Halifax Brent's latest activity
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HHalifax Brent replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.It's interesting to see Draw Steel!, and likely other RPGs, address this issue in their core mechanics. In DS!, your most powerful...
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HThank you for your support! We included hakimas - it's one of the character kits, and it's on on page 81. Or am I not understanding...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to humble minion's post in the thread Best RPG for Arabian adventures with
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I ... knew that, and I'd completely forgotten! Thanks for the reminder. I did buy that product, thought it's a while since I've read... -
HHi there! I'm the guy who wrote Campaign Guide: Zakhara - Adventures in the Land of Fate, which is the 5th Edition conversion of...
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HWhat is the problem with null with a sword? There are nothing preventing the null to swing around a sword. It just will act mechanically...
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HI think Draw Steel! might be a perfect game to use the 4e Neverwinter Campaign Setting with. Nice an open sandbox, the Theme backgrounds...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Voidmoji's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
A subset of narrativism that I find to be particularly modern is more hardcoded genre emulation. Mutants & Masterminds generally...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Gorgon Zee's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I started a long answer and then realized it boiled down to two words: "Not Simulationist". Older systems used mechanics as a way of...
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HYeah. They're pretty much just skill challenges, but with an added timer that provides some strategy around attempting to make a check...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Invincible RPG Kickstarter to Launch on September 23rd with Like.
Not a stretch goal you see every day. Well, at least not one campaigns will cop to.
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Invincible RPG Kickstarter to Launch on September 23rd with Like.
Except that guy that bought that Wu Tang album
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HHalifax Brent reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
This is 100% our same experience when we played last night ^ It felt minis skirmish game style, reminded me of Necromunda plus the...
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HHalifax Brent replied to the thread Does the Death Curve Beat the Death Spiral?.DragonQuest's system could be seen as a death curve, I suppose. It used Fatigue points, which you used for things like avoiding damage...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Basic Expert's post in the thread Does the Death Curve Beat the Death Spiral? with Like.
Surely a kobold with 1,000 HP would tell you it has 1,000 HP. I would. Probably can't get him to shut up about it.
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Edgar Ironpelt's post in the thread Does the Death Curve Beat the Death Spiral? with Like.
What I want to see are combat systems that make it easy for the whole party to retreat and that provide a clear signal when it's time to...