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A big part of the Fantasy aesthetic, and this applies to every genre, is being special in some regard. Not every player wants to win...

They are an important part of my commitment to not overly rely on my judgement or plans but to allow the world I'm presenting to happen...

Roll for Effect for a couple of important reasons: a) The players may not actually understand whether or not the task they are...

Nope. Soured me on point buy, non-linear fortune mechanics, active defenses, and a whole lot of other things to this day.

GURPS needs a serious overhaul in just about every aspect. I haven't touched it since 3e or so and I understand there have been some...

This is the primary issue with GURPS and I may fix it at some point. GURPS needs character levels. Not character classes but character...

I don't have much comment on this but as a general rule of design I would say it is an unbreakable law that if your CharGen uses point...

Tales of the Dogfish Episode #9: Wings of Terror (Session #71) ARRRGGGH!!!! Bit of a vent here. The house Benelux hunters are still...

Hunters watch televised pod races :(...

I have thought about doing GW based on 3e or D20 Modern/Future, but the problem with Gamma World is that I think I just can't accept the...

Re-reading the DMG, there are a lot of guidelines and advice if actually listened to could have saved many a game from alpha-striking...

Just as a very tame example, suppose your enemy orders you to kill your children and you do? It can get a lot worse than that. It...

That sounds like the James Vicary hoax. The evidence for such usage is very thin and most of it is urban legend.

Yes. In my own homebrew, mind control is one of the big categories of "dark magic" or "witchcraft" for which you can be burned at the...

Luthen's actions made people trust him less, which caused him to do ever worse things out of paranoia/needing to now take even worse...