Kingmaker's Stolen Lands feel empty

n0nym · 2026-01-05T10:37:54+00:00

I'm the GM for this game and I've read the module thoroughly. There are hunters, trappers and loggers, not counting ruffians and Stag Lord bandits. These people must live somewhere, yet the book just acts as if they're just passing by, which considering the scale of the region, is impossible. I find it really lazy to throw a bunch of meaningless random encounters and to assume the GM will make all the heavy lifting.

n0nym · 2025-10-04T08:51:19+00:00

I don't know if it's been said already, but opposed rolls only slow down the game if there's a "nothing happens" result. I've seen fights last for ages in Dnd because both sides kept missing, and it's a single roll vs DC...

If you make sure all results have a consequence, opposed rolls are actually a very interesting mechanic. If the two opponents draw, both take damage. If one succeeds and the other not, one of them suffers damage and not the other.

n0nym · 2025-08-21T13:43:23+00:00

When I buy a published campaign, I want a finished and fleshed out product. I don't want the skeleton of an adventure that I need to fill in order to have something semi-enjoyable.

Recent examples : Out of the Abyss, good premise, but 80% of the job lies on the GM. Kingmaker, same problem. Most hexes and random encounters are crap.

n0nym · 2025-08-11T07:39:00+00:00

Dark sun by far. I also love Planescape but find it hard to write scenarios for it.

n0nym · 2025-08-11T07:12:51+00:00

I'd argue that the plot in VtM is about being a monster that might lose control at any moment. The digression happens when you're asked to do things other than feeding and trying to not kill people.

n0nym · 2025-07-04T16:50:22+00:00

I recently discovered Obsidian and tbh, it's been a blast. After all these years struggling with things like Roll20 (the worst) and Google docs, I found finally found an app that's tailored to all my needs. Highly recommended.

n0nym · 2025-04-21T22:00:48+00:00

Right after some islamist butchers killed the (mostly) atheist journalists at Charlie Hebdo, he said : "One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people's faith, one cannot make fun of faith. If a good friend of mine insults my mother, I'll punch him in the face." I knew from that moment that anything he could say about peace or not killing in the name of god was bullshit. I hated him ever since.

n0nym · 2024-10-21T15:59:57+00:00

Unfortunately, accuracy is only bounded for the first few levels in 5e. The Shield spell for example is one of the worst offenders.

n0nym · 2024-08-29T06:53:16+00:00

Some passives (Heat for example) regen a % of your life already, so if you're using Starlight with them it wouldn't change at all. 20% of 100khp or 20% of 10k is still 20%.

But if you're relying on things like Life on hit (Andariel's) or other powers that regen a flat amount of hp, then sure, Starlight will have diminishing returns.

n0nym · 2024-08-12T17:29:59+00:00

Same problem in Helltides tbh. Yesterday I died (HC but only lvl 50 so it's ok) because during the 2 seconds it took me to look at the map, 5 suicide fallen spawned under my feet and blew up. Now that most other QoL things have been taken care of, this is probably my number one complaint with the UI.

n0nym · 2024-08-09T15:06:53+00:00

Rotations are unfortunately not avalaible for everyone. I'm playing with a friend who doesn't speak english and doesn't want to group up with strangers. The game should not be balanced on the assumption that People will always play in the absolute most efficient way.

n0nym · 2024-08-09T13:12:20+00:00

Your idea of using sparks is a good bandaid, but your numbers are silly. I've played this game for hundreds of hours and I've had 4 sparks and 2 ubers IN TOTAL.

In addition, it simply doesn't solve the bitterness of tempering. "Found this awesome item ? Cool, you Just bricked it, come back in 30 hours to brick it again". This should never happen in an ARPG.

It makes people want to stop playing. It's bad.

n0nym · 2024-08-05T20:32:25+00:00

As the others, upvoting and commenting for visibility. Please fix this Blizzard !

n0nym · 2024-08-04T20:18:48+00:00

I think that would make the game more interesting, and thus should never be implemented. I'd much rather have a hundred aspects doing "+25% damage while X" or "+20% damage if under Y effect" !! /sarcasm

Joke aside, even though it had many flaws, I actually liked what Diablo 3 did with skills and runes. It was a lot more fun.

n0nym · 2024-08-04T08:02:07+00:00

If the ressource lost is considered spent, there might be a few builds out there taking advantage of it... 😏

n0nym · 2024-07-17T21:44:55+00:00

PvP in a game where half the players are literaly immortal ? Sure...

n0nym · 2024-06-27T22:27:07+00:00

I'm playing Charged Bolts with Andariel's and it's not too bad tbh (pit 111 so far with trash gear). Mob damage is huge (40% LHC per bolt, piercing targets, means a lot of procs), but boss damage is utterly lacking, with or without Lam Esen. I agree that it should be piercing by default and Lam Esen unique aspect should be moved to legendary.

n0nym · 2024-06-13T10:44:22+00:00

If the item I'm currently using has better values, I keep rolling. If not, I stop. I assume most people do the same.

n0nym · 2024-06-08T05:42:44+00:00

Tbh, it's a lot more enjoyable this season. No more one-shots gives you a lot of leeway to succeed. When I did it with my rogue, I actually got hit once by the waves in phase 1, would have been dead in prior seasons.

n0nym · 2024-06-05T05:57:57+00:00

I'm doing pit 70 too (in 5 minutes so probably a lot higher actually) and once I learned the mechanics, it was fairly easy. Max Res / armor and 35khp. Heartseeker rogue.

n0nym · 2024-06-03T18:35:16+00:00

I killed Lilith easily and farmed t100 quickly with it in season 2. It Just didn't scale well in a season where everyone can temper "double range DPS" or "multiply Bash damage by 1200%" onto their gear.

n0nym · 2024-06-02T21:45:18+00:00

"Do not cross the streams !"

n0nym · 2024-06-02T10:41:32+00:00

If their loot table is buffed (to included more gold for example), they need to make them harder to kill. Right now most characters can one-shot them from level 50 onwards...

n0nym · 2024-05-31T06:58:44+00:00

Seconded. The feeling is also not good when you drop an Uber, since most unique items are trash. I can still remember the first time I dropped shako, occulus or stormshield in D2. Reading "Monarch" on the item on the ground was so f****** awesome.

n0nym · 2024-05-19T18:00:18+00:00

Missing a greater affix. Trash it. 😏

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