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Again, I believe you can have both. You can include all the story and history and context, but still make the thing readily playable. One of the weaknesses of RPGs as a form of entertainment is that one person has to do all this extra work, even if they spring for a prewritten scenario. At a...

This. A lot. If it matters, make use of it. if it doesn't, leave it out.

Interesting. What makes that distinction for you?

The value of an inventory system is not simply a function of its complexity -- it is more a function of the usefulness and value of gear in play, along with the value and useful of treasure acquired. If a game depends on gadgetry in order to get things done, from holy water to torches to lock...

You can have annotated maps and bullet points IN ADDITON to walls of text, if one really feels they must write those. It isn't an either or. The idea that one does not have any idea how they could facilitate GMs more is just silly to me. ETA: For clarity, I think published scenarios should be...

The problem isn't that it is a kit. The problem is that it is not designed or written to be run. Important information is buried in walls of text. Stats are missing or in an entirely different part of the book. There are almost never useful flowcharts or interaction webs. Maps very rarely have...

Quick update: turns out the LevelUp Trials and Treasures er... treasure tables are fully implemented in Fantasy Grounds, so I was able to quickly roll up a CR40+ treasure hoard as a foundation (which gems and art objects etc all rolled too). 110,000gp to start. Ill definitely incorporate some...

My guess is that this is a test. If people balk at the price but love the content, the next time DLC will be $9.99. If no one bites, it won't happen again. If it sells well, $15 it is.

I wasn't talking about rules.

This gets to the thorny question of what "OSR play" is. I imagine lots of people would agree with you, and lots of people would very much disagree.

Of course not all heroes are, but Conan certainly is. If you read Howard's letters, it isn't just obvious, it is a little weird.

He is a Mary Sue for everything Howard aspired/wished to be.

Super fun inspirational stuff. If you sold a big cloth version of Autumnlands I would buy it in a heartbeat.

I am almost done with The Lost City of Z and will need a new book soon. I feel like digging into the modern corporate world (nonfiction; also not celebratory). Any suggestions on a book that is a window in to how corporations took over?

So in the backstory of the event, each of 5 obelisks housed a captured dragon of a different color (well, 4 obelisks because the tree that is the lair was the green "obelisk" and that dragon was the instigator of the attempt to pull in Tiamat). Anyway, the Red obelisk was broken (I am using a...

Yeah, the price debate does not really mean anything to me since i don't use Beyond I don't know what is typical or acceptable for that platform. Most RPG stuff continues to be woefully underpriced because gamers are, by and large, cheap, so folks creating valuable material are not being paid...

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They have. The Kwalish adventure comes to mind. But, yeah, Beyond only is a complete no go.

Wait, it isn't even a PDF?

I think that overstates it by quite a lot. There are tons of "encumbrance" solutions out there, ranging from spreadsheets to pure handwavium and everything in between.