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    Let's Talk About Levels or Tiers of Success

    Successes counting system: OWoD (if I recall...) Roll your d10s and each 7 or higher is a success. Opponent rolls its d10s as well, and if it has more successes than you - your successes are actually a failure. Roll under systems: (for lack of a better term) To "succeed" on something, you...
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    Let's Talk About Levels or Tiers of Success

    What doesn't produce fun: the dice say you rolled a "success," but then other rules swoop in to say, "no, you failed."
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    Homebrew Gas lamps in dungeons?

    It all depends on your players. If they're fine with a button in a dungeon that causes something to happen "in a distant area," they'll be fine with gas lighting.
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    Load Bearing Rules in TTRPG

    (Encumbrance as an example reinforces my mistake that this thread is about load-bearing characters.) My game of choice, Modos 2, provides rules in tiered modules. The lower the tier, the more load it bears. Also, many rules include a dependency reference that shows on what rules they depend...
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    Sale 'Take a Hike' for Earth Day, with Tabletop Adventures

    I give the bundle one Planet for paper-free products!
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    What is/are your most recent TTRPG purchase(s)?

    Coffin? You should let that SW go to a loving owner, and let your corpse go to an apprentice necromancer! I just spent $5 on coffee so I could use a public table for 3 hours. And I finally got a laptop that will play some nice fantasy mood music for me . . . and make donjon.bin.sh a readable...
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    What are the rules for?

    That tracks. But  how the proposed rule handles it is just as important. Since we're defining things: mechanics exist to fix cars. Mechanisms are the systems you get when rules interact. Have you been playing Dragon's Dogma?
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    Game Recommendation Thread

    Are you willing to write your own equipment list? If so, I have the perfect game for you.
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    So what's the deal with solo gaming?

    More wiki-based than browser-based. I found a ton of Eamon source code too, so you could see a lot more if I ever find the time/funding.
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    Dungeon Crawler Carl is breaking crowdfunder records

    The predicted margin of error is almost the suggested end result. Thanks, Backertracker. I am glad there's finally an RPG that includes heart-printed boxers in the inventory.
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    Wizards of the Coast hiring TRPG Publishing Lead to coordinate third-party publishing

    XP for trimming the tree top to "TRPG," Christian. It leaves more Ts for me. By the way, I heard the top contender for the role is someone named Chad GuPTa. I hope he's AI-averse.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Getting ready to use the Portable Hole + Bag of holding trick

    The only thing? What about the lich's ego? Pay it some compliments. I bet it needs a friend. If one PC jumps on the grenade, she could become the lich's minion, creating a window for the others to get away. At least it's not a TPK.
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