tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735644144263744003.post6713411011118970382..comments2024-03-13T06:23:10.057-04:00Comments on Of Dice and Pen: Monk UnfetteredMichael Ray Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651916698207855060noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735644144263744003.post-30083615229100772862016-01-09T06:04:10.399-05:002016-01-09T06:04:10.399-05:00Your choice.Your choice.J.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286967949819969614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735644144263744003.post-50265863428118990732016-01-08T16:40:26.585-05:002016-01-08T16:40:26.585-05:00Thanks for drawing my attention to it! I'll ta...Thanks for drawing my attention to it! I'll take a look at it.<br /><br />Would you like me to delete this correspondence to maintain your anonymity (since currently anyone can read these comments)?Michael Ray Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15651916698207855060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735644144263744003.post-45387597989496545032016-01-05T05:11:28.312-05:002016-01-05T05:11:28.312-05:00That's fine as long as the option is open! His...That's fine as long as the option is open! His name is William Carlisle but online he uses the moniker of either MrTARDISreviews or Trilbee. You may have listened to his Dr Who reviews on his youtube. He has a degree in fictional film production from Salford in Manchester. The script is here http://trilbee.com/showreel/doctor-who-generations-portal-to-the-past-script for you to see. It makes reference to a fan project which he was asked to do it for. The video isn't linked there (because he wasn't satisfied with it) but it is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzgUYedMwYc although it was never finished. He says he's done a better Dr Who script which remains unpublished (a ghost story apparently). He also wrote and directed the pilot for a sitcom called Meatspace as part of his end of year project which he aims to make a full series (which I have seen during the 24 hours it was put online in 2014) although that has since been rewritten after feedback. Hope you enjoy.<br />Also, if you do review do NOT credit J.S for showing you. I'm not actually his "friend" I'm an active and respected member of his fandom. I'd rather not be directly credited as the reason for the review. Although I will be linking it to him, positive or negative. He won't mind the publicity at all. J.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286967949819969614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735644144263744003.post-21793803581597300552016-01-05T00:50:26.413-05:002016-01-05T00:50:26.413-05:00I'm open to requests from anyone. I can't ...I'm open to requests from anyone. I can't make any promises on how quickly I'll be able to get to it, but I will get to it. And of course, any review I write will be my honest opinion, good or bad.<br /><br />Feel free to give me more details.Michael Ray Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15651916698207855060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735644144263744003.post-9339479539987349662016-01-03T18:07:43.103-05:002016-01-03T18:07:43.103-05:00Do you do requests for anyone or just your friends...Do you do requests for anyone or just your friends? Because I have a friend who wrote a script for Dr Who. It's been published online. He's a semi-professional with half a foot in the industry. I think you'd like it. Or not. I want to see what an experienced Whovian like yourself thinks. If you're interested I can give you more details.J.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286967949819969614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735644144263744003.post-2039565695273148722015-10-25T20:53:03.163-04:002015-10-25T20:53:03.163-04:00Thanks Navior (or should I say Michael?) - it'...Thanks Navior (or should I say Michael?) - it's always great to see another review of my take on the monk.<br /><br />As I am steadily developing errata and small updates for the PDF, I would appreciate as full a set of uncertainties as you are willing to share. For example, you mentioned the Sonic Shout insight. (Perhaps it would surprise you, but by my reckoning it isn't a sonic effect, hence does not make mention of being sonic. The monk could even be in an area of silence; the insight only specifies that the monk be able to shout - not that he be audible. That said, I can see how different players may rule that differently, and on the whole I think that is okay. I like to think of the name as purely a flavor component, so it shouldn't be read as part of the rules text; the insight may as well have been called "Master Lim's Technique". That said, there may be value in explicitly removing elements that can give a "audio" flavor to the insight, and leave those details to the descriptive powers of the player themselves.)<br /><br />Regarding favored class bonuses: the design is purposefully not restricted by race, Instead restrictions akin to feats are used (minimum Wisdom, requires a particular insight, etc) - I think it would be *great* if Paizo picked up the idea and implemented it for all their classes. But, naturally, Monk Unfettered isn't the place to present extended favored class options for all the other classes. I didn't go into any length on why I made that design decision, it just seemed a good idea to me and obvious enough not to require explicit mentioning. So I limited it to introducing them as "Unlike normal favored class bonuses, most of the options offered here possess prerequisites that must be met before the favored class bonus can be taken."<br /><br />Henrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10713248901366050710noreply@blogger.com