Posts and discussion about how various pieces of Echelon work.
My original model of martial training was much as the model for caster training. A character could have a ‘Martial Training’ cornerstone talent (I was calling it “Warrior Born”) that provided half the possible Martial Training Bonus, and some generic combat-relevant benefits I never got around to defining. A character …
I had initially aimed to create a unified casting system where all casters follow the same rules and cast the same spells in the same way, then use talents to control spell access, secondary powers, and alternate casting methods. I realized while examining Knowledge skills that there is probably a …
I suppose it really has been a couple of weeks since I looked at capstones, I’m way overdue looking into cornerstones. Where common talents are typically things a character can learn, and capstone talents often mark what a character has achieved, cornerstone talents often represent what a character is. In …
Some discussion in IRC about the merits of d20 versus 3d6 for task resolution led to some examination, and the examination led to some curious conclusions. A +1 bonus on a d20 is seen as a 5% improvement, because it opens one more die value (a 5% chance) to be …
Okay, I don’t think I’ve posted on task resolution here beyond an expectation of being similar to Revised System Reference Document (RSRD) task resolution, but a post today on google+ got me thinking. That thinking was that I am not happy with how the skill system was working out. The …
Okay, second draft for character creation. Nothing much has changed, really, just a couple little refinements and adding magic points (calculated in much the same way as hit points, but using Level Bonus instead of Level, and the modifier for Iron Will on magic points is smaller than the one …
Ascension to godhood, apotheosis, is handled like other character development matters — using talents. The rules for this are inspired by those from Mongoose Press’ Classic Play: Book of Immortals. Talent selection in Echelon is generally pretty freeform. As far as the rules are concerned, apart from the distinction between ‘upgrading’ and …
Okay, first draft for character creation. It’s pretty simple overall: Come up with a character concept; Choose cornerstone talents that suit the concept; Choose common talents that suit the concept; Choose capstone talents that suit the concept; Choose gear (I usually give starting characters gear that matches their talents); Choose …
Iron Heroes (originally from Malhavoc Press, now from Fiery Dragon Press) has ‘mastery feats’, groups of related feats that can only be accessed by characters with particular ‘mastery levels’ of a sort suitable for the feats. Classes provide different progression rates in the different masteries. Some might focus on “Power …
Actions in Dungeons & Dragons 3.x and Pathfinder come in a wide range of types. Not-an-action, Free, Immediate, Swift, Move Equivalent, Standard, Full-Round… I think that covers all the ones that come up. Some… things done by characters don’t fit the round-based action model, such as spells that take more …
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