Recent content by Kannik

I want to give this many thumbs up both for its sentiment and because it well articulates (in a way I might not have myself been able to put my finger on it). Just about any mechanic has examples of where it was executed with great elegance and examples where it was poorly done. Similarly...

Hmm, our adventures should've had a crossover! ;)

Maestro violin showdown in Venice! (Final session of the adventure "Echoes of the Fugue Aeternum")

I too feel there is a difference between something I'd call an "abandoned campaign" which was stopped in the midst of a narrative vs a more episodic or "independent" adventure-based campaign where things were indefinitely paused after the end of one of those adventures. For the former...

Much talking + One foiled assassination

Especially since a particular popular sci-fi/space-opera setting has many times over had its major characters piloting super fast space fighters one moment and then expertly riding land animals in the next. And several other types of vehicles in between. :)

I concur here... I got my start on d% and it was my go to for years for linear resolution until I started to get that same feel, where 5% increments (d20) is enough granularity and speeds up calculations immensely. Also why I prefer bell-curve systems. Can still have outliers for excitement...

I like opposed rolls, and use/design with them often, especially when the PCs are facing off against equal/higher tier opponents. Adds a feel of two beings with full agency working against each other. However, I'm not keen at all using opposed rolls for all skill tests, as the dual variability...

-nods- I'm with you on that as well! I'm not a fan of "unique dice" at all, if for no other reason than it forces buying those dice, and then maybe you don't have enough, and then have to use a chart, and... all that. Gets messy. Plus, as I discovered writing my Aurora system, having...

If one prefers no metacurrency, PbtA games, FitD (which as been a large part of the discussion in this thread) games, and Legend in the Mist, as examples, all do not have metacurrency. For systems that do have a metacurrency, a quick note that they operate differently than the type of...

There's also Tales of Xadia, which is the only published "full" Cortex Prime RPG. Fortunately and nicely they put out a free rules primer that does a good job of introducing the whole of the system. One thing to note if learning about the system through this primer is that the prime sets...

My preferred core mechanics (which I used as a guidepost when I designed my own system) have these two prime features at their core: Bell curve distribution Margin of Success/Failure that can be tied into both narrative outcomes as well as mechanics (for ex: damage) Slightly less important...

Checked: Mine is mostly OK, nothing falling out though one bit does seem to be developing a split between the pages. However, I had forgotten one big thing about my BBB: it was bound backwards. The cover is rotated 180 degrees from the pages within. :D (Amusingly, so is my 1e D&D...

The blank page. That's the part that's the biggest 'struggle' for me. For whatever reason, when I need to come up with a scenario/module carte blanche, the ideas don't flow or I get concerned "will that be good/original/interesting/complex/etc enough?" And I can spin my wheels for quite some...