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JohnSnow reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Free League Announces Dragonbane: Trudvang with
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You could try modifying a d20 to reverse all the numbers. Turn the 1 into a 20, a 2 into a 19, etc. -
JohnSnow reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread Free League Announces Dragonbane: Trudvang with Like.
Neurodivergence isn't the same for everyone. My partner is diagnosed autistic, and they told me that Dragonbane is actually one of the...
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JohnSnow replied to the thread Free League Announces Dragonbane: Trudvang.I wasn't meaning to imply that it is, but after polling my gaming group, the level of attachment to "big number makes dopamine" is not...
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JohnSnow reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What mechanics or subsystems do you use regardless of the game you are running/playing? with Like.
RPGs are and have always been rooted in DIY. Game masters are, if not designers, basically modders. It should not come as a surprise...
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JohnSnow reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What mechanics or subsystems do you use regardless of the game you are running/playing? with Like.
Do you have a favorite mechanic or subsystem that you port into most or all of the games you run (or play, but this is usually a GM...
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JohnSnow replied to the thread Free League Announces Dragonbane: Trudvang.I get it, and I am one of those people who could adjust. But I GM for a group of other neurodivergent people, including my wife, whose...
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JohnSnow reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Free League Announces Dragonbane: Trudvang with Like.
My preference is also for roll-high rules, but it's way, way down on the prioritized list of things I care about in RPGs. So far down...
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JohnSnow reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason with Like.
A d20 is absolutely more swingy than 3d6 (where swingy means the outcome is harder to predict). However, one of my huge pet peeves is...
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JohnSnow replied to the thread Free League Announces Dragonbane: Trudvang.The blackjack thing is weird to me, and it's actually trivially easy to fix, doing what Vagabond does once: Subtraction!!! Everyone...
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JohnSnow replied to the thread Free League Announces Dragonbane: Trudvang.I'm in the same boat on Dragonbane except for two things: 1) I don't like the ducks and 2) Roll under systems just don't jive with my...
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JohnSnow reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread Comparing Modern Gear to Historical with Like.
Ditto on read but not watched. I like the notion. I'm also rather envious (these guys are doing what I'd love to be doing rather than...
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I did not watch the video, but read through the article with pictures. Certainly worth looking through. It does show that old-timers...
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Someone was kind enough to link this elsewhere, I thought it'd be of interest for players, GMs, and aspiring game designers when...
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JohnSnow replied to the thread Comparing Modern Gear to Historical.I read a really interesting "true adventure" book called "The Brendan Voyage" (Tim Severin) about his attempt to recreate the voyage of...
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JohnSnow replied to the thread RPG systems frozen in time.A LOT of modern games do this, and the good ones usually update their price lists periodically to reflect inflation. Savage Worlds comes...