Recent content by Parmandur

I'm not sure how to process the proposal of an accurate blending of a Demon of the Abyss with an Elf.

Planar stuff > biology. They would have their Dwarven or Elven culture and other background stuff, but they would be Tieflings. It doesn't need mechanics...though I do think Heritage Backgroundss with requisite Feats could help here.

I don't really see mechanical representation beyond what is in the PHB as necessary.

Brotherwise and Drafonsteel have put together a formal axtual play one-shot with a bunch of actors types, "Echoes of the Gatjer". Haven't had the opportunity to check it out, but here it is:

I think Wotc really missed an opportunity by not having some form of formalized hybrid character rules in 2024 that would work for diverse combos without the weirdness of "half"-races

I mean, they already are that in Monsters of the Multiverse and the new PHB: Genasi, Aasamir and Tiwflongs can be wither Small or Medium and are specifically described as coming from any other Species and depicted in the art diversely (there is an Aasamir in the PHB who is clearly from a Dwarven...

What we did back in the primeval days of 3.x were XP boosts for plot events, but these days it is just "Everyoke Level up for the next session!"

Like if The Pinkertons and the Teutonkc Knights had a baby.

Or they were in Embarrassing all alomg just like the Drafonborn, but earlier descriptions just folded them all under the label "Lizaedfolk". Easy peasey.

My experience for D&D milestone os that itbisnoften nebulous and at DM discretion (fiat), but that went back to the start for me as my 3.x DM used plot based XP thst effectively worked like the current milestone approach. That is what I like about the Cosmere RPG approach: it is milestone...

That's what I appreciate about the DCC system: it has a certain objective predictably and rhe zero to hero arc like standard D&D XP progression, but it incentives creative engagement rather than any specific "gameable" behaviors.

That was also before a lot of inflation.

Treasure for XP does encourage behavior that fits a genre of story, at least. Combat for XP really brought out weird sociopathic results in 3E, to my mind.

It is interesting to consider Clasic Traveller here, a game with no level advancement mechanism at all, that was also trying to encourage the same pulpy mercenary behavior as OD&D, bitnthrough narrative structures like mortgages and ebt collection.

Not much in style in general, hence the know away from that incentivization system entirely within the hobby.