Recent content by UngainlyTitan

I dispute that they are realistic, that they represent the underlying physics, but they do satisfy the need for a sense of realism. If you like it have at it.

If you are mitigating the effect of "realism" by a meta currency, then it is no longer realistic, is it? I am not convinced that Savage World is that realistic, it is or can be more gritty. I largely agree with your second paragraph.

D&D is not even half of WoTC, not sure what it really is currently, it has risen in contribution in recent years but I have no idea how much that is BG3 as distinct from D&D proper.

I stand corrected.

I disagree, I think they would care a lot, they would not like it. Part of the popularity of D&D and the trend toward more survivable characters is that many people want the heroic fantasy and that is not dying in a ditch to some random orc.

I believe that within the EU you can give anything back withing 30 days and ask for a refund.

I do not believe that it can be reduced to a simple single probability like this but if we run with your 10% number, in an average 4 round combat the fighter that gets hit around 4 times as a 34% chance of dying. That is not a fun game at this point.

Um!, I am not sure that I have anything that could be describe as a system, just a belief that hexcrawl breakdown at any granularity greater than a days travel. I have been trying out differing approaches, a lot depends on what the player prefer. Since, I tend to run AP type campaigns, I will...

The be honest the Commision does not have a lot of power either. The real centre of power in the EU is the Council (The collective governments of the EU states.) That said it is somewhat opaque, and I would have to refresh my memory of who does what. Amazing thing about getting old. You...

Yes

I think she is overstating, a statement is not law. His support matters but there is a lot between where we are and they want to go. It goes beyond games. All software has been sold as a licence from the begining, it has major implications for that also.

Not sure if you are looking for advice or just musing out loud. I think depends on are your potential changes additive or subtractive. My advice would be to go in the direction with the least amount of subtraction.

It is an investment for generation though.

It will be interesting to see if we can get some wierd going. I have not looked past core D&D, since I try not to buy if I will not get to run it but some of the third party might be exploring the weird. One of the interesting things about third party D&D is to be compatible they are limited to...

At a continent or world scale, the short answer, is I would not. Just too much work and very poor granularity. With Ebberon they have magi-tech at about late nineteenth century and just ended a world war. There are probably good maps and gazetteers for most places. Get your players to tell you...