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NNuminous reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread What Is Your Go-To Pick-Up TTRPG? with
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I guess it's an unpopular choice in this thread, but my go-to is 5E D&D. Chances are, anyone who plays TTRPGs regularly will already... -
NSo am I not "playing" too when I run games where I don't roll as a GM?
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NI don't understand your disconnect here. The PCs (and their villains) aren't the world. The world is the normal people doing normal...
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NExactly. If I told the referee I wanted a grounded world and the response was you’re playing demigods or superheroes, I’d honestly...
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NHigher chance of player buy-in to the setting themes and mood. More interest in the lore. It’s easier to get players more invested in...
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NTTRPGs in 2025: DMing Tyranny of Dragons using the 5e.2024 rules. Characters are now 6th level after starting last October with...
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NI think it's fine in games designed like that, but I don't see a need to shoehorn it into games that are not. Different games are...
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NNuminous reacted to coyote6's post in the thread Are there any TTRPGs tailored to playing ordinary people trying to survive a kaiju attack? with Like.
The End of the World RPGs (Zombie Apocalypse, Wrath of the Gods, Revolt of the Machines, and Alien Invasion) don't use the Genesys...
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NNuminous reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Stonetop, or, Nice Village You've Got There with Like.
Some things I've struggled with in the game: Time. It's really easy to fall into the classic TTRPG trap of "everything happens...
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NI know it gets a bad rep, but I do think that 4E did this pretty well. 4E encounter design was pretty good.
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NNuminous reacted to The Soloist's post in the thread Will there ever be new editions of the major systems? with Like.
As said above, Traveller, Runequest and Call of Cthuluh had few changes since inception. Their new editions is to welcome new players...
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NNuminous reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread What's the best die type and why is it the d12? with Like.
Pretty simply a matter of material culture: injection molding was only invented around WWII, and then soon people figured out they could...
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NNuminous reacted to The Soloist's post in the thread What's the best die type and why is it the d12? with Like.
For the longest time, the d6 was chosen because every family had them in their Parker Brothers board games. It was often cited in game...
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NNuminous reacted to Ulfgeir's post in the thread Four non-D&D games that show the breadth of TTRPGs with Like.
I think my choices would be the following: FATE - It is rules-light, and gives a bit of pulpy adventure. It is also a genereric system...
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NNuminous replied to the thread What's the best die type and why is it the d12?.D12 > D8 = D6 > D20 > D4 = D10 > weird dice D20s don't stop rolling D4s don't start rolling D10s are not platonic solids
