Among other things, skill-related talents replace skill ranks and the like. I was starting to copy the RSRD skill descriptions to this site when I realized the change in calculating skill check modifiers would greatly invalidate the DCs presented in the RSRD. I need to think about this. Thankfully, it …
After Doug’s suggestion this afternoon in my post on spell casting options, I put a bit of thought into an Ars Magica-style casting system in Echelon. I’ll ignore spontaneous casting for now because I don’t want to get into it, and rituals for the same reason. Right now, pondering whether Ars Magica makes …
I have written in the Talent Repository about how to convert RSRD abilities to Echelon talents, but haven’t talked about a resource that looks very useful for Echelon talents: Iron Heroes, originally presented by Monte Cook and now published by Fiery Dragon Productions. Iron Heroes is predicated on warrior-types being very much more …
Let’s see if there’s an interesting way to overhaul fear effects! Here are some existing effects. Almost all such effects use a Charisma-based Will DC, and a successful save confers 24-hour immunity (exceptions noted, spells work as usual). Existing Effects There are many ways to scare things in D&D. Several …
There are many ways spell casting may be modelled in Echelon. Goals of a Casting System I have several desirable goals for the casting system I want to use. Others may have other goals, though. “Class-Based Casting” This model uses existing spell descriptions. This model of spell casting is very simple, but …
GreyKnight asked me this morning “what are we doing for hit points?” There have been a few changes to them over the last year or so, and this conversation opened the door to consider them again. I never considered making them random — I ditched that in D&D and given …
I overlooked the D&D model in my previous post on reconsidering skills, probably because I was deliberately moving away from it. However, for completeness I probably should include it for comparison. Rather than modify the existing post, I am adding it as a new one here. From my previous post, …
Here are a few starter kits for XL 5 characters (the expected starting level for player characters). They are based on traditional classes, but unlike a class these are purely advisory; they specify a sample selection of talents which you can alter or ignore at your whim. Archetypes are useful …
I have been considering skills in Echelon, and I’m not entirely sure they will work the way I want. One of the difficulties found in D&D 3.x is ‘falling off the Random Number Generator’ (RNG). It is trivial for two characters of the same level to be so far apart …
Here is an idea for a talent that describes familiars. Some of a familiar’s abilities are keyed to caster bonus rather than level bonus; this is deliberate, the intent being that characters who prioritise magical training will naturally have better ties to their familiars. Depending on how spell-like abilities tie …
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