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Yeah, it should've been called an "Ender Set" as in "this will last you until the end of your time with this game." I have zero need or...

I would say it depends on how successful you want your game to be. Games that tightly focus on an intended playstyle and then rigidly...

Worth noting that Tolkien was motivated in party by envy of those cultures & mythologies; he wanted Mother England to have something...

Thinking about this more, I think turning it into high-roll-wins is really easy. Skills just start at 21 - (normal starting skill), and...

Also by the Kalevala, which is Finnish, and was compiled in and written down in the 19th-century.

I think part of the buzz is definitely the setting. Irish and Norse myths and legends are very popular with gamers, and feels like a...

Have you seen Deficient Master’s review if Vaganond? It speaks directly to this.

Drizz’t. After Crystal Shard came along, later Rangers were given two-weapon fighting (which was a Drow thing before that) and pets...

"Wrong" is doing heavy lifting there. I wouldn't say its so much "wrong" is its difficult to see any benefit it provides to make up for...

That's good to know. I did read through the free quickstart rules, and it looks like this could be converted to theater of the mind.

The nice part about off-turn actions (whether reactions or just a more flexible action economy) is that they keep people engaged...

Funnily enough, back in the 80s Äventyrsspel (the creators/publishers of Dragonbane's predecessors) had the license from Iron Crown...

I've been noodling over some of the conditions that exist in various games and think you could probably boil most of them down to a...

By the way, I keep thinking that Dragonbane would make a great system for Middle Earth. Anybody agree/disagree? I've toyed with a...

What new kin? Doesn't Dragonbane already have Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and Halflings? Or do you want to rework them somehow? The only...