I prefer to use a different set of criteria from a different game. 1 exp for showing up 1-3 exp for plot advancement (minor advancement is 1, major advacement is 2, concluding a major ark is 3) 1-3 exp for personal advacement (the characters learning and growing or decending acording to events aroun...

My current thoughts on this after reflecting on it the last couple days is that this could be a nuclear option if one really wanted to put the breaks on talents or guide toward skill points. My approach right now will basically be this: - throttle back on xp so that the normal session would be 2 an...

Disease. Poison.

I would make sure they have a constant mix of regular enemies and monsters. If they are all speced to kill monsters then how are they handling well armed and armored people? What happens when the monster has a handler like the guy on the cover of the box? You don't want their talents to go to waste....

I especially agree with Faun's WP bit.

Even other FL games don't quite have the WP element that makes pushing rolls so good in Forbidden Lands. Heavy risk, heavy reward. It's great. And it gets players out there acting out.

I can't imagine a person is capable of moving their body to effectively throw with an injured groin any better then they could swing a sword or run. I would have imposed all the same penalties from the groin injury. A bow shot doesn't require leg/hip movement (only placement). A effective throw abso...

The players are not all Elves. They are specific elves in balance with other player characters. That doesn't mean other NPCs are incapable of exceeding the player norm. It just means the players are the player norm. The players do not represent the racial peak capabilities and you have no reason to ...

I have always made my own note cards for monsters when I am running a game. I keep them alphabetized inside of a small case so I can pull them out as need be. Note cards are cheap, and while yes, flipping through 2 books to get all the data can be a bit much for the prep, once you have a goblin card...

I added the 150 sek already too.

The nostromo took place over less than 24 hours. Avp r was like a week-ish. I figure the one on the nostromo didnt have the time to start becoming a queen yet and dallas was just sticking to a wall ready to go when it got its early queen abilities.