Recent content by Reynard

Wrong Star* thread

I am looking forward to the SRD. I am intrigued by the system, but I do not care for Stormlight Archives as an RPG setting.

I own SotDL and skimmed it when I thought I was going to able to convince my group to play it. I should read it in more depth.

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I find it interesting that some folks answer the question with what their characters are DOING, rather than what the campaign is about.

SWADE is my go-to for anything i don't necessarily have a bespoke game for.

Why?

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That doesn't mean 5E plays or even feels anything like TSR D&D. (Actually, I personally think it feels like the height of 2E, but that's a different thing.)

I thought you were talking about "OSR 5E" rules. Sure. Folks would buy Castle Greyhawk.

it will take a little rework of what classes atually ARE in SD, but that's okay. I have often considered trying to break all the 5E class and subclass abilties into talent trees to make that game classless (but with levels still) and I decided ultimately that the juice probably isn't worth the...

I kind of like the idea of a supers universe where they all operate nude because costumes are just going to get obliterated anyway.

As an aside, my next project is going to be to try and create a "career tree" system for Shadowdark somewhat inspired by the old WHFRP one. Your level 1 is a scrub, levels 2-4 is somewhat better, levels 5-7 a real pro and levels 8-10 the pinnacle of the line. All using prereqs and stuff so there...

In general, I don't mind "classes" (archetypes, whatever) especially if there is some room to customise. I am not a huge fan of the way 5E does it because you have essentially made your last choice by 3rd level, but systems that offer continued choices within classes are okay. I also like point...