Recent content by overgeeked

Just finished Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird. It’s a short non-fiction book about the kishōtenketsu story structure as well as nested and cyclical stories. If you read manga or light novels or watch anime, you’re already familiar with kishōtenketsu. It’s a fun, quick read. It’s informative...

Not related to the above, but some days are like that.

Exactly. Anything that can be automated will be.

Wow. That’s a one-two punch of posts that explains so much.

The number of people who think they have telepathy is too damn high.

That's not the bit I'm talking about. That's the bit I'm talking about. The repeated failed attempts to solve the puzzle itself. You list three attempts to solve the puzzle plus "a bit of back and forth" before getting to a roll. I can imagine how frustrating that is for the player, I've been...

Examples like this make me rethink letting players roll to solve puzzles. Maybe something like three strikes then roll. Or steal the Idea roll from Call of Cthulhu. If you're properly stuck make a roll. The story moves forward regardless, but on a failure you get a nasty surprise while on a...

Here’s the man himself talking about it a few months back. ETA: Cross post!

It’s always hilarious. Always.

Last I heard Deathbringer is going to be based on Shadowdark with levels going up to 20 and several other tweaks.

Organic discussion or no, 2013 was the tail end of 4E where WotC published what…one D&D book vs pre-pandemic 5E. That’s like “organically” comparing your quadriplegic cousin’s skill at basketball to Michael Jordan’s.

It’s a nostalgia product for grognards. It’ll be fine as what it is.

Seth Skorkowsky just dropped a relevant video.

Tell ’em to watch Beetlejuice and get it right.