Posts regarding various design elements of Echelon.
There are two modes of defense in Echelon, active and passive. Active Defense Active defense applies when the defender is aware of the attack and able to act. Both combatants make attack rolls and the higher wins. Ties mean both combatants win (and lose). The winner applies damage to the …
Some time ago, GreyKnight wrote up Amren-ja, Warrior-Queen for Echelon. Things have changed somewhat since then, but I think it translates fairly well to the dice pool version. Or it will, after I define what all the talents do. Well, redefine what all the talents do, since the underlying mechanics have …
The other night when I wrote Task Resolution Using Dice Pools: Heavy Lifting I focused on net results of the rolls, minimizing the number of complications as much as possible. I think that is likely to be the most common choice, so I gave little thought to the alternative, maximizing the number …
Last night I wrote about switching Echelon to using dice pools instead of a single roll with modifiers. I had an intuitive sense it would do some good things for me, but I thought I’d do some math and see just how it behaves. Overall, I think it’ll do good …
Today I had a conversation on Google+ about using 3d6 for task resolution (something I wrote about here a couple years ago… it’s nice to know I came to much the same conclusion, modulo the ‘Other Thoughts’ section that was predicated on things that have changed). I still think it’s …
Last week I was inspired to work on some talent design, specifically by converting various PRD game elements to talents. Sorcerer Bloodlines became cornerstone talents, Cleric Domains became common talents, and Arcane Schools became common talents. The latter interested me enough (and honestly, were a small enough set) that I converted all the arcane schools …
I admit, I’m procrastinating a little on the Echelon Reference Series today. I let myself get distracted by the arcana talents I started working on yesterday in converting arcane schools to common talents. I wanted to see what the rest looked like, so I took some time today to finish the first …
The other day I said that wizard arcane schools would ‘pretty clearly be a cornerstone talent’. Each wizard has one and only one (barring an archetype or feat that allows more than one) and each arcane school can significantly affect a wizard’s abilities. Also, arcane schools are iconic to the wizard class …
Yesterday I described how I might convert sorcerer bloodlines to cornerstone talents. Cleric domains are a defining feature of the cleric class, but are not such a fundamental element of a character’s makeup: a cleric has more than one while a sorcerer has only a single bloodline, other classes that …
The other day I wrote about how various class features might map to Echelon talents. Sorcerer bloodlines would likely map to cornerstone talents. Here’s how it might work. Sorcerer Bloodlines in PRD Sorcerer bloodlines provide several abilities to sorcerers. The levels don’t line up precisely, but I think I can …
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