Recent content by payn

They wouldnt care, its just more XP! If they couldnt take it, they would run away and then spend the next 30-60 min discussing where they went wrong on the XP trail to not be up to that task. It was so awful before I went milestone and it might seem like im joking but they turned into normal...

I find it a little strange that the piloting and gunnery skills would have any effect outside of a mech. I like the PbtA idea and would probably just come up with some unique playbooks and a custom feature for making one and roll with that for outside of mech play.

Oh thats kinda like Billy Bob and Angelina.

Zard is often an enigma to me. Though, milestone purpose isnt all about keeping characters the same level. It is also about removing a focus (which my players were entirely obnoxious about) on XP earning activities instead of engaging the narrative organically or in a way that interested the...

I had issues out of the gate with it. Mai9nly it broke the ambiance like an unwelcome visitor. Later, I learned that folks felt the movie was too hard to understand so they went back and added the voice over narration. That annoyed me even more. However, folks have explained a bit why they liked...

I beg to differ. I have been running Traveller sand boxes for a couple decades and the system has no XP at all. The trick to worrying about only the mission being interesting is actually being interested in the adventure in the first place. I fully understand for some players they just want an...

Yeah I have a hard time as a player in 5E. I’m a 3E/PF1 guy and it took me awhile to figure out why. Part of it is the meaty system gives me a mini game to work on if I get bored of the GMs campaign (something that happens a lot to me) and the 5E mini game is too lite.

Yeap, I had players that took xp fishing to ridiculous levels. When I finally scrapped it there was some whining but after about 2 sessions nobody missed it.

I’m not playing this game with you. D&D is a complex game that folks with decades of experience often forget. It can take years for folks to master a single character in a game with high levels folks often never achieve. Adding a necessity to work in concert with other characters adds to that...

There is so much assumption here and discounting of others I don’t really know how to respond. I think you have a precise idea what you want but not a very good understanding of anyone else.

I prefer milestone but if I’m in a game using xp I prefer by the adventure or even by session end. I don’t care for minute xp awards like x for picking a lock, y for talking to somebody, and z for killing something. Over the years I found xp distracts from the larger picture and bogs the game...

It’s not about demands it’s about folks being so casual they can barely get their own character to function let alone everyone else’s. Despite all the charops discussions a lot of people have steep learning curves to the game. The default is so the most casuals can succeed in the game.

3E level 20 (not a fan) PF1 routinely level 14 5E level 20 (not bad at all)