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I've been in a lot of 3-20 campaigns, and a few 1-20's. They take 5+ years at least. Getting a group together for that is the main...

The biggest hurdle is time and keeping a group together long enough to reach the highest levels. I don’t think any mechanics I can think...

I'm a weird outlier then, most of the campaigns I run or played that my wife runs go to 20th. I've had a couple that didn't for various...

I'd say there are probably five...let's call them "strains" of play, which loosely fit across an arc. You have what I would call...

Like D&D 5E and you want to remain compatible with your existing system, but you want more tactical depth and character options, try...

I played a bunch of various palladium games in the 80s and 90s. Palladium fantasy 1e is very much a variant AD&D with the parrying...

Like high-powered High Fantasy but don't like D&D mechanics? Want a less eurocentric base setting? Like World of Darkness tone and...

Yes and for my group it seems like the "strike zone" for heroic fantasy RPGs is very much in-between PtbA (specifically Dungeon World)...

Near as I can tell, Daggerheart is one step toward narrative-focused play (starting from 5e). So if you like 5e but wish it was a little...

I think you're going to be very surprised here. A lot of people like to let it ride, and that includes narratively. If you don't...

I guess I differ with you on the idea that if something isn't specifically mechanically rewarded it's irrelevant to the type of game...

It’s definitely closest to 13th Age’s Background mechanic (which inspired Experiences), where they’re mechanical widgets for bonuses to...

I think its human nature to seek conscious decisions behind random occurence and its probably linked to the human brains strong ability...

That's a great way to put it. I think my playtest suffered because the players mostly had the D&D 5E power-gamer, tactical-play mindset...