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I'd imagine this or similar might be used for solo play rule sets.

I found this. You can download The Underdark of Polemar PDF. https://www.patreon.com/posts/14923407

I forget if Veins of the Earth has a generator in it, but they made this'un. OSR: the Veinscrawl

That was my point. "Exceptional" doesn't have to translate into outright superpowers, and when some people talk about "superheroes" in...

From Shannon Applecline. Kristin Vermilya is an audio reporter working on the history of TTRPGs. She's going to be interviewing Lee...

I periodically do a rant about how arranging stories in order of internal chronology leads to greatly distorting impressions, and it’s...

Nothing exhausts me more than the consequences of my actions.

This all day. My favorite traditional games are ones like Chronicles of Darkness and Achtung Cthulhu! where you pretty much start out...

Agreed. If I had the energy, which I don’t, I’d do a Storyteller’s Vault thing on permanent advancement happening only with character...

Yeah, I don't see "exceptional" as translating to "topped out".

I think advancement is overvalued, especially outside of D&D and its ilk. Most characters in fiction do not get "better" all the time...

It's a shame the idea of exceptional fantasy PCs automatically brings cries of "if you want superheroes, play a superhero game!", yes.

I think it is more common in modern (post 1970s) epic fantasy for characters to start out as "normal" and grow into power. Rand al'Thor...

And even superheroes fail as well. Doesn't mean they're not exceptional. Is Spider-Man less super because he failed to save Gwen Stacy...

As a player and GM, I'm much more partial to the latter, largely because I have experienced so many times where we play to get to the...