Edgar Ironpelt's latest activity
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread Friday Fun: Let's Share Weird NPC Ideas.My "Brotherhood of Rangers" game has a few NPCs with a reputation but that the PCs haven't met. Grandma Cuprate: An ancient female... -
Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread Let's Talk About Character Resources To Power Abilities.I prefer to avoid them as much as practical; there needs to be a Good Reason for a character ability to be limited by the resources in...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread Yet another "How old are you?" thread.1960. Eisenhower was still President. Some reckonings extend the Baby Boomers out to those born as late as 1965, but I don't agree...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread What RPG(s) did you stick with an earlier edition?.Most of the ones I have any interest in playing or running, with the possible exception of GURPS. D&D? I'm sticking with 3.5e as Peak...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread Why I Hate Skills.No, you can get something you find to be just as good, if not better, without discrete skills. I cannot.
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread D&D Jihad: People Who Are Unwell.I'm not seeing those leftovers from the Satanic D&D Panic of my youth. What I mostly encounter on X concerning RPGs are people insisting...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread Why I Hate Skills.I'm your opposite number: I LOVE skills and skill systems in RPGs. I do look askance at the skill-improvement mechanic you describe...
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Edgar Ironpelt reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General Unique Class Mechanics you would love to see in a D&D "goes wild" Edition [+] with
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Or, take dual-wielding away from Rangers* and make it a Rogue thing? Rangers' combat abilities should be flexible enough to go... -
But is that desirable in a game where combat is the main mode of play? I'd argue not, based on experience with lots of different...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread Let's Talk About Metacurrency.The hack I use is that even "natural" healing is frankly supernatural, because it is a magical world. Characters in an area where the...
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I strongly dislike explicit meta-currency, because generally speaking it puts a thumb on the scale narratively, which is a place I want...
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Edgar Ironpelt reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread Let's Talk About Metacurrency with Like.
Not a fan. I want the player and character decision spaces to be aligned, I want the decisions to be made in-character. Metacurrencies...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread D&D 3.x I miss 3.5 edition.Fair enough: I sit rebuked. A given game can have an agreement (probably unspoken), a "game contract" that certain 'hijinx' are PC-only...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread D&D 3.x I miss 3.5 edition.The DM using PC style tactics against them often is uncool and unfair, and even bad DMing. But that's because those tactics are exploits...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread D&D 3.x I miss 3.5 edition.I'm sticking with 3.5e. I do heavily curate it, with a blanket-ban on 'prestige' classes and a "must be approved by the DM (me)" rule...