Recent content by Enrahim

Trouble is that you could argue 3ed is a reimagening of what 2ed became. If you try to remaining 2ed PHB into more modern terms I think you basically get Shadowdark? I cannot think of much AD&D 2ed PHB added to the game compared with basic that was popular beyond race+class, more classes and...

My first thought went to shadowdark or draw steel depending on level of combat potency suitable. But I realised these are a bit too opiniated in style for my tastes for sustaining a long game. My mind then went more to BECMI that has an in-buildt style progression. But I fear the arcaic...

I think this is important also on a larger scale: The entire montage alongside all the complications presented should be clearly framed as something that will be to some extent succefully completed. The purpose of the turn taking is to show off the usefulness of your character (you can pass if...

Your quote is presented as a quote from one spesific character. The null class basic abilities are as I said generally having the weapon keyword. Also many of the abilities are completely possible to flavor as exceptional skill. I have no problem building a 1st level null with no overtly...

What is the problem with null with a sword? There are nothing preventing the null to swing around a sword. It just will act mechanically as a prop until they somehow unlock the ability to use a kit. Once that is in their abilities are indeed typically having the weapon tag! Edit: if you indeed...

I have not read the entire thread, so this might have come up before - but the main thing I consider modern is attempt to reduce cognitive load during play. In particular in terms of math. Big dice pools, tables with numbers as entries, 30 fixed skills with individual numbers, stacking bonuses...

Well, I guess it is logically impossible to both have a game that rewards tactical play, and where the causal player is rewarded exactly as much as the tactical player. What is possible is to limit the reward gap so it is less noticeable for the player not caring so much, while still being...

I want to point out that Draw Steel actually has an obvious causal tag along option implemented - just not advertised as such: Retainers. If you really just want to tag along without putting in the effort this also seem like the perfect thematic fit? The board game Oathsworn has a similar...

( And even then they are at at 1st level possibly more exiting than the cleric without spells, or the wizard with a randomly rolled floating disk + read magic as the only spells in their book ;) (I played the latter in a BX game. It was cool!) ) There is a well known mechanism that rewards...

I am not Elvish Lore, but I like to limit "war room" conversations as well. The reason is that it brings attemtion away from the cinematic action at the moment, and into a more meta analytical state. A bit as if you were watching an action movie at home, and your friends pushed pause every 5...

The as far as I can tell the argument follow the standard procedure for a test: Argument is made in fiction. Director calls for a test alongside indicating wich characteristic to use (limited to reason, intuition or presence in the context of an argument in a negotiation according to the utcome...

Sound like there was some confusion about montage vs negotiation. Those two are completely seperate systems. Montage is basically your chance to show of your character's strength in any way you want. And if you dont see any relevant strength, you should default to simply aid someone else showing...

Draw steel's victory system I think is a really strong contender for a design directly counteracting this rotation, as what is going to be a good play in round 1 is almost certanly dependent on your victory count. You might get a stable state once you have blasted trough that victory resources...

And I think this boils down to the crux: Rules are guidelines that come bundled with the game. Advice are guidelines that can be more situational. The latter seem to fit better with a "multiple sets of guidelines" applicable to one game - thinking :)

And I think this is sort of the thing with D&D. By not having any strong guidelines for the GM the range of how it can be reasonably played is extremely wide. I have also played and run D&D for 30 years, with quite a few different groups. Even in early 2000s I was keenly aware of the distinction...