aramis erak's latest activity
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aramis erak replied to the thread Who Should Make The Next Star Wars TTRPG, And What Should It Look Like?.And isn't WotC. Which is what I was responding to. And what most people are going to want: same mechanics as current Official D&D... -
aramis erak replied to the thread Does anyone have Kickstarter regrets?.Coriolis: The Great Dark. I expected more mechanical continuity to Coriolis: The Third Horizon. I Might, eventually, get it to table...
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aramis erak replied to the thread Let's Talk About Supers RPGs (Especially Ones Good For Cons).While I've only run it as an open table game at the shop, I've seen Sentinel Comics done as a Con game. It works really well. Hell, it...
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aramis erak replied to the thread Who Should Make The Next Star Wars TTRPG, And What Should It Look Like?.Not really. There are a stupidly large lot of people who think "5E or nothing." I think it a particularly poor choice, especially with...
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aramis erak replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.CT is HEAVY on the tables. MegaTraveller only slightly less. Lots of special case rules in the CT skills chapter. (Like, almost all...
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aramis erak replied to the thread Dumb Game Ideas: Mash-Ups.Trek has so many crossover eps (TNG, DS9, VOY) that not much is left. And SNW has covered a bunch more. It's easier to say that Trek is...
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So two members of my longtime gaming group needed a game for our Monday night session via Discord when another game was placed on hold...
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aramis erak reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place with
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I enjoy DH’s exception based design, even if you need to kinda tell the player what it means in the moment. It lets you stay fiction -... -
aramis erak replied to the thread Help Me Pick A Convention Game To Run.Concur. Either Classic or Mongoose 2e are great choices. GT isn't bad if you know GURPS. HeroTrav's decent if you know hero... GT would...
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aramis erak reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place with Like.
And it means you can't use abilities that cost stress, which is also a big deal
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aramis erak reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place with Like.
I think that DH doesnt want to do genuine GrimDark so much inherently, but between Stress & Scars, you've got much better hooks to show...
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aramis erak reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place with Like.
I disagree. Grimdark is often about fading and diminishing hope and about the inevitability of failure. Scars do that just fine. I...
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aramis erak replied to the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place.beast feast - when you notice there are sentient sapient beings on the feast list. Not as grimdark as withwild and AoU, but still...
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aramis erak reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
In fairness, though, back in the dark ages it probably took each of us a few years to accept and internalize the playstyles we use now...
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aramis erak reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I have to say, from my ages and ages of roleplay ^^^This^^^ can't be stated enough as "new design". I think it very much is. Maybe there...