Originally Posted by Shadowborn

Agh. Don't make me try a conversion from D20 to White Wolf rules...my head will explode.

It's not really that complicated.

1) Roll to hit
2) If the number rolled (before adjustments) is in the critical threat range of the weapon, roll again.
If the second roll would also hit, then the hit is critical.
4) Roll double the usual weapon damage dice, and double all modifiers.

Sure beats the hell out of THAC0...

Originally Posted by Shadowborn

At least 9th level, sure. Of course that means you've got an average of 2.5hp per level, which equates to 23hp, rounded up. Even if you've got a Con of 12, which will raise the average hp to 32, and a stoneskin on, you're still being dropped to -11hp with that hit. Dead.

That quote reminds me of what my friend said once in a game. He was playing a wizard and got pissed because the fighters always rushed in before he could get any area-effect spells off. One day he went ahead and cast fireball on a bunch of trolls after the sword-swingers had already waded in. When they protested, he replied "Meh, you can take the damage." That became gospell afterwards.

Speaking of "real" magic, I'm always amused when I see "magickians" talking about Frazer's The Golden Bough as if it were a how-to book on spells and magic. He's the guy that brought to light how all magic is based on two logical fallacies: The Law of Contact (or Contagion) and the Law of Similarity.

Originally Posted by Iron's Rite

Rocks fall: Everyone dies.

Originally Posted by Necropolis

Following the idea that some futuristic superman would even care enough about your meanderings in metaphysics.

Actually that doesn't logically follow. In anyway, but I will only take the time travelling part, because this would cause two divergent realities. for a person to go back in time to make it rain pink bunnies there must first be a time line of origination which doesn't rain pink bunnies. Otherwise they would not need or desire to go back in time because it already rained pink bunnies in the past. The idea that what already happened is what happens doesn't seem to wash very well if you think about it.
Secondly since the possibilty of time travel doesn't have anything to do with ghosts it doesn't follow their either.



*Arches Eyebrow* So this is what happens when role-playing leaves the bedroom?

Originally Posted by Jordyn

hey!

that's not what this thread is about, it's simply confirming that there are those in the occult world that watch one too many shows, play a few too many games and come to believe that's how spell casting works...but otherwise, yeah...everything comes down to a dice roll.

Originally Posted by Jordyn

there are saving throws for such acts of nature...

Originally Posted by Necropolis

So following that then.
Rols 12: Get cuaght in bedroom with Elven princess. Busy for two turns.

I of course do believe in actual spell casting, which isn't exactly unsupported by known physics an may be completely supported by the unknown physics. I in general don't trust psychics the more psychic and correct the less I trust them. It is much like if a god dropped into my life I'd be very suspicious about what they wanted,.. run if I could too.

Originally Posted by Iron's Rite

Fine, good luck with any saving throws against Guts . . .

http://www.wiikipedia.net/berserk/ch...2%20copy.shtml

Originally Posted by Nox noctis Umbra

Dammit I had better look younger when I die, cause at the rate I am going with the family longevity, I ain't gonna die till I am 150, and that scares me, it really really scares me, I don't wanna get that old

Originally Posted by Nox noctis Umbra

Hell no, I am a virgo. It is just a running thing with my family, unless we die of some sort of health problem(such as cancer or heart disease, or something else to that effect) we live a long long time. I have an uncle, who is my grandmother's uncle, 96, and still going strong, and then there was my great-great-grandfather, who died when he was 105, walked to and from town every day until the last week, my grandmother is 75, she still works two jobs and is older than most of the people at the nursing home she works at

Originally Posted by Jordyn

...are you pisces? they're supposed to age well.

live a happy and healthy life; all you get are crinkles around the eyes.