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There are better Appendix N novels, better Poul Anderson novels (The Broken Sword, in my opinion), but pound-for-pound in its direct... -
Parmandur reacted to Morrus's post in the thread D&D General There's a 4-part Ravenloft comic book series coming with
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From Dark Horse Comics and Wizards of the Coast comes a trip into the dread domains of Ravenloft in a 4-part comic book series by Any... -
Parmandur replied to the thread What are you reading in 2026?.Specifically, very much so, but also generally other Anderson work is also pretty clearly something everyone in the early RPG scene was...
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I just finished Poul Anderson’s Three Hearts and Three Lions. Its influence on elements of early D&D is pretty clear.
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Parmandur reacted to payn's post in the thread Dungeon Crawl Classics What is cool to you from a player perspective? with Like.
It stays pretty OSR, meaning if you get foolhardy its going to get your PC killed. PCs can take a few more hits, but if you engage every...
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Parmandur reacted to Saracenus's post in the thread D&D General Greyhawk book is NOT 'Shield Lands' but 'Borderlands of Iuz' according to team member with Like.
Yeah, it would be my personal preference that they expand upon the 5.5e DMG Greyhawk as an example of one person's campaign. But, I have...
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Parmandur replied to the thread Do you have a "litmus test" setting for generic rule sets?.Other than all the published examples in actual Adventure books...? A 6-8 room Dungeon without the opportunity for a long rest is pretty...
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Parmandur reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread Do you have a "litmus test" setting for generic rule sets? with Like.
Really? You’ve never had 6 to 8 encounters in an adventuring day in 12 years of play? That’s pretty crazy.
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Parmandur reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread Do you have a "litmus test" setting for generic rule sets? with Like.
It has in my experience. Not always, by any means, but often enough for “never” to be surprising to hear from others.
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Parmandur reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread Do you have a "litmus test" setting for generic rule sets? with Like.
None? I've already stated at least once, possibly twice, in this thread, that I treat all RPGs as toolkits, and have maintained that...
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Parmandur reacted to bedir than's post in the thread D&D General Greyhawk book is NOT 'Shield Lands' but 'Borderlands of Iuz' according to team member with Like.
Ok. Exact quotes from Ayoub "one of the biggest things I'm most excited about is Luke coming back into the franchise and we're going...
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Parmandur reacted to bedir than's post in the thread D&D General Greyhawk book is NOT 'Shield Lands' but 'Borderlands of Iuz' according to team member with Like.
It's weird that a writer on the project is strongly disagreeing with the press events on the project lead by the head of the project and...
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Parmandur replied to the thread Do you have a "litmus test" setting for generic rule sets?.Thanks for clarifying, I agree with all that. Even with an explicitly generic system, Plotweaver, Johnny O'Neal of Brotherwise recently...
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Parmandur reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Do you have a "litmus test" setting for generic rule sets? with Like.
It's not "exactly" about marketing, as much as it is about presentation and a design choice to allow the art and text of the game to...
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Parmandur reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Do you have a "litmus test" setting for generic rule sets? with Like.
This seems about right. 5E has been turned to other purposes, as has Blades. Frankly, I like the Blades iterations more than the 5E...