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Votes require a 75% threshold with at least 10 out of 14 voting owners to pass. We discuss a LOT LOT LOT of things that do not meet that bar, sometimes do not even make it to a vote. If the process seems slow and unwieldy, that is by design so that changes only happen when they really really...

I would like to challenge some of your assumptions. 1 - Archer damage is invested in skills that apply to all weapons, and therefor they have several options available other than throwing arrows, namely melee weapons (bows are excellent blocking tools) and thrown weapons, which I posit are an...

The clarification is that a Mark cast on the target: Body of a person will remain in that location always and is lost in case of resurrection. A Mark on the target: Spirit will last as long as the spirit does (i.e. until permanent death) and in the event that the body of the spirit is...

I will admit that this is interpretation, but since the wrist is specifically disallowed I judge the elbow to be the appropriate pivot point. The intention would be that the tip of the weapon most move a distance greater than or equal to the arc length of a 45 degree angle with its vertex at the...

Each weapon swing should include a movement toward the target compromising an arc of at least 45°. A rotation of the wrist would likely not generate such an arc. The important arc is directly away from the target; the intention is to limit the swing to a size that provides a reasonable chance...

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Jena, I don't have a prereg for you or Mike.

No you haven't. I have had a personal health issue that has impacted my attention to Deadlands. Cleanup will be on the 29th.

I probably should have put this up right after the October event. Part of me has been dragging my feet because this is still a little jarring to say. Next season will be the final season for the Deadlands campaign. I should stress right away that this does not mean the Alliance NH chapter is...

I see some good arguments here. I will recommend to ARC that the next playtest will include a specific stress test of Swarmed with instructions to coordinators to look out for the concerns raised here.

I see it more as a laser level: it has a specific, limited function which it does very, very well but should not come out of the box for most jobs.

My take on Swarmed is that it is a tool that teams can have in their tool kit to use. Some teams may never use it, some may overuse it, some may misuse it, but none of that is the fault of the tool. Is it a potentially very powerful tool? Hell yes. So is Voice delivery of effects. So are...

Our version of Swarmed used a three count as a way to warn PCs the effect was being triggered. We have never had any problems implementing it or negative feedback about it.

Personally I have my own reservations, and playtesting isn't over yet. As I have mentioned elsewhere, Disarm/Shatter are very strong against shields but weak against two weapons and useless against claws, so how viable those skills are (and therefore how common) will be a major determinant in...

Sorry, sometimes I forget to answer questions broadly. That is the explanation for specifically why in the one playtest version the differentiation was how it was. Broader and more recent feedback indicates that with the new Disarm/Shatter rules any size shield seems fine, especially because...

We believe that the round shaped shields provide a benefit over the rectangular ones in that they are more intuitive to use. Our early play testing actually allowed large circle shields like you described, and the testers thought they were too strong.

0.9 is not officially released yet, but I can tell you that the Flurry rule is being reintroduced based on owner concerns in the exact vein you have brought up. We do like the weapon Disarm/Shatter paradigm, but are very aware of how easily it could get out of control and frustrating. We are...

Yes, perhaps I've explained this poorly. My apologies. Biata are the intellectual property of Mike V. They were designed by Heidi. The Celestial allergy is considered core to the race by both the designer and the IP owner. Because Biata are unique to Alliance, that IP has actual legal...

This actually is unlikely to be an issue going forward. We are trying something else that we hope will alleviate this.