Recent content by Parmandur

Not that unusual: with a modern standardized controller, a game has access to some 14 buttons and two analog sticks. Enough to provide robust inputs, but not enough to allow for "mission creep" like a keyboard.

Things, they aren't producing anything new.

Modephius and their 2d20 suggest they could pull it off. However, I'm going to go with Brotherwise Games and theor Plotweaver system...which given the FFG personnel and DNA there, would sort of be like the Genesys system version and the old d20 WotC edition having a baby.

Right, it is just a tool offered to DMs who want to use it, or not.

Right, exactly. The First World echoes multiverse as presented in the new DMG is a tool for DMs to use or not for just that purpose. Same as any other fiction that WotC puts on offer, it's a cafeteria or pantry of fictional tools.

I would argue that another strong example of this would be the Cosmere RPG. It has the novel IP that is pretty hot right now, but a major part of that Fandom's engine is Brandon Sandedson's Influencer presence. Over 800,000 subscribers on YouTube with over 1100 videos, and new videos uploaded...

Yeah, that could work, playtesting would show how well or not.

More of a historical observation.

Number only goes up...

A RPG book is like a cookbook: it is a separate text that can be used as a resource to do something yourself, or read. But usually both? And a cookbook being well written is as important as the quality of the recipes.

Yeah, WotC is a lot of things, but pushing the cost past inflation is not a historical trend for the. In other threads where we have dug into it, D&D has a pretty remarkablly similar price across Editions, decades and publishers.

The array is desireable because the bell curve has been broken and mangled. In a roll under d20 system that wouldn't be an issue. Not that I expect this to happen, mind you, just that I think the d20 roll high direction was a historical mistake.

It is a limited bell curve spread, without numbers increasing exponentially. Leaves a chance of failure or success when a roll is called for.

Maybe, maybe not: but there is literally no incentive in the game for it. The difference is minimal. Bjt yes, a 3-18 more or less unchangeable Attribute roll under system would be preferable in some ways

It really doesn't matter in 5E. Some people may feel that it does, but the game math does not bear that out.