Arch-Sorcerer Gargamel
12-19-2001, 04:56 PM
This site has the power to create official Birthright documents. I believe it has been particularly charged with the duty to develop a 3rd edition conversion for the game. I know certain people are in charge of this.
What exactly on this site is "official?" I know as members that we are allowed to contribute material. I also know as a DM that some of the stuff contributed won't be balanced, by historical precedent. Who is going to monitor this?
I would actually like to see an official rules conversion and setting conversion. I understand that this will take some time and manpower, and I am willing to put forth an effort to assist in this matter.
Travis Doom's conversion is a step in the right direction. However, I personally believe that there are serious flaws in a few of the rules (read: bloodlines). There were no serious errors in the original bloodline rules, why were they mutilated like they were? Some central ideas of bloodlines and bloodtheft were removed. The fact that a bloodtheft occurs only upon the killing blow being through the heart, for instance, and the idea of a single recipient of the bloodline strength upon theft. His class conversions and domain action conversions seem balanced so far, and I know that he obviously tried to balance blooded characters with non-blooded characters. I don't believe that ability scores should suffer because a character is blooded, though; maybe blooded characters should be considered +levels, but I don't think that commoners (even heroic ones) are going to have higher ability score averages than the blooded. Actually, the reverse is more likely, particularly when comparing heroic regents with heroic commoners.
This hasn't been a particularly happy rant, but my intent is to motivate, myself and others. I have a few qualms about the Doom system, though I support most of the ideas it conveys. I love Birthright, and I am being forced to adopt 3E, so I'm willing to fight for the privelage of playing both simultaneously. ;)
Now to catch my breath...
What exactly on this site is "official?" I know as members that we are allowed to contribute material. I also know as a DM that some of the stuff contributed won't be balanced, by historical precedent. Who is going to monitor this?
I would actually like to see an official rules conversion and setting conversion. I understand that this will take some time and manpower, and I am willing to put forth an effort to assist in this matter.
Travis Doom's conversion is a step in the right direction. However, I personally believe that there are serious flaws in a few of the rules (read: bloodlines). There were no serious errors in the original bloodline rules, why were they mutilated like they were? Some central ideas of bloodlines and bloodtheft were removed. The fact that a bloodtheft occurs only upon the killing blow being through the heart, for instance, and the idea of a single recipient of the bloodline strength upon theft. His class conversions and domain action conversions seem balanced so far, and I know that he obviously tried to balance blooded characters with non-blooded characters. I don't believe that ability scores should suffer because a character is blooded, though; maybe blooded characters should be considered +levels, but I don't think that commoners (even heroic ones) are going to have higher ability score averages than the blooded. Actually, the reverse is more likely, particularly when comparing heroic regents with heroic commoners.
This hasn't been a particularly happy rant, but my intent is to motivate, myself and others. I have a few qualms about the Doom system, though I support most of the ideas it conveys. I love Birthright, and I am being forced to adopt 3E, so I'm willing to fight for the privelage of playing both simultaneously. ;)
Now to catch my breath...