Recent content by Retreater

I backed just for add-ons of Natural Fantasy and the Bestiary - which are the only two books I don't have. I'm playing in a biweekly Fabula Ultima game. I love it and want to see the designers have a great success.

Yes. I'm actually running Daggerheart with another group currently. I really like it. I'm concerned that it might go too narrative for this crowd - who are very much into counting squares, min-maxing, etc. I know one of the players brought up Lancer. I don't know much about that one.

I guess just because it's "always" 4 - except when it's not. And then you're dividing by 4 to see how many successes you get - except when you're not. Not in this case. In 5E D&D, you just kinda get what you get. You're not getting step increases every session and choosing from a smorgasbord...

It may be atypical, but my group struggled with... 1) Differing Target Numbers depending on the Parry value of enemies. 2) AP, Armor, Toughness, and conversion to Wounds. 3) Tracking Wound penalties. 4) Spending Advances to "level up" 5) Multiple action penalties

Well, the actual play of the company that designed the game to be specifically "the kind of game we want to play" while you know - not playing it. It doesn't encourage faith in the product.

Well, it's been over a year weekly with the same campaign, same characters, etc. I think we're just wanting something a bit different. With other groups, it was a little hard to explain. But this is a different group, and a lot of the computations would be handled online. So possibly...

My weekly group is planning to take a break from our Pathfinder 2E campaign that's been going on for over a year. (This is not the same group that I have consistently failed to run a satisfying game with.) There's a possibility that I could GM something. I'm trying to think of a system that...

I understand that I'm not the target audience. I don't watch Critical Role or other live plays. I did run a very entertaining session of Daggerheart for my group last night. I wish that the system could reach even more potential players.

From past examples, most of even WotC's official 4e modules are slogs of interesting combats. Paizo uses tiny maps inappropriate for tactical combat (consider Abomination Vaults' rooms that can't even house the monsters supposedly encountered in them.) If the two biggest RPG companies'...

I'm immensely disappointed that they went with 2024 D&D instead of Daggerheart. Seemed to completely stall the momentum of that system and relegated it to "fantasy heartbreaker" status overnight. Oh well. I'm running Daggerheat tonight while D&D 2024 was looked at once and put on my bookshelf.

True, but there are systems that can be learned in 30 minutes. There are also systems that require months of practice and research to do thoroughly. For me, I'm just not going to take the effort of complex systems anymore. Ultimately, the juice isn't worth the squeeze.

However, being motivated to learn how to use your character is important so that these very involved combats don't screech to a halt. "What's a minor action?" "Can I use a reaction on my turn instead of a regular action?" "What do I add to my attack roll?" "What is a cone shaped like?" "When...

I am so exhausted of this mentality. Like a GM already has the following responsibilities: planning the same sessions, teaching the rules, buying the books, navigating player preferences, being a counselor for interpersonal drama, writing adventures, creating encounters. And now they have to...

To be fair, I forgot the rules of Pathfinder 1 while I was at the table playing it.

We're 8th level in Pathfinder 2. I can tell you precisely what the problem is. You have to roll checks multiple times in a round to see if things work. Like, the gunslinger ends up making 3-4 attacks a round. Then he has to make an Intimidation check when he reloads his gun. Then he gets to...