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Edgar Ironpelt reacted to billd91's post in the thread Shadowdark Finally Played Shadowdark with
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Honestly, if that were my experience, I absolutely could (and would) judge the system based on that. This wasn't simply a one and done -... -
Edgar Ironpelt reacted to Theory of Games's post in the thread There's A New Edition Of The Cypher System Coming with Like.
Fixed that for you. I like rolling dice 🤓
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread What is adventuring?.Leveling up and progress is necessary only if you start at first/low level, where a primary concern is getting up to the Levels That...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread D&D General How many healing potions do you give your party?.Technically it's wands of cure light wounds (I run 3.5e) but in previous editions, and in my TFT based game that uses healing potions as...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread dumb premise for a game - Medieval Aliens.An alternative interpretation of the term "medieval aliens" is where the native extraterrestrials are medieval with starfaring humans...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread dumb premise for a game - Medieval Aliens.I remember reading the short-story version in Analog and liking it - in part because it lacked a 1340s storyline. It was just the future...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs.When running D&D, I prefer the Tolkien species only as PCs - including the furry-footed versions of halflings. In a non-D&D game, I'll...
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Edgar Ironpelt reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General 70% Of Games End At Lvl 7? with Like.
I'd say there are probably five...let's call them "strains" of play, which loosely fit across an arc. You have what I would call...
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Fluff and Crunch should have a coherent relationship. If the dice are regularly telling a different story than what the fiction of the...
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They need to not clash with the lore. For example, using a game system with inappropriate levels of mechanical detail (too much or too...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread So you're done with D&D but still want to play D&Dish fantasy....I probably ought to check it out, if only to see how the SJG crew did things and to add it to my long bookshelf of GURPS supplements...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread Worlds of Design: In the Shadow of Tolkien.I'd have to put down a "definite maybe" as an answer for Tolkien, Conan, and other fantasy & science fiction influencing my style of...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread So you're done with D&D but still want to play D&Dish fantasy....Whether I want to play/run "D&D-ish fantasy" depends on what counts as "D&D-ish." Fantasy, yes. D&D-ish, maybe. Some points of personal...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread Spells that hit two opponents and door/wall position.My snap ruling would be that if the wizard could see both monsters, then the wizard could target both monsters. Was your take that the...
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Edgar Ironpelt reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with Like.
I try not to second guess that about parts I don't interact with, but yeah, that'd be my assumption too. Given these: Concrete ship -...