Have you been looking for a game with that certain special old school feel, yet unencumbered by the same boring old game mechanics but not lacking in crunch? Tired of OGL and D20? Looking for a fantasy setting that’s has a mix of standard and unique character races? Then you may want to see if there are any play test copies Legends of Kralis still available.
Post originally by Dan Davenport at 2004-07-12 06:56:23
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<b><i>System Mechanics: Legends of Kralis uses d100 (2d10). The d100 system is the core of the conflict resolution mechanic used for all skill checks. This core mechanic assesses success based on a factor of 10, meaning that for every 10 points a player rolls it equates to 1 success for their character. Skill checks are an opposed roll.</i></b>
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To clarify, does this mean that this game uses the "Price is Right" method -- i.e., that the goal is to roll as high as possible without going over the ability score?
Post originally by Levi Davis at 2004-07-12 12:41:45
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Dan,
Good question. It is a roll under Skill Score method where each 10 that you roll beneath your score indicates 1 success.
For example,I have a Search Skill of 35. I roll d100 (2d10) and come up with a 15 I achieved 2 successes. If I had rolled a 36 or higher then I would have failed.
In addition, if the GM determines that the climb up the cliff is a TS of 5, I must get 5 or more successes on my Climb Skill check else I fail the climbing attempt.
What is being accomplished is the use of a partial success system that behaves like a multiple success or die pool system.
Post originally by Kester Pelagius at 2004-07-12 16:17:25
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Greetings,
>>Chop up your paragraphs, man. They're way too thick, and very difficult to read for any extended period of time. <<
I hear you. It is a problem, but one I have very little control over. (see below)
>>Because the review was not written well<<
Oh, sure, there are some minor problems. Mostly artifacts caused by the spell and grammar checker. But it's a toss up between proof reading dozens of times over weeks or submitting a review in a timely fashion.
Though, to be fair, I was attempting to cram as much information as I could into this review. Sorry about that.
However I have noticed that any attempt to include chapter indentation is just about pointless as such will be totally lost after the conversion to HTML and submission. I haven't figured this peculiarity of HTML documents yet. They look ok on my end but, for instance, no matter how many dozens of times I attempt to create a HTML without extra spaces in the address it still inexplicably pops up with those spaces AND in a font size larger than what the HTML I produced had when my review shows up here. I've noticed this is quite a few of my reviews. If anyone can tell me what it is I am doing wrong I'd love to know, honestly, so I don't do it again.
I have noticed a LOT of these sniggling little "issues", as if the ones mentioned above aren't bad enough. The only thing I can think that might be the cause of some of it is the fact that I write the review in one word processor then port it to another in order to create the HTML THEN submit it here, where it might get converted again(?). Not real sure if that's true or not, but it has baffled me to no end why my original formatting doesn't always take.
Anyone else notice similar problems with their submitted reviews? Because I am totally perplexed at this point.
Post originally by Darren MacLennan at 2004-07-12 16:42:45
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--3) Because its another fantasy based game its automatically a Heartbreaker.--
Bingo.
Disagree with me as much as you like. It's basically D&D rewritten - hell, they're even trying to use the same marketing idea, that they're an alternative to d20.
They're off, straight to the discount bins and Half-Price Books.
Post originally by Kester Pelagius at 2004-07-12 17:15:37
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Howdy,
Ok, for those interested, I’ve created a PDF of the review formatted for printing complete with paragraph indentation. The file is up at my Yahoo group. Note that I haven’t as yet fixed some of the minor grammar errors I noticed, but it’s a start.
When I fixed the grammar and syntax errors, and should Mr. Davis feel the file worth the space, he is welcome to host it at his site. Until/unless that happens the Yahoo group is it I'm afraid.
My Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fantastic_Creations/
Look for it here: Files > Game Reviews and Articles > LoK_print.pdf
Again, apologies for the crammed nature of the review. And thanks to Mr. MacLennan for bringing what could have turned into a bad reviewing habit to my attention.
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