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If anyone can become a slave, then there are going to be plenty of very skilled slaves. As such, I'd price them by skill points. Maybe...

My first RPG was Basic/Expert D&D in the red and light blue boxes. I GMed for about a year at age 9 before graduating to AD&D after an...

Homebrew Star Wars rules: Astrogation Calculation time using Precomputed Cached Coordinates: 1 minute Calculation time using Nav...

The same way a Hulking Hurler is capable of throwing a hapless victim to the moon I'd imagine - by abusing and staking multiplying...

I think the rules show why the conceit of the story doesn't work so well in a magical setting, as well as the sheer size of the earth no...

Yes. If the "inputs" of the rules include things that exist outside of the fiction, that is they are in the meta about the fiction but...

If the character has more than 120 hit points, then it is realistic. Realistic doesn't refer to the real world. If our hypothetical GM...

Good for you, but I am saying based on stories that I've heard that DMs do play "Gotcha! Muahahahahaha!" and do not inform players in...

As fantasy heartbreakers go, it's pretty well done - at least at the level of reading. It is a hodge podge of ideas stolen from other...

No. They just mean that they'd prefer you not fill up the thread with an argument about how simulation is a dysfunctional play style...

I'm aware of the history here. Among a dozen or more other books I've read Peterson's "Playing at the World", Fine's "Shared Fantasy"...

I strongly suspect that sensors and fire control are the dominant factor in space warfare. Can you see them before they see you? Can...

I have been mostly a forever DM. This past year we've had a lot of life disruptions - new kids, sick relatives, players getting in that...

Its harder than playing. Playing requires minimal effort. I put 20-30 hours or more into a new campaign. I dont chatge but current...

Pendragon, Traveler, Dogs in the Vinyard, and Dread Arguments could be made for Twilight: 2000, Fiasco, Toon, and My Life with Master