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I think it was Villains & Vigilantes, but I may have played either Runequest or Traveller second, after starting with AD&D. -
Black Dougal reacted to THEMNGMNT's post in the thread D&D General Is the SCAG Still Useful? with
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Black Dougal replied to the thread What was your 2nd RPG?.I started with BX/AD&D and my 2nd rpg was Gamma World.
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Black Dougal reacted to Henadic Theologian's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Just Because a location is not on the Atlas of Faerun doesn't mean its gone. with Like.
It's really just a glorified name for a highly detailed map, its not actually an atlas at all. But its mostly amazing, they miss a...
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Black Dougal reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
The short version of this question—D&D lacks a full exploitation pillar; what games feature one? I will of course (and predictably—but...
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Black Dougal reacted to dbm's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 16 - Wilderness Adventures has some very detailed rules for overland adventures. You could certainly use it to...
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Black Dougal reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
That's my goal nearly all the time. I want exploration and discovery, with a healthy dollop of diplomacy and politics, and the...
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Black Dougal reacted to TaranTheWanderer's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
Grimm Tales is a d20 modern game that is focused on survival. World Without Numbers takes survival very seriously. In the game I’m...
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Black Dougal reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
I am not so much interested in the combat as war aspect. I am more interested in making the threat of disease or starvation actually...
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Black Dougal reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
Lots of old timers have experience with this, or something close to this, with older editions of D&D. Wildly unbalanced combat, combat...
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Black Dougal reacted to payn's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
Yes, most of those things are substituted for different environments. Tainted atmospheres, strange alien world biologies, mapping star...
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Black Dougal reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
Do you emphasize the difficulties of exploration: logistics, "natural" obstacles, etc? I know it might be a little harder to do in...
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Black Dougal reacted to payn's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
My Traveller games are often exploration based with combats being few and far between.The Sci-Fi genre is both dangerous and imaginative!
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Black Dougal reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
I am currently in the middle of The Lost City of Z by David Grann (Goodreads link), a nonfiction story about early 20th century...
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Black Dougal reacted to earthsea_wizard's post in the thread D&D General List good 3e adventures for a starting Forgotten Realms campaign? with Like.
Nice. I was thinking the Mysteries of the Moonsea book of adventures for 3.5 but this is helpful.