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Sharp Swords and Sinister Spells Review! (Patreon)

Published:
2018-02-03 05:01:40
Imported:
2021-10

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New review up of Diogo Nogueira's Sword and Sorcery game.

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Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells: Old-School DnD Book Review

Get Sharp Swords and Sinister Spells here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/198163/Sharp-Swords--Sinister-Spells?affiliate_id=379088 Get the Addendum here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/219747/Sharp-Swords--Sinister-Spells--Addendum?affiliate_id=379088 Sharp Swords and Sinister Spells is light Sword and Sorcery Role Playing Game with old school spirit. Help support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/questingbeast Download my games and adventures: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/10312/Questing-Beast-Games?affiliate_id=379088 Check out the Amazon products I use: https://www.amazon.com/shop/questingbeast?ref=ac_inf_hm_vp Follow me on G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+BenMilton2 Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/benjamilt My mapmaking portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/artist/benmilton Commission your own fantasy map! Email me though the address on this channel's About page and I'll let you know my availability.

Comments

Anonymous

re: the swinginess of using 3d6 to generate scores for a roll-under system: When I first read Whitehack, it seemed redundant to have Attack Value and Saving Throw stats (determined by class/level) in addition to rolling for ability scores. But nonrandom target numbers for combat and other directly-lethal parts of the game allows for balance and maybe more importantly, a consistent tone (whether gritty or superheroic), while maintaining the fun of rolling 3d6 to see how much your character can bench press. There's probably a dozen games now that claim to take inspiration from both Whitehack and The Black Hack. Of them, I've only read Sharp Swords and Macchiato Monsters, but both of them follow The Black Hack's lead and omit nonrandom combat stats. I don't want to call that a design mistake, but I think I'd go the Whitehack route if I ever wrote my own roll-under game.

questingbeast
>>9897496

That's similar to what I feel. I'm okay with randomized attack stats, but I'd rather it be in the 5-15 range rather than the 3-18.

Anonymous
>>9897496

One thing I did with SS&SS to minimize the characters who rolled many 18s was use a Difficulty rule. That way, he doesn’t have 90% chance of success all the time. Tough situations will challenge him too.