Search found 5 matches

by purpleplatypus
Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Earning Experience
Replies: 28
Views: 17212

Re: Earning Experience

GP spent (not just found), and spent on things that don't directly contribute to adventuring at that, are planned to be the main source of XP in my forthcoming BFRP game. Players always have the option of simply calling this "training", but I'm hoping my players will come up with some more...
by purpleplatypus
Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:02 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Gnomes Supplement
Replies: 48
Views: 40996

Re: Gnomes Supplement

No-one is saying new races should be *better* than standard ones. All I said was that the gnome was, and shouldn't be, strictly inferior to an existing race, namely the dwarf. Maybe the terminology is unclear - X is "strictly inferior" to Y if Y has every good point that X does, and in add...
by purpleplatypus
Sat Aug 18, 2012 2:38 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Gnomes Supplement
Replies: 48
Views: 40996

Re: Gnomes Supplement

I just finished doing up a table for my future players listing the abilities of each race I plan on allowing, and I noticed that a Gnome, per this supplement, is strictly inferior to a Dwarf in terms of racial abilities. Both have darkvision, and (identical) generous save bonuses; and both are restr...
by purpleplatypus
Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:57 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Quasi Classes: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Replies: 117
Views: 91350

Re: Quasi Classes: A Basic Fantasy Supplement

Well, it's cool that I could contribute (however indirectly) to clearing up a misunderstanding between what I see as the two most important figures on this board! Hopefully when I start my BFRP game sometime in the coming months, I'll be able to point my players to one place for all the supplements ...
by purpleplatypus
Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:35 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Quasi Classes: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Replies: 117
Views: 91350

Re: Quasi Classes: A Basic Fantasy Supplement

What is required for a supplement to be posted on the Downloads page? I'm wondering, in particular, why only release 1 of this is on the Downloads page, and no version at all of the Fighting Sub-Classes. The new versions have been out for months, why are they hidden on the forums?