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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run?.Since I only use modules as fodder for my homebrew campaign, I prefer they be made to read rather than made to run as a single piece I'm... -
Micah Sweet reacted to Epic Meepo's post in the thread DMs Guild [Design Notes] Forgotten Realms Travel Guide: Faerûn, Kara-Tur, and Zakhara with
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That's certainly fair. I would completely understand if the Travel Guide doesn't fit your budget. Edit to add a targeted sales pitch... -
Micah Sweet replied to the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers.Of course, if the narrative movement isn't of interest to you, RPGs become that much more "solved".
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Level Up (A5E) What should the first Adept/Druid synergy feat give?.Agreed. All my own design starts with the fictional concept and then tries to find a way to make that work mechanically, with a closer...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Level Up (A5E) What should the first Adept/Druid synergy feat give? with Like.
Sure. In my mind the mechanics are only there to serve a flavour, not vice versa. But we all play differently!
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers.As I said above, good thing I love Oregon Trail. I do agree though that RPG-style adventure goes well with the traditional kind, and can...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread 3PP Release The Night of the Knife: A Campaign Quartet Adventure with Like.
Brigandine is the armor. Looks like this! Early D&D designers saw it and just saw leather with some studs in it, and knowing that...
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Micah Sweet reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
Just to add a bit, from personal experience with mountains. When you do everything right and things out of your control don't screw you...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers.Yeah, if I had my way I would use more detailed rules for Supply than those to which Level Up defaults, but I don't have the right...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
Problems like this are one reason I don't think it's practical to abstract things to "supply". To continue the "Oregon Trail" analogy...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
I'm not denying the existence of players with complex aesthetics of play. In fact, the existence of complex aesthetics of play was and...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
I think it's a highly relevant response to the statement: "I think attempting to hew too close to realism is going to be...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
It very much depends on how the participants define fun. A player with primary (or sole) aesthetics of Fantasy is fulfilled by lots of...
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MERP (Middle-Earth Role Playing).
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If we're being technical it would have been AD&D after red box D&D. But more in the spirit of the question the answer is Teenage Mutant...