Recent content by BigbyBear

That Forbidden Lands one is one of my favorite little box sets. Like you said it's not even a starter it's a the full on game and those hardback books are beautiful. This is what I want to hand a person when they ask what an RPG is. This year I'm hoping to also pick up the Marvel Multiverse...

As in Mearls? or something else?

I see ACKSII is listed up on DrivethruRPG. Does that make it no longer valid for this list. Or is it still okay because Physical books aren't available yet?

Picking only three is just cruel. I need at least top 5, possibly top ten. What got my vote was Stonetop, Outgunned Adventures, and Draw Steel. Stonetop looks like it has a lot of the refinement I've been wanting from a Dungeon World offshoot. Very story focused and ties your character to it's...

I have all of the Zeitgeist material published through En5ider. This is a whole new adventure and I won't get it with my Patreon subscription right? Also is there a list anywhere of what En5ider articles are in each book and what is original content?

"You have prepared the following spells. Each can be cast once."

I don't back Trailseeker, but I do back En5ider. So far I like what I'm seeing with PF2 for the most part. Depending on what the final PF2 rules look like, I'd be inclined to back Trailseeker II, in addition.

This is similar to where I was (With a bit less derision and name calling) But I'm actually looking forward to PF2e. It looks like they did cut down on some of the real heavy points (CMB, CMD) but we'll have to see if they end up with something as simple as advantage/disadvantage or if it's...

When SCAG came out a bunch of people said make spells the exception because swordmages couldn't have the EE companion spells. Now you're saying make race the exception. The next book someone will probably say make feats the exception, they're smallest piece of "game mechanic" in the game, what...

Does anyone know where I can find a collection of 3.5 pregen characters? I can finder 4e, Pathfinder, and 5e no problem, but I can't find a collection of 3.5 characters. Anyone have any resources?

For a shorter term group, I'd suggest using the rolls like a meta-currency like fate points or actiion points. Let them roll at the beginning of the session, and then tell them if they can think of a way that their Icon connection would help them, they can cash it in. maybe autosucceeding at a...

Another part I really like that you didn't mention is it's VERY hard to resurrect a fifth time because you get 4 levels, 7-8-9-10. So if you even want to try that fifth resurrection you need to sacrificing something big and important, like an artifact. So even if you have some sycophant willing...

There are no official multiclassing rules, but for one player I had that didn't quite match any of the classes I just traded one of his talents for another class' talent that helped him round out his idea and that worked perfectly. Also you can use the One Unique Thing for "I can turn into a...

For 4e I really like 2-6 or 7 and then it lulls and then has another good chunk from 10-16. For 3e, I really like 3-7. 1-2 feels like I'm playing to get the character I want. And over 7 or 8 it tends to get a bit unwieldy.

I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate DMPCs. And I say that as someone equally likely to DM as to play. If I'm DM, I don't want a PC because I never want to be the one to deliver the killing blow. I want my players to be the stars not me. If they want me to run a character because they need say a...