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Yes, exactly. A good story in a game can feel fantastic because it can be more immersive than a novel or film, but a bad game system can...

I finished up Baldur’s Gate 3 (my birthday present) over Christmas and rolled right into Clair Obscur (my Christmas present!) Currently...

Just chiming in to say I really like this approach and may give it a try the next time I’m in the DM chair.

I'd lean into what D&D already does, and since ad/disad is frequent in 2024, use that --- but different. Hope is when you roll with...

This, when I started out playing with my Nephews who were 5 and 8 at the time - the younger one played a sorcerer. And it worked...

Yeah, I still don’t think they’ve quite gotten that one nailed down. I do think the new PHB is better at it than the 2014 version though.

It's the "confused player during character generation" element that IMO really has to go.

Those Force manipulation powers are more common than you think.

I have been thinking about it, and when we talk about a simple casting class, the spells should be looked at more than the class...

I guess I look at simplicity in TTRPGs a bit differently. I said earlier that I’ve watched my kids tackle video games and card games...

It depends on the game - For example, Call of Cthulhu often has your investigator getting eaten or going insane at the end which is...

IMO, that’s a roleplaying aspect that I wouldn’t try to burden a new player with unless they really wanted to go there right away. I’m...

I’ve never been fond of the idea of whole classes being designated simple. All classes should be designed to be simple at base and scale...

I’ve found with each of my kids that I had to help them through their initial choices regardless of the class. I think the simplicity...

One simple sub per class (each class). A blaster wizard, healer cleric, buffer bard, elementalist druid, sniper warlock, etc. But to...