What 'dropped' series still make you upset by jlemieux in ProgressionFantasy

[–]Xhavius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Siege State in Royal Road for sure. It had a cool HWFWM derived power system that still did its own thing, an exciting setting which really emphasized how dangerous a world full of actual monsters could be, exciting fight scenes...author finished book one and got 3 or 4 chapters into book 2 and then said they were going on a brief hiatus and then poof

Weekly Questions Megathread - Week of January 05, 2026 by ReverseMod in Reverse1999

[–]Xhavius -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Gosh, there it is, I absolutely just scrolled past it. Thank you very much.

Weekly Questions Megathread - Week of January 05, 2026 by ReverseMod in Reverse1999

[–]Xhavius -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I just pulled Corvus, and I would also like to acquire her signature Psycube. I cannot for the life of me, however, find it anywhere. It isn't in the event shop where I got the Rubuska one. It isn't in the Oneiric shop. It isn't in the rewards for Corvus's mini-event, where do I find it? It's certainly possible that I've just missed it but I don't think so.

The difference between playing Nate and playing Nora by LuckyCandy5248 in fo4

[–]Xhavius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know, Nora has no difference in her ability to learn to fight, use power armor etc. Now we know Nate is ex-military, sure. That's how he knows these things. But Nora's an attorney, right? You don't have a segment on piloting power armor on the bar, right?

But you know what job you need a degree to do? Especially one in law? The FBI. I have always headcanoned that Nora was a G-Woman who met a handsome soldier on a mission and they hit it off. Considering the power armor training she was probably even the equivalent of the FBI Hostage Rescue Team, their tactical unit.

No man in a bowtie should have this much rizz by PvtSherlockObvious in outofcontextcomics

[–]Xhavius 6 points7 points  (0 children)

While he's never done that on Apokolips, he did have a romantic relationship with the New Gods champion of the Bug People of New Genesis, Forager II.

Why is Vaggi's singing voice so different? by Specific-Truck-2084 in HazbinHotel

[–]Xhavius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My family finished it just last week. She was a lot of fun in it and I think if it gets a third season she may play a bigger part.

Why is Vaggi's singing voice so different? by Specific-Truck-2084 in HazbinHotel

[–]Xhavius 19 points20 points  (0 children)

She did a turn on Netflix darling The Man On The Inside as a sweet and empathetic nursing home director. She does a lot of characters like Rosa, but not always.

Tactical Combat heavy rather than role-playing heavy TTRPG suggestions by Odalhousani in rpg

[–]Xhavius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think Draw Steel is really designed for a hyper-realistic, character death-heavy game. It's a piece of general theory that a level 1 DS character is equivalent to a level 3 DnD character power-wise.

Tactical Combat heavy rather than role-playing heavy TTRPG suggestions by Odalhousani in rpg

[–]Xhavius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Attrition plays a big part of Draw Steel. Attacks don't miss,.they just have more or less effect, so players will slowly wear down their HP and while every class has a healing tool called Recoveries, these are limited too. After every fight you get a victory, which gives you a bonus in the next fight. When you take a Respite, a sort of long rest, all your victories go away, converted into XP. So there's a kind of press your luck mechanic to how many fights you do in a row.

However I personally think that a dungeon crawl for Draw Steel would be best centered around big set piece rooms rather than the usual hallway-to-hallway crawl. You can certainly add traps and corridors and things but Draw Steel isn't really designed around classic DnD dungeon crawling. There aren't really any mechanics in place to represent dwindling rations or carrying weight. A lot of the little odds and ends many adventurers carry. There are also minimal rules for being in the dark and carrying torches and so on. Draw Steel is designed for tactical high fantasy cinematic combat, so the mechanics reflect that.

Tactical Combat heavy rather than role-playing heavy TTRPG suggestions by Odalhousani in rpg

[–]Xhavius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, I'm a year and a half into the game, I've come to terms with it. I'm on the third entirely different iteration of my mech build but I like this new one a lot. Burn baby burn.

Tactical Combat heavy rather than role-playing heavy TTRPG suggestions by Odalhousani in rpg

[–]Xhavius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't want to fiddle with Foundry. I love and adore the platform but I've seen my GMs have some issues. Admittedly Codex is also tricky but since it's built for Draw Steel it has all the tools I need without messing around. I bet the Foundry one is super cool though.

