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Mannahnin reacted to Morrus's post in the thread D&D General What makes a TTRPG a "D&D Variant" to you? with
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Pretty sure Fate uses the OGL, but it's nothing like D&D. Gumshoe, too, IIRC. I definitely wouldn't call either of them a variant of D&D... -
Mannahnin reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread D&D General What makes a TTRPG a "D&D Variant" to you? with Like.
To me that it is trying to do how they played D&D as a design goal. There is no one criterion that says "this is" or "this isn't"...
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Mannahnin reacted to Morrus's post in the thread D&D General What makes a TTRPG a "D&D Variant" to you? with Like.
For me, it's at least got to use the same core mechanic--d20 + modifier vs. target number. 6 attributes (Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis, Cha)...
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Mannahnin reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Official Teaser Trailer (2025) with Like.
That final trailer gave me goosebumps. Full disclosure: Fantastic Four is what got me into superhero comics when I was very, very...
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Mannahnin replied to the thread Optimization and optimizers....I think this is leaning a bit into prescriptivism, to be fair. I tend to agree that in my experience there is a difference between...
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Personally Survivor feels narrow enough for me assuming the player isn't a chancer. I.e. it seems like they'd mainly use it on rolls...
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I have one experience from a player I think might be a problem... She's a sorcerer who took Survivor as a background. I'm going to...
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Oh the "optimizer" discussion, my only problem player in that regard has been a player who was just a freaking spotlight hog across the...
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This discussion of optimization is interesting... moreso because I am making my way through AoU episode 4. There's an interesting...
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It literally is not. First off, CharOp in DH is limited in much the same way 5E is - we're talking PCs basically between 7/10 and 10/10...
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You're just flatly wrong. I've played 35 years of TTRPGs and people who optimize but don't hog the spotlight are ten-a-penny. You might...
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The social contract among a lot of optimizers is to always try and share the spotlight and generally not be a big jerk. At least, this...
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... Now you'll have to define your terms because to me, an optimizer is someone who works within the rules, I don't recognize this as...
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In my experience that's exactly what happens. The optimizer gets it in their head that the atrocious and mangled reading of the rules...
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In a word ... YES. TTRPGs are a social game, part of that is following Wheaton's Law. "Don't be a dick." And tbh, I dislike the blanket...
