04-26-2010, 06:02 AM | #51 | |
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Re: Psionics in 4th Ed: I'm not getting it...
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The format still takes a bit of getting used to, but the .dot file helps. Mark |
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04-26-2010, 07:49 AM | #52 | |
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The issue I think is the layout of the book. (Yet I'd not change it in any way. For me, it works.) It gives the base ability, a description, and then how the author designed the ability, level by level. For a new or returning player, that 3d step is a doozy. And there is where the crunch overwhelms folks. Yet, a disclaimer, or a formal drawing of lines between lighter and heavier rules, would offend some folks. And, do we really want or need two books, creamy and crunchy, for every genre? |
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04-26-2010, 08:02 AM | #53 |
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I'd just like to note that the beginning of Chapter 3 describes the "crunchy" section thusly:
Statistics: The actual ability build. Those who don't need to modify the ability can skip this section.There is no reason for anyone to need to look at or understand the Statistics line, for any of the abilities, unless they want to peek under the hood or do some modification. And the text makes this rather explicit. After all, if you buy Telereceive 2 you just write "Telereceive 2 [36]" with your advantages. You don't write "Mind Reading (Melee Attack, C, -30%; Telepathy, -10%) [18] + Mind Probe (Telepathy, -10%) [18]". And if anyone has been doing that, then You're Doing It Wrong. :)
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04-26-2010, 10:31 AM | #54 | |
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04-26-2010, 12:23 PM | #55 | |
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04-26-2010, 12:59 PM | #56 | |
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Another hard thing was getting the right styles and formats for templates, new traits, etc etc. There's a big document by Kromm with the examples, but it took some time to get used to it, and write directly using it, instead of having to go back and revise. Finally, the actual writing style is also hard to get, specially for someone who is not a native English speaker. SJG prides itself with quality, and so the style guide is rather massive, but in the end, you get it. Folks, if I could get a Pyramid article published, so can you ;) |
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04-26-2010, 06:53 PM | #57 |
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Re: Psionics in 4th Ed: I'm not getting it...
Open Office can read and use .dot files, as well.
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04-26-2010, 07:14 PM | #58 |
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Re: Psionics in 4th Ed: I'm not getting it...
Any word processor than can read and write *.doc files can use *.dot ones. The only difference between them is that their names end in different letters. What is inside them is the same.
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04-28-2010, 08:58 AM | #59 | |
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04-28-2010, 09:31 AM | #60 | |
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It adresses pretty much everything you'd want to know about psionics in 4th edition, provides plenty of sample power groups, how to interpret power modifiers, the distinctions between source and power, etc. Psionic Powers is basically 'just' certain rules found in Powers applied to iron out a pre-packaged skill-based system reminiscient of 3rd edition. Which, if that is what you want, you should go for, but if you are more interested in really understanding how it all works, Powers is definitely in the first tier of books to get. It's as close as you can get to a 3rd Basic Set rulebook. |
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