New Posts For Thread: Class Mechanics: When Flavor and Lore is just not enough to make your character feel unique.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29623533/Class_Mechanics:_When_Flavor_and_Lore_is_just_not_enough_to_make_your_character_feel_unique.Whenever I create a DnD character I'm very likely to have a concept for the character, it's likely going to fit in a character archtype because that's what I had in mind for it. Whether is the sneaky trickster, the wise mage, or a bloodlust barbarianMy thoughts:Fighters use martial damage dice which they expend each turn to perform maneuvers.Barbarians use pain and anger to fuel their rage. Causing damage or receiving damage builds their power throughout an encounter. They become progressivelyhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29623533/Class_Mechanics:_When_Flavor_and_Lore_is_just_not_enough_to_make_your_character_feel_unique.?post_id=528064453#528064453My thoughts:Fighters use martial damage dice which they expend each turn to perform maneuvers.Barbarians use pain and anger to fuel their rage. Causing damage or receiving damage builds their power throughout an encounter. They become progressivelyTue, 15 Jan 2013 00:29:25 -0600So if you wanted, at any time, you could simply say "my character hits that guy, knocking him clean out with the first blow" without rolling any dice, spending any fate points, nothing, you just say your character does it? Then why are there even rulhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29623533/Class_Mechanics:_When_Flavor_and_Lore_is_just_not_enough_to_make_your_character_feel_unique.?post_id=528064183#528064183So if you wanted, at any time, you could simply say "my character hits that guy, knocking him clean out with the first blow" without rolling any dice, spending any fate points, nothing, you just say your character does it? Then why are there even rulTue, 15 Jan 2013 00:03:30 -0600Thank you.[/quote]So, you should be absolutely fine with having a robust, mechanically well-designed game, then?[/quote]There are people that simply don't answer when the answer wouldn't help their side of the argument. It is a shame indeed.I don't qhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29623533/Class_Mechanics:_When_Flavor_and_Lore_is_just_not_enough_to_make_your_character_feel_unique.?post_id=528064097#528064097Thank you.[/quote]So, you should be absolutely fine with having a robust, mechanically well-designed game, then?[/quote]There are people that simply don't answer when the answer wouldn't help their side of the argument. It is a shame indeed.I don't qMon, 14 Jan 2013 23:55:35 -0600Thank you.[/quote]So, you should be absolutely fine with having a robust, mechanically well-designed game, then?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29623533/Class_Mechanics:_When_Flavor_and_Lore_is_just_not_enough_to_make_your_character_feel_unique.?post_id=528041497#528041497Thank you.[/quote]So, you should be absolutely fine with having a robust, mechanically well-designed game, then?Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:26:54 -0600So if you wanted, at any time, you could simply say "my character hits that guy, knocking him clean out with the first blow" without rolling any dice, spending any fate points, nothing, you just say your character does it? Then why are there even rulhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29623533/Class_Mechanics:_When_Flavor_and_Lore_is_just_not_enough_to_make_your_character_feel_unique.?post_id=528036887#528036887So if you wanted, at any time, you could simply say "my character hits that guy, knocking him clean out with the first blow" without rolling any dice, spending any fate points, nothing, you just say your character does it? Then why are there even rulMon, 14 Jan 2013 04:36:02 -0600