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Micah Sweet reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+] with
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Part of the problem is the decreased acceptance of the idea that some species are simply flat-out better at, or better suited for, some... -
1st RPG: Basic Blue Box D&D with a mix of 2nd Edition 2nd RPG: MERP I think this shaped what I like (and dislike) about RPGs today...
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Micah Sweet reacted to DammitVictor's post in the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+] with Like.
Like according to the d20PFSRD, the Dwarf has the Foehammer (Fighter), Forgemaster (Cleric), Stonelord (Paladin) and Exarch...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run? with Like.
And that's my point. That is a You Thing. You have a way easier time with that. I can read very fast, taking in all thread paragraphs...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run?.Yeah, I'm seeing a lot of loaded terms used to describe whatever style the poster doesn't care for. People clearly have strong feelings...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run? with Like.
One thing reading this thread presses home for me is just how vastly different people's tastes, preferences and needs are as GMs. I...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run?."Wall of text" itself is hardly a neutral term. Someone might as well call the style you prefer "bullet-point hell".
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread New Star Trek Movie Coming From D&D Movie Creators.My big question here is where this new story would fit in the Trekverse. I also share @Morrus 's concern about tone. Trek can be a lot...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Morrus's post in the thread New Star Trek Movie Coming From D&D Movie Creators with Like.
It’s a comedy, and it’s my favourite Trek movie. It needs Wrath of Khan for the contrast though. If Trek was all TVH it wouldn’t work...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Umbran's post in the thread New Star Trek Movie Coming From D&D Movie Creators with Like.
I think that Spider-Man: Homecoming was a good mix of serious and comedy, though - anyone who can make the Vulture into a serious...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Morrus's post in the thread New Star Trek Movie Coming From D&D Movie Creators with Like.
I'm not sure I want Star Trek to be a flat-out comedy, though. It worked for D&D (which had a choice--be LotR or a comedy) but I don't...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+].Big fan of the OSR game you reference here. Also very intrigued by merging these concepts with A5e (my other favorite D&D-like) and it's...
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Micah Sweet reacted to DammitVictor's post in the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+] with
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The shortcomings of Classic's "race as class" system (imitated in at least one non-D&D example, Palladium Fantasy RPG) are well-known... -
Micah Sweet reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run? with Like.
Again: you can do both. You can write the module with all the depth and lore and heavy prose you like. AND you can include tools that...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run?.Some people don't want information loss, because reading pleasure might be a higher priority than gameplay to some folks (not you...