Lets talk about Assassins Creed 3. Specially the ship to ship combat sections.
How did Ubisoft manage to make the most engaging pre-industrial naval combat simulation ever as a throw away minigame in a game about jumping out of trees to kill rabbits?
Everything from the cannon arcs to the rigging speeds to reinforcement is insanely fun. It's making me want to run a privateer campaign in Fate Core in a few months.
Speaking of Fate Core, go kickstarter it if you already haven't. It's that good.
Meanwhile, I'm currently running the anniversary edition of Rise of the Runelords for my casual group. We've got a horrifically unbalanced party, but that makes things seem more dangerous.
So I've stolen a rule from D&D4:
Second Wind. Once per encounter, use a standard action to recover one half your maximum hit points.
This may seem a bit overpowered, but in a group of six with no healer it's almost necessary.
Also, next week I'm starting another diversion project; this one for one of my favorite adventure paths of all time: The Key of Destiny.
Stay tuned for more awesome.
-J
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