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Campbell reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with
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The creator is one of the people who gives the OSR its bad reputation. There are hundreds of better games out there by less problematic... -
Campbell reacted to Hermes_Alexandria's post in the thread Does Anyone Care? (Cosmere RPG) with Like.
I agree with most of the points, however for me when introducing a complex setting, the adventures and supporting materials have to be...
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Campbell reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
100% this. In sufficient numbers (which is how minions were encouraged to be used) they were the bigger threat. 13A has a minion...
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Campbell reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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That is a bug and not a feature due to my dogmatic sense of OneTrueWayism which does not permit me to fairly assess other people's play... -
Campbell reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Both concepts exist within the 4e monster manuals. There are a lot of minions that are meant to be "cannon fodder" for a more organized...
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Campbell reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You'll obviously get no argument from me on that score. :D The truly funny thing is, the whole "D&D is simulationist" schtick only...
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My point is Wildsea is aiming specifically at a particular playstyle and its processes are geared for that style. The ideas you...
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Since this is an issue I talk about all the time, I'll post the three questions for RPG design. If you can't easily answer these...
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Campbell reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread Interested in checking out non-D&D fantasy "old school" ttrpgs with Love.
Try Warhammer Fantasy , its not Wargamey at all, but it is low powered, grim and has high character mortality. I've seen it described as...
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Campbell reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It might not be objective--because its, at best, hard to demonstrate objective truth regarding this sort of thing--but when I'm saying...
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Campbell reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I didn't even think that was an argument. I'm reasonably sure that was the point. @Hussar may have a different take than me, which is...
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Campbell reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Simple. The system does not, in any way, produce a single NPC that you would fight at 1st level and then again at 15th level. Bob the...
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Campbell reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
The entire presumption that "if you portray something evil in your work of creative fiction, and don't issue a disclaimer about how you...
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By deciding how many, and what kind of, and the difficulty of, obstacles exist between the PCs and their goal, you become a participant...
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I agree with this. Skill challenges and similar mechanics are just a way of applying slightly more structure to regular play in order to...