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Point of order: are these metacurrencies? They look more like standard class resources at a glance. Characters seem as aware of them and...

I mean, it's a not a complaint I've seen around, even though people have a lot of very specific complaints re: Daggerheart (like most...

Probably not... Full disclosure: my spouse and I are power-writing something to Kickstart in time for Halloween.

Am I? I'm mostly concerned with players being able to know/do things without being at the mercy of the dice or the GM, and being able to...

My deeply misguided parents thought my voracious fantasy habit was a waste of potential in middle school, and demanded I start reading...

Well, that's the problem of sim in a nutshell. The violations are obvious, the constituents are not, and sharing those violations...

Oh I've read it. I imagine I'd have been a big fan if the timing worked out.

Personally, I still do this; whatever system I use I extrapolate to be true within the setting. When I run high-level D&D, everyone is...

I think there's a difference between "the simulation is abstracted" and "this simulation is providing results contrary to what I would...

I really miss the cottage industry around extrapolating setting from system. Once upon a time I thought that was where design was going...

Absolutely. I've been saying for a few years now than John Wick is the perfect encapsulation of what a high-level fighter is trying to be.

I agree with this. This is probably true for all agendas, but particularly for sim play, you want your system truths and your setting...

John Wick really is a perfect example of how high hit points function without the vague luck/skill explanation. You just get hit a lot...

I've always posited this as either a system or setting failure, and never been particularly sympathetic to claims this situation can...

Or you could address me about my post. And not hold people who like an overarching point as responsible for explaining my lack of...