Recent content by Xamnam

The way I concieve of the ability in a way that satisfies my understanding of the world is about experience (plus instincts derived from that) and knowledge, not family resources/expectations or inherent quality of the person.

Based on looks alone, not inherently, no, but if someone has been raised in a place where matters of state are definitionally the most central part their background/history, it would not be surprising at all, to me, that they knew how to invoke courtly graces, diplomacy, or negotiation as...

Chekhov's Gun is a relevant piece of advice, not a rule, in most creative endeavors. You can apply it to paintings. (but also it was written for theatre and taking it out of that context does fundamentally change the nature of it)

One session, I was asked for the name of a rock troll bouncer. Names are my improv kryptonite in particular. Panicking, stalling, I look across the table, one of my players had a can of Canada Dry with the label pointed at me. "Name's Candy, now why are you back here?" It wasn't until after...

It's fairly new, but I'm really enjoying Quinn's Quest (of Shut Up and Sit Down fame), especially given the consideration that he's only reviewing systems he's had a chance to run for...I want to say at least six sessions?

Pastoral and whimsical catches my eye easily, and grimdark really has to do something special to get past my initial aversion. If the core of the game, or the mechanics really capture my interest, then I'm not going to let aesthetics stop me, but, well, there are probably games where I would...

Absolutely what I'm going to do. Considering I was giving level one feats before, it's essentially maintaining the status quo. Those backgrounds were never campaign altering aspects, but I can think of several different memorable moments that exist only because of them in my past games. Fun...

A PC is a player's creation first and foremost, so, much like I wouldn't want to narrate them doing something that runs directly counter to the players envisioning of them at the table, if they have been retired or walked away from, I also wouldn't want to take them in a direction that the...

I agree with everything after the bolded, in general, I'm fine with pushing that out to a separate book, for multiple reasons. However, the reason I voted one book in the poll is that I think the core book should include everything you fundamentally need to play the game, which to me absolutely...

There are several options I selected up there that that would stop me, but honestly, the most common one is simply that the cost of the base whatever-it-is of the kickstarter is higher than I was ready to casually spend on first blush having just learned of it.

I will ask both the tables I am running and the tables I'm playing in if they're alright with switching. I both like many of the changes, and would prefer to be on the most up to date official ruleset so as to mitigate any confusion.

It's honestly to the point where I see that youtube channel, and I assume the opposite of whatever the headline says is more likely to be true.

While I've got a few to go yet, I feel pleased as punch upon revisiting Inside Llewyn Davis that it was just as wonderful and rich as I remembered, and as I predicted, ended up right there next to Fargo as one of their strongest films. I don't think anything is likely to displace it for a while...

As much as I'm generally loath to recommend him due to certain attitudes and overall style, I have been wanting to try out the Angry GM's adventuring/dungeon building tarot technique. That article is thankfully a bit less needlessly abrasive than the average.

It definitely was very fun for the table, early on in LMoP, when after a couple attacks whittled down a 12 HP goblin, the next player rolled minimum damage, and still managed to take out the undamaged 2HP goblin in one blow.