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Aalegur reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread D&D 5E How Old-School is 5th Edition? Can it even do Old-School? with
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Aalegur reacted to S'mon's post in the thread D&D 5E How Old-School is 5th Edition? Can it even do Old-School? with Like.
This is a major reason I introduced my son to RPGs (ca 2012) via Mentzer Classic D&D. He grew up used to the idea that he could try...
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AI used to associate it with a quasi-late medieval period no doubt in part because I associated swords, wizards, and fantasy in general...
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AWotC D&D 5E as written = American superhero comics dressed up as late medieval/early Renaissance epic high fantasy.
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AFor me, D&D is "scifi" (including fantasy and other speculative fiction). D&D is near-future. Magic = supertech. All contemporary...
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AD&D is it's own mach-up of many things taken from genre fiction of the 50-70s. From the beginning it had sci-fi, post-apocalyptic and...
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ASorry, I was in a food fight. canned vegetables .....
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A"Classic" D&D (and I use the term loosely) is an American mythic western transposed into a vaguely pan-European historical setting that...
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Aalegur reacted to modiphius's post in the thread Modiphius Announce COHORS CTHULHU--Cthulhu in Ancient Rome! with Like.
The mistake many people make is thinking all the Call of Cthulhu content by Chaosium is public domain when in fact much of it was...
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Aalegur reacted to modiphius's post in the thread Modiphius Announce COHORS CTHULHU--Cthulhu in Ancient Rome! with Like.
Achtung Cthulhu for Savage Worlds and Call of Cthulhu got 11 books, Mutant Chronicles 17, Conan and Infinity 20 each, Fallout and Elder...
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Aalegur reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Modiphius Announce COHORS CTHULHU--Cthulhu in Ancient Rome! with Like.
As long as they have those historical Cthulhus.
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Aalegur reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread Let's Talk About Fantasy heartbreaks and other FRPGs with Like.
:ROFLMAO: I'm not sure what would qualify as surprising. He had sung in rock bands, lived on the street and busked for money (told a...
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Aalegur reacted to TheSword's post in the thread Let's Talk About Fantasy heartbreaks and other FRPGs with Like.
My favourite non-D&D RPG is unsurprisingly WFRP (I do keep trying to bang that drum on EN World). The 1e version was also the first...
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Aalegur reacted to TerraDave's post in the thread Let's Talk About Fantasy heartbreaks and other FRPGs with Like.
Only the ultimate in heartbreakers... Messing around in Arduin a really longtime ago (I still remember that centaur ranger) and...
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AI don't think anyone needs Weapon Mastery back,and it's best left forgotten.