Post by Mari on Nov 14, 2019 16:30:41 GMT -8
Yo! There are three things changing in this update. There are two poorly documented / problematically implemented areas of our system that we've decided to overhaul. Unwritten rules, gamebreaking exploits nobody ever used but are technically possible, all that's going away. Additionally, a change of staff policy is taking place. Read on for a breakdown of each!
1) Critical Rolls are getting a big overhaul
A lot of the rules on critical rolls were confusing, unwritten, or maybe not well thought out. So we reworked them to hopefully be clearer and fairer! Please head on over to The Basics Of Li and read up on them right away so that you know the new mechanics. Since natural 20s aren't actually that rare (Like, a 25% chance on any given post with 6 rolls) you do need to know them~!
2) The haste penalty was mostly broken. Now it's functional!
Have you ever wanted to toss in an extra action on your turn? You can, if you're willing to gamble with a haste penalty! The haste penalty used to be pretty broken. There were a ton of exploits with it, it didn't 100% work even when you did use it fairly. But now it appears to be a much more solid and dry ship. Read up on it in Building Your Character! It might just give you an edge or lead to some funny critical failure style mishaps.
3) The Basics of Li is no longer a WIP
This was a holdover from before I was a staff member, back when I just nagged the staff to fix stuff I noticed was kinda broken and drove them crazy. So they asked me to stop reporting broken stuff. >.o
But I want people to report anything that doesn't quite work. Preferably in the Report Board, because the Discord Chat is often not great for in-depth discussions of mechanics. (Fast chat = Less time to think things through before issuing a ruling!)
So I've gotten rid of that language. I apologize that it took so long. ||D
1) Critical Rolls are getting a big overhaul
A lot of the rules on critical rolls were confusing, unwritten, or maybe not well thought out. So we reworked them to hopefully be clearer and fairer! Please head on over to The Basics Of Li and read up on them right away so that you know the new mechanics. Since natural 20s aren't actually that rare (Like, a 25% chance on any given post with 6 rolls) you do need to know them~!
2) The haste penalty was mostly broken. Now it's functional!
Have you ever wanted to toss in an extra action on your turn? You can, if you're willing to gamble with a haste penalty! The haste penalty used to be pretty broken. There were a ton of exploits with it, it didn't 100% work even when you did use it fairly. But now it appears to be a much more solid and dry ship. Read up on it in Building Your Character! It might just give you an edge or lead to some funny critical failure style mishaps.
3) The Basics of Li is no longer a WIP
This was a holdover from before I was a staff member, back when I just nagged the staff to fix stuff I noticed was kinda broken and drove them crazy. So they asked me to stop reporting broken stuff. >.o
But I want people to report anything that doesn't quite work. Preferably in the Report Board, because the Discord Chat is often not great for in-depth discussions of mechanics. (Fast chat = Less time to think things through before issuing a ruling!)
So I've gotten rid of that language. I apologize that it took so long. ||D
