Elfsight never looked so good

[Morgenstern]

Check out this month's Crafty Games article in Signs and Portents to get a peek at the upcoming Origin of the Species: Classic Fantasy and a new twist on some old favorites of table-top RPGs...

[Mister Andersen]

I'm assuming that the walking on top of snowdrifts thing is a seperate style/covert feat?

[Crafty_Alex]

It's Wuxia II

[Morgenstern]

I'm betting Legolas took the Parkour feats that were kicked around on the old board. I found just the place to put them in our new line-up 

[OverNinja]

What about elves drinking dwarves under the table?

The preview looked great!

[Morgenstern]

What about elves drinking dwarves under the table?

Never. Happened.

The preview looked great!

Thanks! The next one is a doozy, with the full Martial Artist and an all new expert class along with a mini-campaign setting showing off just how much you can do with campaign qualities...

[Toccata]

I'm kind of curious to see what non-spycraft D&D players think of the +4/-4 stats for elves, personally.

It certainly makes them a lot more distinctive than the standard SRD version.

But yeah, you definitely got the "I can see for miles and miles" part down 

[Foghorn]

I showed my friend who is an avid D&D player the Crafty-ized Elf and all he had to say was, "Wow. That's really cool." The fantasy toolkit should really win over some of the guys I play with into Crafty's pocket.

[Antilles]

Er... a cursory glance at their site didn't tell me how often they release the e-zine. Im guessing monthly?

[Foghorn]

Far as I could tell, it was a monthly shindig

[Toccata]

Well, I'm sold on the lethality of elves in combat. -4 con isn't nearly so bad when you have a 25% chance of putting an arrow in someone's eye from a furlong away, and can count the number of flasks on the target's belt from over a mile off with almost no penalty.

There's a reason you don't trespass in the elves' woods.

[Daedalus4096]

Who what where?  Maybe I've missed something, but where can I find this "Signs and Portents" that you speak of?

[Toccata]

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/series.php?qsSeries=13

It's Roleplaying edition issue 45 that's got the preview in question.

[Morgenstern]

Well, I'm sold on the lethality of elves in combat. -4 con isn't nearly so bad when you have a 25% chance of putting an arrow in someone's eye from a furlong away, and can count the number of flasks on the target's belt from over a mile off with almost no penalty.

Like I said, I'm REALLY pleased with elfsight as it works in Spycraft (check that particular scope and think "hmm, weapon with a max of 5 range increments..."

Playtesters were a little concerend the Dwarf was better than the Elf, but mostly because the Dwarf's benefits are more obvious in their function.

There's a reason you don't trespass in the elves' woods.

Yeah. Definitely. Or their cliffs, or caves, or snowfields...

[Wolverine]

Playtesters were a little concerend the Dwarf was better than the Elf...

But Dwarves are better than Elves*

As for the article, it's good stuff. I won't be playing an Elf (by choice) myself, but I think I know a few who would.

(*It's probably not a good idea to follow that link at work. Unless you have headphones. And don't tend to laugh loudly. And aren't drinking anything at the time.)