Recent content by Wild Gazebo

I've always liked the idea of paying a price for magic (although I rarely look at is as a curse). I think, in this world, you might want to eliminate some of the traditional classes (or at least common crunch of the classes). Don't have a wizard class, have many warrior/rogue classes with...

Giant-aspect with golem candy-coated shell.

I might be temped to use simple riddles like these and then turn the answers into town squares or monuments like Candle Square or Clock Tower. Except, make four of them and have the intersecting lines on the map mark the X for the inn you want them to find.

How about something camp and alliterative like Props, Pillars and Players?

Yes, it seems I can't avoid the why with this crowd. This type of method would be completely optimized through a multiple dice, step system, of success--as you alluded to--whereas a very accurate progression of successes could be modeled. But, I have zero interest in creating or advocating for...

The systems becomes more statistically relevant with multiple dice. It also allows choosing a 'lottery' of numbers to create a very tailored step of succession. The real interest to me is how that makes a player feel while engaged. So, you are suggesting having to roll a 2 or 12 on 2d6 would...

As a kind of informal poll...without a poll, I have a quick question. If you were playing a game where the die resolution system depended on hitting a range of numbers within the center of a spectrum, as opposed to rolling high or low, would that bother you? Or further yet, resolution called...

You know, for the longest time I thought Umbram and Ovinomancer were the same person.

A la Rrose Sélavy

That is a stunningly brilliant Kickstarter. Wow. Really slick.

2 As a world leader, I would search for anyone Superman cared for deeply or loved. While he was occupied by his new hobby of world domination I would capture said people. I would then implant wireless detonation explosives in each captive giving the trigger to many different people in many...

I agree completely. But, I can't ignore the obvious enjoyment it brings out in others...so it is a balancing act that I manage group to group. Yes, I see what you mean...and even I have been jarred in a similar fashion. Though, as a GM, I welcome a player asserting, or reasserting, their...

This in no way means people can't say 'Merry Christmas.' These are business decisions so as to not ostracize people. Simply put, they make more money when people feel more included. Employees are paid to represent the company and thus should speak in a manner that benefits the company...

I've found the older I get the less I rely upon the itemization of an encounter. I remember spending an exhaustive amount of time differentiating my encounters in terms of level of danger, type of scenery, placement of obstacles and the length of time it will require. Now-a-days (while this...