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Flying Toaster reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread Diamond Comic Distributors Files Bankruptcy, Sells Alliance Game Distributors with
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I am so proud of the health of my little comic and game store. After 31 years, things are at their hardest right now (that's not... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Magazines Dragon Reflections #94 with Like.
I listened to the first episode of Quinns Quest's Play to Find Out Skyrealms of Jorune campaign and it broke my brain. The core idea...
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Flying Toaster reacted to M.T. Black's post in the thread Magazines Dragon Reflections #94 with Like.
It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features the second creature catalog, Solemnic Knights, and the ecology...
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Flying Toaster reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General No One Reads Conan Now -- So What Are They Reading? with Like.
Pretty sure at this point the circle has closed: Tolkien's influence has become zeitgeist and Howard's has become (at best) background...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Piperken's post in the thread RPG Evolution: What Do You Mean, "Run"? with Like.
They have a cave troll. -- Boromir, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship (movie) The way this line was delivered, with its black humor and...
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Flying Toaster reacted to J.M's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Simplicity Solution with Like.
I also think we need more nuance in the conversation when we describe a game as "crunchy" or "light". When people say "crunch" they...
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Flying Toaster reacted to CF07's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Simplicity Solution with Like.
May be. The problem I have with the way a lot of games have come to be written is that there's often 0 reason to do anything but the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to CF07's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Simplicity Solution with Like.
Some of this is just how 3.X implemented old skool "you need to do your research and be prepared for your foes", something that in games...
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Flying Toaster reacted to CF07's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Simplicity Solution with Like.
The Golf Bag is definitely worse for sure but there's a sameyness that seems to happen especially when PCs end up being overspecialized...
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Flying Toaster reacted to CF07's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Simplicity Solution with Like.
This is a good point. In my 5E-ized Desert of Desolation campaign, I made undead and certain other foes vulnerable to Radiant. However...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Koloth's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Simplicity Solution with Like.
One question a designer should ask is does a mechanic make the game more fun, just add complexity or worse, sideline one or more players...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Theory of Games's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Simplicity Solution with Like.
This suggests all your playtesyers have the exact same playstyles, thus providing you with a consensus of what's good and bad regarding...
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Flying Toaster replied to the thread Warhammer: The Old World RPG Offers A New Take On The Empire.One final “staircase thought”: I also like how terse he is here. I like a good villain monologue as much as the next guy, and he could...
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Flying Toaster replied to the thread Warhammer: The Old World RPG Offers A New Take On The Empire.Also, over-the-top supervillains should take every opportunity to refer to themselves in the third person whenever possible. 😄
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Flying Toaster reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread Warhammer: The Old World RPG Offers A New Take On The Empire with Like.
I'll always choose my boy, Skeletor Nagash, over Settra, but his refusal to attempt to kill Nagash until the Chaos Gods are vanquished...