The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Old Fezziwig]

Could be possible, but... diverting that water from Mad_Jack to you would require a really long pipe.

That's not an unsolvable problem.

 

[billd91]

Let's just throw more ad hoc explanations and see if something finally sticks.

 

[Cadence]

Shakes fist at sky and curses Influenza B that now has a beachhead in the household (and hoping it doesn't spread to the other two of us).

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

GIGO

 

[ichabod]

GIGO

Yes, but advanced algorithms will make it better garbage.

 

[prabe]

News flash: Examples of play derived from media that aren't TRPGs are almost always garbage examples of play.

 

[Thomas Shey]

News flash: Examples of play derived from media that aren't TRPGs are almost always garbage examples of play.

Usually the attempt is to show how the system at hand can properly map to (especially) well-known visual media, but at the very least it usually requires cherry-picking to make it work.

 

[MarkB]

Usually the attempt is to show how the system at hand can properly map to (especially) well-known visual media, but at the very least it usually requires cherry-picking to make it work.

Or wondering why the TTRPG featuring six players each controlling a different character somehow never manages to feel as smooth and tactical as [Insert single-player team-based CRPG].

 

[CleverNickName]

You really can just play 5E D&D.

You don't need to "fix it" so that it plays more like an older edition--if an older edition is what you want, you can still play that older edition. DriveThruRPG (and elsewhere) has all of the books you'll ever need: 4E | 3E | AD&D 2E | AD&D 1E | B/X and Basic | OD&D. Grab your favorite and get the gang together.

And it doesn't need "fixing" so that it plays more like GURPS or Hero or whatever other game system you have in mind-- if a different game is what you want, you can just play GURPS or whatever instead. Again, DriveThruRPG has everything you need. Search by title, publisher, genre, rules system, format, language...if it exists they probably have it, and probably for less than $10.

If your heart's desire is to make D&D play like an older or different game, remember the reasons why older editions were left behind, and the reasons why other game systems aren't as popular. Those reasons are still there.

I'm worried about some of y'all's blood pressure. I feel like you'd be a lot happier if you just let 5E D&D be it's own game, and go back to playing X Edition rules. Or maybe you could play GURPS or Call of Cthulhu or (my favorite) Dread instead of groaning constantly about how inferior D&D is supposed to be.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

You really can just play 5E D&D.

You don't need to "fix it" so that it plays more like an older edition--you can still play that older edition.

And it doesn't need "fixing" so that it plays more like GURPS or Hero or whatever other game system you have in mind-- you can just play GURPS or whatever instead.

If your heart's desire is to make D&D play like an older or different game, remember the reasons why older editions were left behind, and the reasons why other game systems aren't as popular. Those reasons are still there.

I'm worried about some of y'all's blood pressure. I feel like you'd be a lot happier if you just let 5E D&D be it's own game, and go back to playing X Edition rules. Or maybe you could play GURPS or Call of Cthulhu or (my favorite) Dread instead of groaning constantly about how inferior D&D is.