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Flying Toaster reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread AD&D 1E Redesigned and Rebalanced Thief for 1e AD&D with
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Thanks for sharing, and I certainly don't feel derailed. If anything, this is what I used to love coming to ENWorld for and what sadly... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread AD&D 1E A Long Thread about the Weapon's vs. AC Table with Like.
Isn't that the opposite of my goal though? Tactics are a combination of weapons and terrain. You just removed weapons from the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread AD&D 1E A Long Thread about the Weapon's vs. AC Table with Like.
If you'd asked me circa 1990 I probably would have said that being more realistic was in itself a good thing, but I probably wouldn't...
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Flying Toaster reacted to jolt's post in the thread AD&D 1E A Long Thread about the Weapon's vs. AC Table with Like.
For the time when we used the table, we removed shields from the equation. We felt that the shield didn't change the "type" of armor at...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Staffan's post in the thread My Changing Thoughts on Science Fantasy Games with Like.
The Blue Wizards starting magical traditions implies that they are teaching magic to others. And the impression I get about the Nazgûl...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Staffan's post in the thread My Changing Thoughts on Science Fantasy Games with Like.
I do not believe that is true. We definitely see elves using magic in the books, such as the magic used by Elrond and Galadriel to...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Staffan's post in the thread My Changing Thoughts on Science Fantasy Games with Like.
I think there's a distinction between "soft science fiction" and "science fantasy". Soft SF still has the trappings of science fiction...
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Flying Toaster reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread My Changing Thoughts on Science Fantasy Games with Like.
I look at it as not magic, and "violating the most fundamental tenets of physics as observed" as we understand them so far. Now...
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Flying Toaster reacted to aramis erak's post in the thread My Changing Thoughts on Science Fantasy Games with Like.
I'm one of those who objects to "science" in "science fantasy" as a label. Most of it is just fantasy in space, and some of it is just...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Voadam's post in the thread Dungeon Crawl Classics What is cool to you from a player perspective? with Like.
I had the second game a little while ago. It went well. I embraced an old school dungeon crawling ethos. When exploring around the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Swanosaurus's post in the thread Let's Talk About "Intended Playstyle" with Like.
I found myself rotating back to the more "open" games I was used to in the nineties, the ones that didn't got totally overboard with the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread AD&D 1E A Long Thread about the Weapon's vs. AC Table with Like.
Anyone still with me? :D Monster Manual 1 is a work in progress. Reading it has forced me to assess it more critically that I ever had...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Smackpixi's post in the thread Let's Talk About "Intended Playstyle" with Like.
Generally, I think this is more a player approach situation. There’s a large contingent of TTRPG tables that think of every game as...
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Flying Toaster reacted to JohnSnow's post in the thread Let's Talk About "Intended Playstyle" with Like.
I would say it depends on how successful you want your game to be. Games that tightly focus on an intended playstyle and then rigidly...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread Let's Talk About "Intended Playstyle" with Like.
Note: This response is going to be a lot of freeform rambling, as I have a lot of thoughts on the subject, but not enough time to edit...