Recent content by gban007

Well, after my earlier confusion, have now read a Memory called Empire as well. Not as heavy as Fifth Season in terms of themes and events, but very engrossing and harder to put down. Raced through it, but very strong book with its own questions and reflections on different cultures and what...

I like FFXIV, but is an MMO, otherwise have given other FF games a go but none have grabbed me like Dragon Quest / Trails

I was long time CRPG player, and still play them, but have more recently (if can count 5 years ago as rexent) played some JRPGs. Ones I've enjoyed are Dragon Quest XI and the legends of heroes trails series. They've just done a remaster of the first game (Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter) which...

The 3e campaign book. Silver Marches (3e). Serpent Kingoms. The three of these lef to many great ideas to keep a sandbox campaign going for years.

Ones I've enjoyed, in no particular order as quite different series: Malazan book of the fallen and various spinoffs by Ericson and Esslemont. Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. Chronicles of Black Company by Glen Cook. The Pern novels by Anne McAffrey. First Law series by Abercombie. Terry...

I know know it is in quotes, but I think there are multiple correct ways to play the game, albeit i think DnD does have a default in terms of being DM driven, and only a few incorrect. I agree that there are few bad DMs. Ultimately, I think there are 3 general scenarios: 1. The DM and...

my experience differs - I'm one who prefers trad games generally, with a little meta currency at times (e.g. Dnd, CoC, WFRP, 2d20 games), but conversations I've seen is that because DnD at heart looks to support a variety of playstyles, but is by default DM driven, it isn't as good a ruleset as...

From my understanding of a more narratavist(?) Game is that it would more likely be framed as: Existing character, who may be of the order of light, is seeking to purchase a special artifact to help him defeat the order of dark. They then did a roll that said success with complication. Then he...

I disagree that only the DM can make up all of that. I dont see why a player can't say 'it is a sign from my god, the god of balls (assuming that was already part of fiction, or not yet established) - he has sent it, and now if we catch it good things will happen like x, and if not bad things...

To expand on this, I also think you can have a non linear campaign and still have railroading. Take the forgotten realms for instance (as a published setting i know well) - maybe the players want to try and get one of the characters to become a Lord of Waterdeep. Maybe they want to forge a new...

If we follow the more colloquial (?) Use of term railroaded in general language, then applied to TTRPG it is where the players are forced to follow the DMs chosen plot points / adventure, with no means to get away from this save leaving the table, and without having upfront chosen to do this. If...

Ed may be biased there though as the author. At same time though, i think it captures well the early intended atmosphere of the realms, just isn't greatly written.

Finished Stone Sky (last book of Broken Earth trilogy) a couple of days ago. Quite a heavy books in many respects. Answers all the remaining questions, but the answers were somewhat more bleak than I expected. Bittersweet ending to it all, but does wrap it up nicely. Book 1 still my...

Fyi for me this is where it seems to be more than curiosity driving your posts, as in lieu of other information you seem to want to ignore Darrington and stores saying they keep printing more and selling it out, to speculating around capital, cash flow etc, like wanting it to be some sort of...

Bruenor did reach a truce, but eventually by 5e the kingdom was destroyed by 1485 DR, with Bruenor helping end it as such. The tribe is still around, but no longer a kingdom alongside others. Not a retcon, if my wording previously suggested that, but a shift over time to remove the kingdom...