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In a Traveller game I had an A.I. that was stunted in its development. It was incredibly powerful, but operated like a child. Often, it would want to be helpful, but cause a lot of harm by mistake. It was also indifferent to the results despite trying to be helpful. The background is the A.I...

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun stack And you may find yourself posting in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large two button mouse And you may find yourself in an online house, with a online life And you may ask yourself, "Well, how do I...

Yeap, I dont care if its a single shot and black powder pack every round, or a 30 round magazine. As long as the mechanics work in line with the rest of the system, whatever.

Wow, sounds like Paizo over-corrected after the PF1 gunslinger.

What is more efficient? Using gas at no risk or using ranged combat? The point being, a combat-as-sport philosophy is that the Goblins are a combat encounter. Its fun to encounter them and face off using character abilities and team work to defeat the encounter. In combat-as-war, the Goblins are...

Thats not how the term works. Combat as sport is about meeting within the field diamond and proceeding as the rules dictate with the combat. The way to beat the goblins is to fight them, at range is within bounds if you use the combat rules as written. Combat as war is finding ingenious plans...

As a big optional rules guy, I like the concept of a foundational core. I'd vote to not put firearms in that core since its a pretty divisive topic for D&D. I've always viewed supplemental material as GM and player discussion territory.

Right? When Paizo added the gunslinger it was broken as all hell, but people still wanted to play everything else still.

I completely agree. I played probably half a dozen one-shots before I was ever run through a funnel. While I enjoy the funnel, I dont think its necessary at all.

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 combat gingerly, then its not going to work out for you. Weird and oh so wonderful. Very skill play focused not pulpy take your lickins and keep on tickin'...

IDK Phrasma has to be in the running.