Recent content by overgeeked

LOL. Sorry my lived experience contradicts your armchair theorizing. Buh-bye.

They constantly update that intro paragraph. The most recent one is: "Remember when fantasy role-playing was new and unpredictable? When you didn’t know what a monster might be able to do or how a wizard’s spell might manifest? That time when inspiration came from classic sword & sorcery...

3. Some people actually played that way back then and want more.

Replicate 4E in almost every respect. The only real difference would be tear out the combat system and replace it with clocks and countdowns. Look to games like Daggerheart, BitD, and PbtA for pointers. Return to Nentir Vale, points of light, the Dawn War pantheon, and the World Axis cosmology.

The 2026 thread is over here. https://www.enworld.org/threads/what-are-you-reading-in-2026.716987/

Yeah, that’s basically where I am with Draw Steel. I love everything about 4E except the combat, and doubling down on intricate rules for combat is the main focus of DS. It’s a great game for people who love that aspect of RPGs. But it’s just not for me.

Yeah, but did you hear it in his voice?

There’s an optional rules checklist on their site. Grab that and fill it out. Give each of your players a copy. It’ll make things dramatically easier.

I remember him most from Doctor Detroit.

“The data collected in this survey is anonymous, and will be used as a part of a capstone project for a group of Library and Information Science graduate students at the University of Washington. The capstone project intends to create a usable TTRPG metadata schema for classifying and cataloging...

It’s true regardless. Clearly.

Because people always want more. Whatever you include won’t be enough until the whole thing is there. Only do monster stat conversions, someone will want PC races. Only do those two, someone will want classes. Only do those three, someone will want spells. Etc.

If that’s what they mean, that’s what they should say, or ask. Two different questions. Which is why it’s generally better to start with characters with that exact description. Trying to download the sum total of all knowledge an adult would have of the world at large into a player’s head is...

That’s one of those persistent myths. It’s still a copyright violation even if you’re not selling anything. Besides, it would cost Gavin sales as a complete fan conversion would make the official books redundant. Not a great way to show support of a creator who’s work you enjoy.

Makes sense though. If the conversion is so complete it replaces the original books, the fans have crossed a line.