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GGrael reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with
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Just got done running the Road To Broadhurst. We had a blast. For a game with so many new mechanics we picked up real easy. From a GM's... -
GGrael reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Well, without referencing the system I'm not going to say there might not be a good reason to do it that way in the context of other...
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GGrael reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
There's a lot of stuff in DS I see as trying to walk the line of "impactful without getting too complex." So you can stack things RAW in...
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GGrael reacted to Staffan's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
I could start discussing it but I'll just let James(?) speak for himself:
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GGrael reacted to AdmundfortGeographer's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
I can understand that. But Draw Steel’s power roll mechanic just fits you into 1 of 3 tiered results by basically a table lookup. So a...
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GGrael reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Already answered above, but part of the goodness there is small bits of math required. +2/-2 when your core stat is unlikely to scale...
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GGrael reacted to Staffan's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Not familiar with SotDL despite having the PDFs since forever, but a single Bane in Draw Steel is a -2 to a roll. That's a pretty hefty...
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GGrael reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
I think more noteworthy is that by completely redesigning a lot of sacred cows like the attack roll and really leaning into class based...
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GGrael reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Yeah. I really appreciate them trying to make the Conditions in the game more interactive which I think should be more fun for both...
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GGrael reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
The upside is that DS has a bias towards always letting you do something on a turn. It’s not very cinematic to fail a Save Ends roll and...
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GGrael reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Well, I guess it is logically impossible to both have a game that rewards tactical play, and where the causal player is rewarded exactly...
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GGrael reacted to Zetesofos's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
I suppose that's up to the person. A game system won't tell you someone's emotional disposition.
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GGrael reacted to ffanxii4ever's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Yeah, most people playing RPGs have a frame of reference for having MP or some other resource to spend to use abilities. With that in...
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GGrael reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
I want to point out that Draw Steel actually has an obvious causal tag along option implemented - just not advertised as such...
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GGrael reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
They've kept all the classes operating under the same base conditions for balance purposes. Everybody has resource gain + spend...