Recent content by ACpilot

For me to play 5E it must: 1 - Have simple yet satisfying rules, with enough room and underlying stability so DMs and players can deviate from certain rules at certain times without having every other sub-system of the game fall apart. 2 - Have rules which discourage min-maxing; make the game...

House of Leaves, by Mark Z. Danielewski.... hehehe...

I don't think its unreasonable for a wealthy lord to have in his service servants to maintain lamps and torches all night in certain parts of a keep or whatnot. Lamplighters could serve a dual purpose of maintaining lamps and torches AND act as patrolling watchmen as they went about their...

I just want to chime in in defense of Kevin and RIFTS in particular. My RIFTS books have held up superbly despite being well loved for almost 2 decades. The sturdy, large, soft books are great for use at the table. Only downside is they are a little difficult to shelve without book-ends for...

I've played a few low-level "balanced" games of RIFTS, but the last few games where all RIFTS WITH THE LID BLOWN OFF! I highly recommend this style of game. A short little rabbit-hole follows: I ran a game where the PCs were: Rakshasa Ninja Vampire Intelligence (player played both the master...

I've been reading en world for a long time but never registered or posted until now - just to tell you how awesome RIFTS is. I've been playing and running RIFTS for around 18 years, on and off among other games. I've never played the game rules by-the-book, always used a heavy amount of...