Recent content by Reynard

Rabid fanbases be rabid.

Do tell.

I would normally agree with you, but Clone Wars proved that Maul is MUCH more interesting alive than dead. The fact they wasted that character as they did in The Phantom Menace is just another mark against Lucas as a writer and director.

If Int doesn't matter, why have it at all?

Again, that is only relevant if your intent is to "tell a story." Which it shouldn't be, because an RPG is going to do that regardless of whether that is your aim or not. it is inherent in the form. That's just your bias and is not a universal experience.

I'm not sure how that would look too different than Mad Max now, except for the Doof Warrior being able to summon demons...

What are two (or more) genres, IPs, setting or otherwise that you could, would, or even have mashed up together to create a campaign or adventure? I really want to do a Delta Green style modern technothriller, except the squad (PCs) is making sorties into Oz. Or, War of the Worlds but set in...

I personally find it more fiddly than helpful.

I'm getting flashbacks to how 3.5 destroyed the 3rd party 3.0 supplement library.

I was kind of forced to get better at pacing because I run a lot of convention games. Not only do you have the usual time limit (4 hours, but often a notable portion of that is spent onboarding folks) but people who sign up for con games almost always want a "complete experience". There are lots...

I wonder what percentage of folks do that, as opposed to sticking with D&D forever or just leaving the hobby altogether.

But if you WANT a good tactical engine, 5E is going to disappoint.

I thin k that is because D&D (especially 5E 2024) is trying to be too many things at once. It is a tactical turn based combat game, but not a very good one and is outclassed in that regard by Pathfinder 2E. It is a neo-trad story forward game, but not a very good one and is outclassed by...

Because what I am saying is that when you play an RPG, you are generating a story. That's different than trying to "play through" a story in the same way you might in a linear video game.

I have answered variants of this question a bunch of times in the thread so far. Short version: the story is what happened at the table, not what IS happening at the table. That is all I am saying.