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I am starting this thread in an effort to leave poor @Marc Radle alone in his Black Flag SRD thread. I don't want to stymie discussion of that for folks that want to dig into it. My apologies for even starting this discussion there. I feel very strongly about Open Gaming. I was, and still am...

I have never liked the subclass system in 5E, but it has taken me a while to really understand why. Specifically, it has taken me running Pathfinder 2E to help me to understand why. So there is going to be some comparison in this post. But I am not also just saying "play PF2!" There are a lot of...

I had an idea for a loose campaign background and structure and thought it would be fun to come up with the details here collectively. One their very first adventure, the PCs end in possession of something extremely valuable. Whatever it is, there are going to be a lot of factions and...

What is your favorite Star Wars TTRPG memory or experience? What games do you prefer to use for Star Wars as a TTRPG? Is there an official SW RPG you prefer? What about unofficial. + because we're celebrating! By far the most success I have ever had with Star Wars as a TTRPG -- and I have...

The idea of "re-skinning" comes up pretty often, where you take a stat-block of a well known creature but alter the way you describe it, maybe change a few minor things like damage type, and have a whole new monster. What I think comes up less often is the idea of re-loring a monster: that is...

I really like GinniD. She is a skilled GM, enthusiastic about the hobby, and makes everyone viewing her channel feel welcome. Her most recent video, though, got me thinking about something that has been scratching violently at the back of my mind: There are other games than D&D, and these...

Just out of curiosity, what genres do you like specifically in TTRPG form? I will try and make the poll as comprehensive as possible, but I am sure I will miss something so feel free to mention it in the comments.

This thread is not about bad adventures. this thread is about bad adventure starts. It may be that the whole adventure is bad, but it is also possible that the adventure is good -- once you get past the hamfisted, weird, railroady or otherwise no-good hook built into the adventure. Note also...

I off handedly suggested this idea in another thread but wanted to dedicate a discussion specifically to spitballing how it might work. I know more games have used continuous initiative, but I first encountered it with Hackmaster 5E (the non joke edition). If you haven't encountered it, the...

Friends of mine and I are going to origins together this year and we have started looking for games to play as event registration approaches (May 4 FYI). I have noticed a bunch of paid events, and am a little shocked. it doesn't seem to be based on any particular quality of the game, just some...

In most D&D campaigns, the PCs are "adventurers." But, aside from the circular "they go on adventures" definition, there often isn't much of an effort to define what that means exactly. In the real world when we talk about adventurers (to the extent we do) we usually mean people that take on...

NOTE: If you wouldn't nerf the wizard... CONGRATULATIONS. But this may not be the thread for you. Also, we don't need to relitigate the question of martial versus caster supremacy. let's just take it as a given here, please. Going with the presumption that in 5E D&D (of whatever particular...

This summer I am going to ramp up.some indie design and publishing, and I want to do some outreach to help build an audience with whom I can converse. For years I kept up an intermittent blog about all the geeky things I found fun or thought provoking, but it has been dead for a couple years...

I am starting this thread because I don't want to rain on folks' parade who are excited in the Fireside Chat thread. Similarly, I made this a Plus + thread to indicate that it really isn't a place to answer with some variant of "what we are getting." Thanks for not doing that or otherwise...

This came up off topic in another thread and thought it might be fin to talk about it on its own. Note that I don't think it is particularly productive to talk about the use of gold in 5E or any other edition. That's a fine topic but I think would be distracting from the purpose of this...

Another thread displayed an interesting variation in how folks liked (or didn't) random encounters, and I thought we might talk about random elements in general as it relates to D&D. Obviously, differnt editions and variants of D&D embrace randomness in different ways and to different degrees...

This is a thread about what you think would be good for the game and popular with the player base. this is not a thread about what you, specifically, would like. I mean, answer how you want, I'm not the cops, but keep the subject in mind. That Said: Let's assume WotC is going to create an...

The TV show has obviously dramatically increased interest in the various video games, but I imagine there will also be uptick in TTRPG Fallout as well. So, what are you doing or planning? I am currently running a monthly-ish FO2d20 game. I started with the starter set adventure Once Upon a...

This is just spitballing. I'm not actively advocating this. I more just want to discuss the implications, possibilities and potential problems. Also note I am not talking about going "modifier only" like PF2 or M&M3. I mean no attributes at all. It seems to me that since most characters of a...

This came up in another thread but I think it deserves one of its own: One shots are awesome and don't get celebrated the way they should. So, what are some great One shots you have played in or run? What were the circumstances i.e. at a con, a fill in game, testing a new system, etc? And...