Topic: Gaming Restart

[Spectre771]

Does anyone remember the original TMNT black and white comic?  Oh those were good.  Think hardcore post apocalyptic in style instead of pizza eating skater boyz.

Yes.  Bought #2 on a class field trip to the New England Aquarium.  Bought it off the rack at the convenience store on the corner. The feel, artwork, theme, everything was better than the garbage they have now.

[Green Manalishi]

I don't get hiding the AT. So an experienced fighter hitting someone in light leather can't tell that his hit "should have" been more severe but "something" else is happening?
Do you give them a clue or just hide everything thing because that's what (an 80's) GM does?

[Peter R]

If the armour is made of Kraken beak I describe it as being made of Kraken beak. The fact that it protects as AT 18 but wears as AT9 is nothing to do with the players.

[Green Manalishi]

Well no issue there, that's not giving PCs blindfolds. I can't stand as a player the secretive, hiding stuff that a player would at least be perceptive to. Things like someone wearing only a loin cloth, but attacks are not getting through, and you know you should have hit him. I'm not saying that as a player I should know he has an item that wears as AT 20, but I should know "something" is up.
Or your opponent has a 50 DB. Is that from parrying? Quickness? Shield? Other? Again, not necessarily knowing that 23 if from Qu, and 27 is from parrying, but a rough idea at least.
The GM type thats "Tell me your OB/DB and I'll roll for you so you can't know anything at all about your opponent, you just know you hit or miss" is very unfair to players