Recent content by djotaku

The others are right that this is definitely an over-done topic. I know I've contributed and (maybe?) even started one? (I can't remember). But here's my suggestions: steal luck from Tales of the Valiant - I like it much better than inspiration steal feat-based class customization and/or...

I think this is the best version of bringing this back I've heard/read. My wife doesn't play D&D, but tolerates me talking about it and when she heard that the half-whatever is always (almost always?) half-human/half-something she was non-plussed. "Why," she asked, "can't it be a...

I showed up after ToV was a thing, but according to their history blog posts, they were already working on their own thing and the SRD scandal just accelerated it. I've heard that about a lot of other D&D alternatives that came out in the last decade, so I'm inclined to believe it.

I wonder if Wolfgang is referring to the way people reacted to the Northlands Kickstarter? It is a D&D and ToV product (which is the easiest multi-system since they're both "5e" in the same way as A5e also being "5e") And people got very mad for all kind of reasons including the fact that that...

That's a pretty big age range. I've been GMing for my kids for about 4 years now. My twins are 10 and my oldest is 14. The growth in maturity and ability to act strategically goes up almost exponentially at that age. When we started I had to go easy on the enemy strategy. Now I can run combat...

Someone already mentioned this, but let me elaborate - you're starting from a false premise. In the USA, at least, rules cannot be copyrighted. No one wants to waste the money going up against Hasbro's lawyers, but the fact of the matter is that the SRD is not necessary. The rules aren't...

Very interesting considering the KoboldCon teaser that there's another system to be supported to be announced at the Halloween event. Also, I wonder how the economics change if it's all PDFs because a lot of what Wolfgang mentioned as bad had to do with physical releases.

condolences on that affliction. I'm not one of those people. I have normal sized books and pocked edition books. Special edition and normal edition. With SF2e they don't even have the same color purple across all their books. Doesn't bother me. I just shelf them based on the game they support...

What's funny is that whenever I end up backing one of the kickstarters I can't decide between the regular cover and the special edition. They are both so awesome. The special edition is usually in that heavy metal style that I love both for the stylization and that it reminds me of the satanic...

That was a neat blog post. If I had to guess - Daggerheart. Over in one of their threads they were lamenting the lack of monsters in their system so I could see a port of the KP Bestiaries over to DH. (That's what I commented in that thread yesterday) But now that I think about it with a little...

definitely advantages to each, including to hybrid play - like the tablets or using a screen to display a map. I get my in-person fix with the game I run for my kids. Online I get to run a couple games and also get to be a player in one.

You're right on the money there. The biggest reason I'm able to run the Cosmere TTRPG game I'm running is because we're doing it in Foundry. This means that people don't need to waste travel time and we can have a nice, tight 2 hours that fits into everyone's schedule - especially since we all...

Wow, that is annoying and somewhat confusing. What annoys me is that sometimes "5e" means compatible with D&D 5e such as Tales of the Valiant or Advanced 5e. Other times "5e" literally means D&D 5e (and, often, but not always 5.5e)

As a Foundry person myself, I'd def like this. I think Foundry devs seemed to be teasing last year that they were working on getting this done, but maybe it was a different system they were talking about. I know Draw Steel went from Community to Official last month. (I "know" with about 75%...

Did a quick look at the GM Core PDF. On page 147: Perhaps the strangest of the Broken Lands lie near its heart. The rugged hills and plains of Numeria are home to many Kellid clans. In the distant past, the crash of a scientifically advanced starship brought strange aliens, mechanical...