tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494300487817796111.post1011883408916892428..comments2023-06-21T06:23:04.453-05:00Comments on What's Next? - The Unemployed Geek: Full Review of the Mechanics and “Crunch” of the Arcanis RPG from Paradigm Concepts.DocStouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13239520630901083975noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494300487817796111.post-21689079926302816852013-07-12T12:29:33.560-05:002013-07-12T12:29:33.560-05:00Love this game! Best initiative system, and it (s...Love this game! Best initiative system, and it (so far) makes melee fighters just as useful as casters. Needs some work mostly on editing and release schedules, as well as more playtesting to look at certain situations, but overall great game!CNBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066555969241368360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494300487817796111.post-73643259322512478762011-07-15T01:19:45.389-05:002011-07-15T01:19:45.389-05:00Dynamic/dramatic combat, you say...Dynamic/dramatic combat, you say...Alphahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10452926880610122478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494300487817796111.post-39947158141851876002011-07-14T20:02:00.853-05:002011-07-14T20:02:00.853-05:00That's good to know, Josh. It really does loo...That's good to know, Josh. It really does look like there was a lot of 'tweeking' involved (but maybe much of that could have been accomplished with an open playtest), and I think it may allow for some of the less restrictive moments that West End Games old D6 system (the one in the Star Wars RPG, not the D6 System relaunch) did. Maybe I'll make an effort to pick up the pdf when it becomes available (and I can justify the expenditure).Timothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04171171125001954084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494300487817796111.post-11764105059264026502011-07-14T19:43:49.703-05:002011-07-14T19:43:49.703-05:00Josh,
Thank you for your very detailed review of...Josh, <br /><br />Thank you for your very detailed review of the Arcanis Core Rule Book. I'm sure that those players who are curious about Arcsnis, but are not very familiar with it will greatly appreciate your time and effort to put this together.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />Henry Lopez<br />President<br />PCIHenry Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14344768094589430846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494300487817796111.post-72685026739176634772011-07-14T18:01:39.636-05:002011-07-14T18:01:39.636-05:00@Timothy = The options available at creation, effe...@Timothy = The options available at creation, effective combinations and efficacy of ranking up are night and day from Quickstart to full rules release. Also, statistic weights have changed and how derived attributes were calculated have been tweaked to make decisions more meaningful and to not make so many of the choices automatic based on "I can be interesting, or I can be viable mechanically." You can still blunt your character's mechanical effectiveness with poor choices, but it is no longer a case of "Take this one combination, or suck in combat."DocStouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13239520630901083975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494300487817796111.post-35299877259343086882011-07-14T17:19:40.012-05:002011-07-14T17:19:40.012-05:00Having not seen the new book, I cannot judge if Ch...Having not seen the new book, I cannot judge if Character Creation has been cleaned up. I do know that when I attempted making characters with the Quick Launch rules, they ended up not qualifying for any worthwhile traits or tricks (and don't get me started on Paths). It felt very restrictive to me, and I couldn't make a concept that would be fun for me to play and effective at the mechanics level. <br />I will wholly admit that what I have seen of the combat mechanics plays much more smoothly than I anticipated (but I haven't seen the full implementation of the rules). But I think Eric Wiener said it best: "[B]eing different for the sake of being different is not sound game design. Oh, and why would I want to relearn my entire class? I am old, I have enough relearning in the job world."Timothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04171171125001954084noreply@blogger.com