tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post2711616366401490590..comments2024-03-27T23:28:19.341-07:00Comments on Telecanter's Receding Rules: More on One-PagersTelecanterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-1633149513167172542012-03-06T10:11:55.860-08:002012-03-06T10:11:55.860-08:00Ravenseye, sorry I'm seeing this so late. I t...Ravenseye, sorry I'm seeing this so late. I think I would reverse it-- have a single page for the templates --undead/golem etc and list the effects they would have when applied to any normal creature. I remember having great fun making a mummified Beholder long ago. Same idea.Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-20477765641351726782011-10-01T14:57:05.728-07:002011-10-01T14:57:05.728-07:00What about a series of one sheet monsters?
At the...What about a series of one sheet monsters?<br /><br />At the top of the sheet, there are a series of generic stat blocks for humanoid, bipedal critters at different sizes denoted in the game. The rest of the sheet are different templates and overlays that can be slapped on the generic stats at the top of the page to make unique critters on the fly as you play.<br /><br />You can have things like an undead overlay that lists what makes undead critters different. A golem overlay, lycanthropic, etc.<br /><br />Does this sound useful?Michael Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08894267068998336307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-86861971922502841322011-09-28T20:22:42.173-07:002011-09-28T20:22:42.173-07:00Thanks a lot for the comment. I haven't total...Thanks a lot for the comment. I haven't totally given up on a poison subsystem. I kind of like the idea of players getting creative with contact poisons and sleep darts.<br /><br />Paralysis poisons certainly have precedent in nature, I would just want to make sure monsters using them seem mechanically different than ghouls or carrion crawlers.Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-15145947194169874062011-09-28T06:23:54.497-07:002011-09-28T06:23:54.497-07:00I think the magic item one-pagers are my favorite....I think the magic item one-pagers are my favorite. Trading, property, and cults sound nifty. Herbs sounds redundant with drugs - unless you were thinking they had the opposite effects?<br /><br />Poisons I think could have some more variation, but probably don't need a full page. I'm toying with this basic set of templates for venom:<br /><br />Weak: +4 to saves<br />Lethal: save or death in 1d6 turns.<br />Paralytic: save or paralyzed 1d6 hours<br />Necrotic: save or stop natural healing (like mummy rot)<br />Petrifying: save or turn to stone in 1d6 turns<br /><br />With stacking possible (so, you could have a paralytic petrifying that paralyses you and then turns your body to stone, or a paralytic lethal that locks your muscles and then kills you by stopping your heart, or a weak lethal that is deadly but more likely to be resisted).<br /><br />The thing that lead me down this path was the spiders in The Hobbit. I wanted venomous monsters with some variation in effect, including nasty evil spiders that would take prisoners.Joshua L. Lylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358762663581842879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-11950247971044734022011-09-27T20:32:21.237-07:002011-09-27T20:32:21.237-07:00That's so great to hear. Thanks.That's so great to hear. Thanks.Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-3324059994979729902011-09-27T08:49:54.740-07:002011-09-27T08:49:54.740-07:00I agree, poisons are simple and don't really n...I agree, poisons are simple and don't really need a one-page treatment. Dogs, horses, and cults sounds like something I would use, and I know one player who'd get some play out of a martial arts one. Used your One-Page Rings at the weekend, which was handy, so thanks for that.Simon Forsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243845335993440168noreply@blogger.com