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    Free League Announces Anime-Inspired Twilight Sword RPG

    Almost perfect for getting me onboard... AARRGGHH!!! Too many good games, too little time.
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    Daggerheart General Thread [+]

    It's faster for me than D&D 5. Multiple factors: no book lookups for powers - the full text is indeed on the card. And in the back of the book. Simpler powers in general no "it's your turn" lag; whomever is ready goes. fewer turns overall for a given fight. I'll note that, in part, this is...
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    Alternatives to map-and-key

    And reactions. The reactions bit is vital for solo play.
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    Fabula Ultima (JRPG-styled ttrpg) is prelaunching a KickStarter for hardback covers and a huge bestiary

    I want it, but I don't know if I can squeeze it into the budget.
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    Describe your last RPG session in more than 5 words.

    Last friday, I was making tea. I'd just filled a large taco-bell cup with boiling hot water (they survive that, easily)... and I sneezed, spilling the contents into my lap. Since I had So, mechanically, I can walk, sort of, and my Sunday game, which is online, went without a hitch. But my Wed...
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    I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism

    RAI= Rules As Intended.
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    I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism

    I agree. Persistence hunting, as done by the San and !kung, isn't all that tiring to do. It requires skill with bow or spear, and the ability to WALK for about 2 hours. The trick is, it only works on certain prey... many deer and antelopes can only sprint a short bit, then must rest... and you...
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    Free League Year Zero Engine

    Conditions work the same in all three of Vaesen, TFTL, and TFTF. the big difference is that TFTL lacks actual combat as a subsystem.
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    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Wed Fallout Cancelled: I cannot walk; burns.
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    Free League Year Zero Engine

    It does. MYZ and FL are damage. Vaesen, TFTL, TFTF are all take a condition Coriolis: The Third Horizon is the one tied to a metacurrency. T2K 4e is take stress damage.\ Alien is Add a die to your stress pool. (Highest I've ever seen was 16dS before snapping.) Several imitators use a...
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    I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism

    Humans are capable of procreation at age 12, relatively safe procreation at 16 with a typical 4-score and 10 for the eldest... 90 years. If an elf lives 300, that's 3 ⅓x, so 12 * 3.33 = 36+4 = 40, relatively safe at 53. If we use 55 as the safe breeder age, and 300 as the meadian age of death...
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    I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism

    From my rather cynical viewpoint: They allow placing negative traits to see how they affect player behavior They allow benefits that are beyond known human limits They allow having a suitably morality-free killable foe. When the species is past the point of understandable motives, they make a...
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    I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism

    The originator of the concept of Orcs, and introduced it into the world, grounded them in racist stereotypes... Mongols, to be specific... then later lamented that in a letter. Tolkien described Orcs thus "squat, broad, flat-nosed, sallow-skinned, with wide mouths and slant eyes: in fact...
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    So you're done with D&D but still want to play D&Dish fantasy...

    Based upon the Alpha 1.1 rules,Tunnels & Trolls: A New Age is for those who want a traditional feel, with someon a dice pool with a few modernizations. The piles of Dice older editions have are much reduced, but my players were throwing 2 to 7 dice, routinely (much the same range as T&T 5th)...
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    VTT Recommendations?

    an upcoming official module was announced, and the licensing specifically whitelists Foundary.
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