Coddington

Coddington

Injured:

Bruised:

Stunned

Staggered

S12 D12 C12 I16 W15 Ch15

Pistols A4/Da4 (AF1)

Knife A7/Da1

Punch A4/Da1 (3 sneak)

D4/T4/F5/R5/W9

Grapple +5 Knockback -2

Init +1

Skills:

Acrobatics 5,

Bluff 10,

Craft (mechanical) 6,

Craft (electrical) 6,

Diplomacy 10,

Disable Device 9,

Disguise 6,

Drive 5,

Gather Information 10,

Intimidate 10,

Knowledge (current events) 7,

Language 2 (German, Swahili),

Notice 6,

Pilot 5,

Prof (Butler) 10,

Search 6,

Sense Motive 10,

Stealth 5

Feats:

Accurate Attack,

Ambidexterity,

Defensive Attack,

Equipment 5,

Improved Aim,

Jack of All Trades,

Leadership,

Luck 3,

Precise Shot,

Quick Draw,

Sneak Attack,

Taunt,

Ultimate Aim,

Ultimate Save (T),

Equipment:

Danger Vest:

Protection 3, subtle

British Bulldogs .577 revolvers

Blast 4 (Extras: AF 1, Flaw: AF 2 handed only)

Knife:

Damage 1 (PF Accurate 2)

Grappling Hook

Supermovement 1

Devices:

Houdini’s Lockpick

(+40 Open Lock)

King Solomon’s Diamond

Heal 7 (Restoration)

Points:

Abilities: 2+2+2+6+5+5 = 22

Skills: 25

Feats: 14 +5Eq

Devices: 17

Combat abilities: 27

Total = 22+25+19+27+17 = 110

4E, gamism, simism, and Starlocks

One consistent complaint about 4e D&D is how gamist it is, and how the rules aren't the physics of the game world. But I had this strange thought the other day...

What if they are? What if the 1-1-1-1 diagonals really are the geometry of the world? What if there really are weird places where the "rules" collide and reality isn't a smooth seamless continuum? And in between each of the cracks in the facade of reality lurks the Far Realms!

"Don't you see?!" cried the Starlock, madness in his eye. "The world makes no sense! Straight lines are skewed! Nothing lines up! If you concentrate very hard, you can see that only one of us moves at a time! The world is a fake, a construct, a chessboard for us to play out the games of the gods! " He stared about wild-eyed, "you don't believe me, do you? I'll show you!"

And when the Starlock truly revealed the secrets of the universe, the cracks in the facade, we called his logic The Dreadful Word.


Like I said, it was a strange thought.

PS