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In general, I use the more random tables, like the OSR ones, as sort of random generators in my head. In that if I need an idea, I might...

I love tables like the ones in Stonetop that are the start of something appropriate for the region or site in question, but are meant to...

Yes, but relying so heavily on randomness to the point of being unwilling to make things up is a bit of a problem. All I know is, I...

Then what are you saying? The GM making stuff up is not the GM having total control. It's just the GM making stuff up. What the GM does...

They've said "random table" and are against the idea of the dice creating "quantum cooks", meaning that the GM makes up something in...

Fellow ADHD brain here! I totally get this, although I'm guilty of actually reading the book and then never playing the game, too. 😅...

So you never, ever make up anything by yourself, is what you're saying? Yeah, I'm going to say that really misses most of the point...

I think this is going to be one of those times where it's the same things but different terminology. In all of the games you've...

Sorry. Thanks for the correction!

I actually just published the wielder. Andrew Engelbrite was the designer behind it.

Hmm, no, I hadn't gotten around to reading all the frames yet. Thanks for the suggestion!

There's nothing wrong with tables. It's the idea of only using tables that's weird, if that's what @The Firebird actually meant.

It is if it's the eldritch monstrosity trying to open the lock. ;)

It's not intended that you're limited to that list except through the genre's convention. MotW is a game about hunting monsters, as per...

I can't speak for others, but what I want is clear stakes. I want to know what I'm risking, what the potential rewards are, and how the...