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Design Diary April 2021: DEATHBRINGER! (Patreon)

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2021-04-03 12:01:01
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I discuss changes including CON, DEX, and Expertise. 

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Design Diary Deathbringer April 2021.mp4

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Comments

William Smith

It is interesting that you decided to go with the term "morality" tracker. A few months ago, I had stolen your Ethos mechanic for the home group, but called it Morality because I didn't like the flow of the word Ethos. A side note, in order to be a paladin in my rules, the fighter has to be maxed put on the scale. There are no fighters at character creation. They have to earn it. :) The thing about sanity, I personally don't mind the word and am not concerned about the impression it would leave on Twitter mobs. However, like you said, Call of Cthulu has pretty much turned the word and game mechanic into a joke punchline. I like how you have stress now. That sort of reminds me of Conan with two tracks, one physical and one mental.

Newton

Your expertise die sounds a lot like Dungeon Crawl Classic's Fighter's "deed" die.

Jay

Your changes to Deathbringer seem logical and make sense. Furthermore, most GM's will modify games to their own liking or house rules regardless. Never-the-less, I find the simplicity in your rules such as skills a bit liberating for players and GM's alike. Well done! Also wish you and your family the best through these difficult times. God bless.

Grendel

Really fun stuff Professor! I’ve been so caught up with things as well, this is the first time in a while I’ve been able to catch up! Boy I miss hearing your stuff!

Firstspear

Good thoughts. Glad the estate stuff is going well. Thinking of switching my WFRP to Deathbringer rules.

Jared Davis

Thanks for yet another enjoyable video. It’s always fun to hear about your design decisions. I’ve made my own original and derivative systems for the past several years, and those decisions are challenging. I hope you and Mrs. PDM had a nice dinner out together.

Papa Zaph

Love ALL the content you put out. Keeping you are yours in my prayers. I lost my grandfather recently, we where close, and I could not be there for his funeral do to COVID. That obviously isn't the same, but the pain is similar, and I can empathize to some degree. Much love PDM.

Firstspear

Roll20 Character sheet? I know it's premature, but I was thinking if we have anyone in the community that would be capable of creating a dynamic Roll20 sheet. Also, while reading I noticed some minor errors - is there a place to capture these so we get them on your radar?

Jay Grooms

This link is down as well, if anyone would care to copy and paste it for me.

Carl Rowe

Great video, but good god man take a break, we can certainly spare you the lash in such troubled times, putting a house in order is a heavy lift in a month let alone a week. The feedback is very interesting, expertise is something i am definitely bringing to the table, and i like keeping it nebulous, with maybe a descriptor if you are unique amongst your class, you can be a fighter, and good at fightery things, but you can also be a dandy fighter and be a little bit more talkie, but less street savy. Of course, this treads on the toes of some of the subclasses, but i think that it heads in the right direction, other than that, maybe a single background to round you out, an ex thatcher fighter might be good at climbing from all that roofing. The points on starting hp are intriguing, as my players cry about the squishyness of starting characters, but if they are easy to make, the less labor invested might ease the pain a little. AC is always tricky, i want armor as dr badly, but the ease of straight ac is so enticing. The more i delve into hacking brew, the more i see the wisdom of the Moldvay rules. Morality, whats in a name? I suppose it is less confusing, though Ethos is just classier imho. Personally, I use star wars d6 dark side points with the serial numbers filed off pretty much along the same lines.

Daniel Defazio
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Thanks for your patronage. My goal is to have so much stuff people will say, "This guy produces so much stuff I can't keep up with it!"

Daniel Defazio

I can't take a break. When I made that announcement, I lost patrons. It's curse of YouTube/patreon. You make money but you can never stop. Moldvay was brilliant. Mentzer too, but he cleaned up what Moldvay started.

Newton
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The deed die increases as you gain levels (i.e. d4 > d6 > d8 > d10, etc) and adds to the Fighter's attack and damage rolls (instead of a static BAB like +1, +2, +3, etc). It is also used to determine mighty deeds (like combat maneuvers).