there was a fighter/rogue with a readied ac...
by Jakob
Tue May 13, 2008 2:44 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Your first Ravenloft Monster
Replies: 27
Views: 4128

Hmmm... On top of my head...

A fihyr (MM2). Yes, a fihyr. At first level. I remember the half-vistani bard running screaming in a corner, the halfling rogue trying to hit it with a sling (no effect)... Ah... The memories.

They fled, then set fire to the house. :twisted:
by Jakob
Fri May 09, 2008 1:00 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Dungeon 154 - Night of the Straw Men
Replies: 4
Views: 1249

Honestly... There's nothing much to adapt: its a four page sidetrek. Way to kill the mag. :roll:
by Jakob
Mon May 05, 2008 8:25 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Alchemical crafting in Lamorida - craft (chemistry)
Replies: 44
Views: 7014

"To make an item using Craft (alchemy), you must have alchemical equipment and be a spellcaster. If you are working in a city, you can buy what you need as part of the raw materials cost to make the item, but alchemical equipment is difficult or impossible to come by in some places. Purchasing...
by Jakob
Sat May 03, 2008 3:09 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Alchemical crafting in Lamorida - craft (chemistry)
Replies: 44
Views: 7014

Craft (Alchemy) has been reserved to spellcasters in 3.5 and this presents a bit of a problem in scientifically advanced Lamordia. No. Craft (alchemy) can be used by spellcasters to create alchemist's fire, acid and the like. Anybody can use it to create firepowder. Here's the SRD page , so you can...
by Jakob
Thu May 01, 2008 6:06 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Running Ravenloft with Non-D20 Rule Sets
Replies: 41
Views: 7434

True20 user here... :)
by Jakob
Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:12 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Japanese Inspired Domain
Replies: 21
Views: 5434

Re: Japanese Inspired Domain

I've been living in Japan for a while now, and as I learn more about the culture and legends, the more I realize that Ravenloft needs a domain based on Japanese mythology. I know we have Rokushima Taiyoo, but to me it is a poor excuse for a Japanese domain. Complete with a silly names (the darklord...
by Jakob
Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:57 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: The 4th edition FoS manifesto
Replies: 74
Views: 15949

Did anyone check out the Pathfinder RPG from the good people at PAIZO? While it's still in the making, it might be an interesting middle ground between 3.5 and 4E. ;)