Recent content by payn

One shots and organized play. Try before you buy. No more going in blind.

Folks have their reasons, but I think the underlying one is that D&D is the crown of RPGs for better or worse. Folks naturally want the most popular RPG with all the benefits of development and product offerings to go in the direction of their fancy.

I am mostly fine with metacurrency. I've seen some games where it might be too accessible; I do prefer it to be a rare occasion type of thing. In PF1 I like hero points mostly to save PCs bacon as the combat system is very swingy. I feel players having to manage the resource allows for...

Doesnt have to be. There are all kinds of augmented people in the setting.

5E stays but now the designers focus on modules like they talked about during next.

Karaoke night

Yeap, pineapple is objectively delicious and is going on the damn pizza.

The classic I’m gonna logic win a taste discussion in action.

There being twenty levels in D&D kinda implies that long games are possible if not expected. Though most RPGs have smaller advancement, and yeah longer isn’t always better.

It still sounds awful. "Oh its one of dem uppity RPGs is it?"

Well, if the idea is to stretch first level out as many sessions as possible to promote skill play, then id just recommend playing something that isnt 5E that leans into skill play instead. This is what I had in mind. I definitely dont like the Ronco "set it and forget" skill system of 5E. I...

Once a month for 3 hours is maybe less frequent than the average game. A few folks in the thread mentioned playing multiple times every week! Thats a speed thats going to level faster regardless of XP and session time. My games typically call it quits around level 12-14 and that takes about...