Recent content by Maxperson

The issue isn't that it's digital, but rather that the digital is exclusive to DDB and not available for purchase as a PDF for those of us who don't play online. We get that such small releases can't be physical.

Do they look the same to you?!

It is playing the game, because encounter, scenario, NPC, adventure design exists within the rules of the game, not outside of it. And I'm not the one who brought up game design. Even so, game design and game prep(design) are two different things. The latter is the DM playing a solo aspect of...

I wonder if that boxer was a lefty or if he did it with his off hand.

Prep isn't inherently game design. I'm not for the most part creating any rules for the game. No rules creation, no GAME design. Designing an encounter is not game design, it's simply game prep. There was no conflation on my part. The only mistake I made was in not considering that...

I hope you are at least getting some significant unholy power for that!

I agree. It has no practical adaption for my gaming. What I think is paramount are the people. No DM and players, no engagement. No DM and players, no group game play. You must have a people who want to engage in the goal of playing the game before anything else can happen.

I can be engaged with the game without playing the game, as an observer for instance. However, I cannot be playing the game without being engaged with it. If I'm at the table and not engaged, I'm just a lump taking up space. Engagement is a necessary element for play, like the DM being...

I don't agree with that. It conflates game design with game prep. The DM is prepping the game for group play, which is part of his job as DM and so is part of his game play. The DM making rules changes to adapt a system to the setting isn't prep for group play. It's different from creating an...

My feeling is that it's more than just game adjacent. Depending on the game being played, the DM prep is part of how the DM plays the game. It's solo aspect play to be sure, but people play solitaire and other games solo. That solo play then becomes something that the PCs may or may not...

Looks right. Could the wizard ferry the plate across and then go back and get the fighter who will now weigh less than 300?

That's why it's a game and not real life. Games have to be balanced in a way that real life isn't. ;) An 8 is Forest Gump. A 6 is dumber than that. Balance means that every once in a while Gump beats Einstein.

The context of the discussion has been DDB only, so when you responded, I figured that's what your context was. I didn't realize you were including PDFs. :)

The d20 roll is random chance, skill, etc. It's not the stat itself. The 6 int person is stupid, but could get lucky, have learned a skill really well, and so on. His actual intelligence is a detriment to any luck or skill he has, because he's dumb. The idea that the d20 is the stat itself...

🤷‍♂️ I was just pointing out that physical only wasn't the only other option like you implied.