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What makes Arthurian fantasy its own genre, different from more traditional D&D-ish medieval fantasy? What are some Arthurian-style plots?
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I think it is very Arthurian. The court & proper knighthood follows the new (but authorized) morality within a 'contained' land. But...
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It does. Quite frankly, given RPGs are in and of themselves a niche, we should count our good fortunes to even have Pendragon. When I...
Aug 30, 2025
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I feel like the Venn diagram overlap of the Excalibur and Green Knight movies definitely gives you an Arthurian horror setting.
Aug 30, 2025
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Volume 4 of Single-Class Synergy is now available! This volume covers the artificer, bard, and sorcerer first-party classes and the...
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So, you know how at the beginning of every Hill Street Blues (am I dating myself?!?) the chief gives all the active cases then says "Be...
Aug 30, 2025
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Here’s that video. I didn’t post it directly. It was in one of my old linked posts.
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You could build the "return to town" into the setting: maybe the sandbox is a continent, planet, dimension or epoch away and the "recall...
Aug 29, 2025
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There are some well-loved adventuring sites that absolutely want to leave at the end of the adventure...
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You mean 1974?
Aug 29, 2025
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What do you think people are saying in-setting? I like "folk" or "people" myself.
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They are all legacy classes. But both the Sorcerer and Warlock were designed from a mechanics-first perspective. Sorcerer in 3e: "What...
Aug 29, 2025
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At the end of the session, you go back to town- there's no choice. It requires either a weird narrative mechanic (you're in a toxic...
Aug 29, 2025
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My general preference for characters in a D&D-type game is to have two high stats (16+), 2-3 medium stats (10-13), and 1-2 low stats...
Aug 29, 2025
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I tend to do the same, but most of my players, new and old, seem to want to go into DnD with builds prepped n' ready. I guess I...
Aug 29, 2025
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Absolutely. To that end, when I play (and I recommend to my players when I GM), I don't go into character creation assuming I know...
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