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JohnSnow reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Let's Talk About Character Resources To Power Abilities with
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I like resources that are spent and refreshed in what seems to me to be a realistic manner (more or less), if those resources are... -
@Bill Zebub Don't take this the wrong way, it's not attack or anything like that. But from this, and posts on other topics, i get the...
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JohnSnow replied to the thread Let's Talk About Character Resources To Power Abilities.I like short rest mechanics, and only like daily abilities if they are adequately explained by the virtue of a good night's sleep. I...
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JohnSnow replied to the thread Let's Talk About Metacurrency.Okay, I love the topic, but just can't bring myself to read 54 pages of comments. I like meta-currency, but I hate there being a ton of...
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JohnSnow reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Spoilers What do casual fans get wrong about Star Wars? with Like.
Comics fans, for one, seem to have moved the opposite direction as many Star Wars fans, in large part -- and I don't think this is an...
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JohnSnow reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Spoilers What do casual fans get wrong about Star Wars? with Like.
That’s the group I’m in. I was a nut for Star Wars a few decades ago. Gobbled up everything until around the time they killed Chewie in...
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JohnSnow reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Spoilers What do casual fans get wrong about Star Wars? with Like.
That the best world building for the Star Wars universe was done by a combination of comics and tabletop RPGs.
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JohnSnow replied to the thread Space Travel: a Sketch.For what it's worth, even in Star Wars, we have multiple examples of characters getting hit by lightsabers without them being cut...
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JohnSnow replied to the thread Shadowdark Unless I am wrong.I think the most logical interpretation of rolling for stats in an RPG is that they represent the range of characteristics that can be...
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God even if I can’t get people to play shadowdark, gear slots for the win in D&D…encumbrance cool….calculating encumbrance not cool
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JohnSnow replied to the thread RPGs that you feel trip over their own cool ideas.If I ever get around to writing my own game system, it is liable to look a lot like an evolved version of C&C. My gaming group, which...
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JohnSnow reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread RPGs that you feel trip over their own cool ideas with Like.
I played C&C for about 10 years. I think it's a better, cleaner system than TSR D&D. The frustration is that it stops one yard short of...
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JohnSnow reacted to GMMichael's post in the thread Homebrew Whacky Half-Formed Idea for Armor as DR... with
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Epic ninja, @JohnSnow . I think you beat Mustrum by what, 15 hours? 🤓 I'm not super-excited to tinker with D&D, especially something... -
JohnSnow replied to the thread Homebrew Whacky Half-Formed Idea for Armor as DR....Half-formed idea, as I said. 2d6 has and average of 7, not 6.5, so I would probably argue that a great sword should step down to 1d12...
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JohnSnow replied to the thread Homebrew Whacky Half-Formed Idea for Armor as DR....“Defense” is an already-established d20 term that many games have used for years. If you wanted to scale defense with combat skill, you...