Oren, Mike, and our returning guest Johnathan discuss the pros and cons of different character advancement systems. Leveling up in class based systems, ability point buy systems, and learn by doing systems are all discussed. What is best? Who will win? Listen and find out!
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Opening and closing theme: The Princess Who Saved Herself by Jonathan Coulton. Used with permission.
Show Notes
Skinner Box gamification
Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying game franchise
Torchbearer roleplaying system
The “Locate City Nuke” exploit from D&D
Laser Bard aka Seeker of Songs prestige class from D&D
A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying
Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (D6) by West End Games
Star Wars Saga Edition by Wizards of the Coast
*Honourable* requires you to reroll 6s on Deceit checks, not all checks.
Yeah, that sounds a lot more reasonable.
Thanks for the correction. I think I just *felt* like it was all checks because when I first read it I was making a character who relied very heavily on Deceit!
That makes much more sense!