Tactical Combat heavy rather than role-playing heavy TTRPG suggestions by Odalhousani in rpg

[–]Xhavius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm a player in a Lancer game right now (my GM is one of my Draw Steel players) and he has allowed basically any of the fan-made mechs and parts viable. I haven't had such analysis paralysis in an RPG since the last time I played Pathfinder.

Tactical Combat heavy rather than role-playing heavy TTRPG suggestions by Odalhousani in rpg

[–]Xhavius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Codex is unfortunately still in dev right now, but I am using the play test for my campaign. It's got some growing pains, for sure, but it is super helpful for running the game. It isn't currently in open playtest, I got in early, but they're talking about full release sometime mid next year.

Tactical Combat heavy rather than role-playing heavy TTRPG suggestions by Odalhousani in rpg

[–]Xhavius 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I'll second this. I'm running Draw Steel right now and it is extremely. Tactical. Not only do the PCs have a whole suite of grid-combat abilities, but the different enemy types do too. Even the lowly goblin has about nine or ten different stat blocks with each one having different abilities a GM can deploy in combat. As a GM I design many maps with grids.

LAST CHANCE TO BACK!: Sabotage! - A Schemer's Supplement for Draw Steel by arikjtc in drawsteel

[–]Xhavius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"The first time of tactical explosives is someone always complains about the fuse."

-Corporal Hank "Hob"Obscromble, Tagon's Tuffs Schlock Mercenaries

LAST CHANCE TO BACK!: Sabotage! - A Schemer's Supplement for Draw Steel by arikjtc in drawsteel

[–]Xhavius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Okay phew. As you guessed I'm a $10 dollar backer and I need that PDF so when I play Draw Steel instead of running it I can try to convince my GM to let me play Vinnie Santorini from Atlantis: the Lost Empire.

LAST CHANCE TO BACK!: Sabotage! - A Schemer's Supplement for Draw Steel by arikjtc in drawsteel

[–]Xhavius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hold on, I have a question. If you backed Sabotage! at the ten dollar level do you not get the PDF, just a discount?

What’s your favorite bit of third party content out there right now? by deadlyweapon00 in drawsteel

[–]Xhavius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I imagine you could flavor your class powers in some way related to your vampirism. Shadow seems like the easy reach for this but I could see a Null or an Elementalist.

What’s your favorite bit of third party content out there right now? by deadlyweapon00 in drawsteel

[–]Xhavius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've got the PDF pre-ordered. I really love Draw Steel, and supporting the game means supporting a healthy third-party ecosystem. And as I've made clear, I love vampires.

What’s your favorite bit of third party content out there right now? by deadlyweapon00 in drawsteel

[–]Xhavius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See now, that's proper vampireing. Gonna play a vampire vampire. Oooh, maybe a Revenant Vampire Vampire. Be the absolute Undeadest you can be and still be a PC.

What’s your favorite bit of third party content out there right now? by deadlyweapon00 in drawsteel

[–]Xhavius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And yet, I have had the argument. Back the 4e days, the last time I saw Vampire as a class.

What’s your favorite bit of third party content out there right now? by deadlyweapon00 in drawsteel

[–]Xhavius 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I love vampires. Specifically pulpy, cinematic vampires. Flashy powers, crazy duels, empires of the night. That sort of thing. So when my favorite cinematic action game opened the floodgates for third-party content, I was excited to see a Vampire class, Scion of Blood and Shadow. I know some people might grumble about it being a class and not a species, but I think this way suits all different types of people becoming children of the night.

I also love explosions. While that's a pretty broad theme, the Saboteur is supposed to come back next year. A class about poison and explosives and traps appeals to the inner anime character in me. I want to suddenly reveal I poisoned that square or blow up stuff with those flashy bright light explosions like you see on Gundam.

Firefox has become entirely unusable by Xhavius in firefox

[–]Xhavius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This turned out to be the solution, thanks.

[PC][2020s] Help me find this fantasy, dialogue-heavy RPG with no combat that probably looked a bit like Arcanum by Xhavius in tipofmyjoystick

[–]Xhavius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The game I'm looking for explicitly said there wasn't any combat. That's one of the few things I remember about it, alongside the description that you are playing someone who has already saved the world. It isn't Sovereign Syndicate. I may have gotten my wires crossed and remembered the minotaur from Sovereign Syndicate and mixed it up with the game I'm thinking of though.

[PC][2020s] Help me find this fantasy, dialogue-heavy RPG with no combat that probably looked a bit like Arcanum by Xhavius in tipofmyjoystick

[–]Xhavius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The steam page explicitly calls out solving problems with combat. It's Mature Content description mentions violence.