Recent content by Fenris-77

And again, I disagree with you for the reasons I posted upthread. I am unconcerned with both the precise nature of the randomization and the method that is used to decide on task difficulty, and I was not indexing any of the specific systems you mention. My argument, simply, is that a decision...

My Nightmare Totoro, coming soon to a theater near you...

Oh yes. So, I'm working on the city supplement right now that will be PoD. After that, I'm going to do a revised and expanded core PoD book that collects all the rules and bestiary stuff from all the current PDFs and adds a bunch more stuff to the pot. That includes a much-expanded hex map and...

I have a Shadowdark setting designed to let people play in the Old World with different rules. I should try running this. I only played in it once, an embarrassing number of years ago.

I'm jealous. I am my own marketing budget. :D

I realized after I'd posted it (several places) that the whole title-image group is way too low on the cover. I have since fixed that issue. It's funny, but posting WiPs for public consumption creates its own kind of editing process.

I wasn't really indexing avatar-stance specifically, but something more general. I wouldn't extend my dislike to Willpower in VtM for example, as that is something the player has some control over.

Yup, I've certainly roleplayed being convinced by an NPC when I as a player was not, but that's not always how that plays out. I do think that making basic skill checks force RP stuff is 'not fun' for a lot of people. Different strokes and all that.

I have no interest in making players roleplay basic skills deployed by NPCs like that. In a lot of games there are enough other magical/tech options that will force them. IDK, maybe I'm just old? It's just not how I play.

Do we have a count on how often Rifts has been mentioned as a game that trips over its own cool ideas?

I've never thought that shizz like persuasion checks should work on PCs. It's antiethical to how I think RPGs work in terms of player control over their characters. If I want to persuade the PCs as the GM I need to persuade the players. Just my two cents.

This is Kiki's Delivery Service meets Clerks meets Brindlewood Bay. What's not to like?

I other news I have a cover I like.

Ooh, they do Brancalonia too? That's an awesome game. This looks very cool.