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Sometimes verging on usually. I’d say immediately after level up no, but with some session progression it comes into picture like...

Yeah the reward system is going to incentivize play. So if xp comes from killing stuff well… I think that’s why milestone is appealing...

It is interesting to consider Clasic Traveller here, a game with no level advancement mechanism at all, that was also trying to...

Yeah that’s fair. I’m sort hybrid in that I like set piece battles and pacing big moments buuuut I like my players developing the...

It depends on your goal. I agree that if "telling a story" is the goal, then counting XP is not really the right tool for that job. I...

Well, probably a bit to go around then because I was specifically calling this out as boring AF. The logistics of the world reacting is...

I guess I took all the excitement about dropping random encounters on the PCs for what appears to be stupid decisions. It just seems...

I don’t see why. My complaint is the players being hardwired to getting stuff in an extremely boring way and the response was to lean...

Meh. I’d prefer to work this out of game instead of just TPK the group for not dungeon crawling correctly while playing.

Do you only ever do exactly what the book or module says? Or do you use your own creativity and resourcefullness to add, subtract, or...

Being a big fan of film noir, that was the reason I liked it. Most of my friends who aren't into film noir prefer it without, and I can...

From the 1st to the 12th of this month Monsters and Memories did their longest open beta test so far. It's an old-school inspired MMO...

I think that highlights a good point as well. Folks who play a more old school West Marches style cant count on having a full team set...

True but the Expanse went downhill fast once prime took over. What they did to the final season was criminal.

Well, if it's like Stargate SG-1 or Stargate Atlantis, this will be fun. If it's like SG: Universe...screw that. That's going to suck...