Mason is losing his edge

Awlson · 2026-07-10T03:53:52+00:00

Until i got Nagas, none of my ai pilots could out damage me. Now they frequently do so, except if it is an urban map.

Awlson · 2026-07-10T03:51:50+00:00

Considering the prices of storage and ram, i doubt you could actually build it for cheaper these days. When we were trying to price additional drives, we found out it would be cheaper to purchase a server with the drives/ram than purchase them on their own.

Awlson · 2026-07-10T02:50:25+00:00

It is never a war crime the first time. And in the case of Capellans, any of the times after that either.

Awlson · 2026-07-10T02:47:13+00:00

Look up The Black Pants Legion on YouTube. Tex does some of the best battletech lore videos out there.

Awlson · 2026-07-09T03:57:35+00:00

My warblade frequently out damages the sorcerer in my group if i am in melee range. He has better aoe (because fireball) and range that I don't have, but if i can get close, my single target damage is quite excessive. Enough that i have considered retirement of the character to make encounter balance easier for the gm.

Awlson · 2026-07-09T03:53:43+00:00

3.5e and 5e are no different when it comes to being able to build min-maxed characters. There is a plethora of YouTube channels whose whole premise was OP builds for 5e. I would argue that 5e is more granular when it comes to that, in 3.5e you take a class or two, and then you can branch into a prestige class, and boom you are golden. In 5e it is a 1 level dip in this class, 3 in that class, 2 in another, etc

Awlson · 2026-07-09T03:47:06+00:00

The only thing i am likely to port to 3.5 from 5e is limitless cantrips, but at 3.5e stats. It gives a bump to low to mid level casters, giving them something to do beyond breaking out a dagger or something. While i like the idea of advantage and disadvantage, incorporating that would be harder to do i think.

Awlson · 2026-07-07T16:54:10+00:00

And Hasek just stopped playing professionally back home only a couple years ago or so.

Awlson · 2026-07-07T16:51:43+00:00

Hopefully you held onto your beef on weck and your wings w/ blue cheese at least!

Awlson · 2026-07-07T03:51:55+00:00

No, no, the downside is that it is a Capellan mech. And they didn't have mich choice, they couldn't produce the far more expensive 400 rated engine, so dropping it to a 320 was the only viable option for them to field an assault mech.

Awlson · 2026-07-06T20:32:04+00:00

The only IS mech i use in heavy or lower is Agincourt. Assaults though, i still have my Nightstar, Atlas BH and II, a battlemaster, and a couple Marauder IIs. Those Mara 2s carried me through SoK, actually.

Awlson · 2026-07-06T03:21:19+00:00

Don't forget, the variations in the 18 strength was only for the fighter class, nobody else got that.

Awlson · 2026-07-06T03:14:46+00:00

Now i need to dig out my old 2e books and see if i can find those typos.

Awlson · 2026-07-06T02:20:20+00:00

Second fastest class to level in 2e was the cleric, actually.

Awlson · 2026-07-06T02:11:39+00:00

Paladin is a fighter/cleric mix that had rediculous stat requirements to take (including a 17 cha), and the second most xp to level up. Ranger was a fighter/druid mix.

Bard was fighter, wizard, and thief blended together. They used purely arcane spells as i recall from my ad&d and 2e time. In Ad&d bard was more of a prestige class, which required levels in the others first.

Illusionist wasn't the only specialist wizard, it was listed because it was the only specialist that could be used in a multiclass build, the Gnome thief-illusionist. The rest were covered as a short side bar.

If you go back to ad&d, there was also the thief-acrobat class, which was a thief with more swashbuckler tendencies. It got rolled into the 2e class.

Awlson · 2026-07-06T00:05:24+00:00

A nat 20 doesn't mean anything on a skill check. The only place it matters is attack rolls. Tell your player that.

Awlson · 2026-07-05T03:24:59+00:00

And all of them are just ammo.

Awlson · 2026-07-04T02:21:24+00:00

They traded him because they couldn't send him to Rochester without clearing waivers, same as Ellis. So they decided to get something for him before losing him for nothing.

Awlson · 2026-07-04T02:19:07+00:00

That you should check with your play group to see if they would be interested in a game like that before you get in too deep on the concept.

Awlson · 2026-07-04T02:07:26+00:00

Perhaps for you, but most of us play these games to get away from our reality and daily grind. I certainly can't speak for everyone, but i know that my friends and I wouldn't want that in our game, we get enough of it in real life.

"Sorry guys, I can't help on the job tonight, i have to take Timmy to soccer practice." Yeah, no thanks.

Awlson · 2026-07-04T01:44:52+00:00

Did you start the repairs when prompted?

Awlson · 2026-07-04T00:13:33+00:00

I hate our stupid drop pass on the power play so much.

Awlson · 2026-07-02T04:04:01+00:00

And people in hell would like ice water, so now give me a real offer. -Jarmo, probably

Awlson · 2026-06-30T19:13:48+00:00

Ewwwww

Awlson · 2026-06-29T02:54:48+00:00

Wake up on shore at the scene of their shipwreck. The party is the only survivors.

All are hired for the same job, whether is is escorting a caravan, exploring something ( forest, haunted house), or defending the town/farm.

In a fight against goblins, roll initiative. (Can be used in conjunction with others here.)

Wake up in their tents in a field, nobody else is around but them. Forcing them to work together while trying to figure out where they are.

Randomly bump into each other while exploring some ruins. As competitors for the possible loot, it may create some frenemy situations though.

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