Recent content by Reynard

I legit feel like I took crazy pills. I need to lie down.

Cool. I like it.

The argument about Grimdarkness was built around the idea of whether Scars were Grimdark enough to be "better" at it than 5E. But all of that was personal opinion. I don't think it is fair to classify that side discussion as some sort of flame war.

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.