[BIRTHRIGHT] Action Dice

[Birthright-L]

On 12/2/05, Lee Hanna <LeeHa1854@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Has anyone experimented with the concept of Action Dice, as presented
> in
> Eberron, and various other games? It seems interesting, and I`d like to
> try
> it on my FtF group. Note: there is no regent-ing going on IMC, I would
> not
> apply it to those actions.
>
> Lee.


I experimented a while back with giving blooded scions Action Points ala
d20Modern. I`m unfamiliar with Eberron so I don`t know if its the same
thing. But I renamed the Action Points to Regency Points and used them in
adventure games as a point that can be spent to add +1d6 to a task. On a
case by case basis, they could also be used to enhance blood abilities. In
the case of a regent, yes, these would be the same regency points that they
use to govern their realm.

[Raesene Andu]

I use action points in my game and the system works well for us. Player's only get a limited number each level so it isn't that unbalancing.

[Lee]

In a message dated 12/9/05 12:45:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
lordrahvin@GMAIL.COM writes:

<< I`m unfamiliar with Eberron so I don`t know if its the same
thing. But I renamed the Action Points to Regency Points and used them in
adventure games as a point that can be spent to add +1d6 to a task. >>

Yep, those are the kind I mean. Eberron hands them out at each level, I
think I`d rather hand them out as good role-playing rewards, and capping them
at no more than their current level, though.

<< On a case by case basis, they could also be used to enhance blood
abilities. In
the case of a regent, yes, these would be the same regency points that they
use to govern their realm. >>

Hmmm. That might be a good variant. None of my players are regents
(yet) but nearly all of them are scions. Would you give them to non-scions? Did
you have a limit on the number that could be saved or spent?

Lee.

[DemyztikX]

Here's an OGL option from one of Monte Cook's books. I believe it's Unearthed Arcana, but I'm not sure.

http://d20srd.org/srd/variant/advent...tionPoints.htm

[Birthright-L]

>
>
> << On a case by case basis, they could also be used to enhance blood
> abilities. In
> the case of a regent, yes, these would be the same regency points that
> they
> use to govern their realm. >>
>
> Hmmm. That might be a good variant. None of my players are regents
> (yet) but nearly all of them are scions. Would you give them to
> non-scions? Did
> you have a limit on the number that could be saved or spent?


No, I didn`t give them to non-scions. But then, I didn`t have any non-scion
PCs in the campaign. There were limits on how much Regency a non-regent
scion could acquire; I believe that was taken straight from d20Modern. A
regent, however, had no such limit, but was still limited to using one only
one point per any given round.

-Lord Rahvin

[Lee]

In a message dated 12/10/05 11:30:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
brnetboard@BIRTHRIGHT.NET writes:

<< DemyztikX wrote:
Here`s an OGL option from one of Monte Cook`s books. I believe it`s
Unearthed Arcana, but I`m not sure. >>

Thanks for the link, that was better than copying pages out of my Eberron
book.

Lee.