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Aluman:
Ehhh, I think you have to beat a lot of the others things over the head to make them work in the AW/E/D setup. After all, while everyone would want to be a wizard, you need to be able to play a lot of things that just don't jive well that way.
seekmore:
Maybe I read it wrong, but I was under the impression that Micheal's mail was slightly holy as well.
It burned Kelly, the Red Court Vampire, when she touched it in Blood Rites.
If not, then Michael himself was holy.
And he appears to have some kind of Paladin-like smiting power as well, or am I just crazy?
TheMouse:
I'm not saying that 4th ed would be a good fit for the Dresdenverse so much as I'm saying that Harry falls into the rough pattern of how 4th ed works wizard types. Trying to cram, say, the Alphas into that pattern would be really contrived and wouldn't work very well at all.
As to the holiness of Michael and his armour, it's my impression that it's Michael himself that is holy. Faith of any sort seems to have power in the Dresdenverse, and Michael's faith is a monolithic and impressive thing. Harry has faith enough in his magic as to be able to change the world with a thought, but even that seems to pale before Michael's faith. While Harry can keep a Red Court vampire at bay by brandishing his pentacle, Michael empowers crosses on his person to be actively dangerous to them.
Maria:
--- Quote from: TheMouse on April 13, 2009, 11:46:42 PM ---I hate to say it, but I think that 4th ed might be a tighter fit. I think the at will/ conflict/ per day thing might work well to model some of the conflicts in the books. Harry tends to rely on a lot of the same meat and potatoes spells. When shit hits the fan, he busts out a smaller variety of more powerful effects. When shit really, well, and truly hits the fan, he busts out some of the really powerful effects. It also has the advantage of giving everyone a couple of cool things each even at starting level.
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I think the 4th edition is going to make it impossible for the DM. Its very difficult to make a boss monster effective using 4th rules. You need back up, or things like certain justice will mess you up. And to have a good Dresden verse story the monsters should work alone.
Id recoment people use 3rd.
TheMouse:
--- Quote from: Maria on April 27, 2009, 10:23:33 PM ---I think the 4th edition is going to make it impossible for the DM. Its very difficult to make a boss monster effective using 4th rules. You need back up, or things like certain justice will mess you up. And to have a good Dresden verse story the monsters should work alone.
Id recoment people use 3rd.
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Dresdenverse doesn't work very well with a Vancian magic system. It's just not a terribly good fit.
Besides which, I was thinking only about the powers system. I'm a system tweaker. I'm one of those people who likes to do things like start with Everway, then add Aspects and fate points, and finally decide that I should use FUDGE dice to run it. I forgot to mention that part, that it was just the structure of how powers work. Sometimes I forget that other people aren't necessarily system tweakers and don't think like one.
Of all things, I'd probably start with Wheel of Fate and glue a power system somewhat like 4th ed onto it. I like characters that fit onto one side of an index card.
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