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And on the relationship the cleric and deity have. If, for example, this cleric has been routinely very good at carrying out this...
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When the alignment system came about the games were just moving from wargame to roleplaying game and what that meant was still a little...
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Let me ask a question: what is gained in these instances by using alignment? Why not just focus on desires, choices and actions? How...
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4e D&D has advice on correlating suitable heights of drops to PC levels - that, is, the potential damage from falling is incorporated...
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You don't need alignment to have Planes where the concept of abusive and controlling hierarchy is how the reality is built to justify...
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Not sure I agree with this. Generic games can end up being bland, and can easily leave out niche play in an attempt to encompass...
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Why? Lots and lots of players will put up with TONS of bad DM's. The hobby is replete with stories about them. Some put up with it...
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And we are checking if you are a good fit for us. In 45 years of playing RPGs, and as someone who worked in marketing all his life, I've...
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It's fairly trivial to do in any conflict resolution invent-your-own-trait games like Fate, HeroQuest, or the legendary Other Worlds (I...
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The Cortex-based Marvel Super Heroic Roleplaying game can support that.
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I'm not sure what you mean by rules that make sense contextually but still allow players a great deal of freedom. You mention D&D and...
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Mary Wollstonecraft was definitely a deist, or a rational theist - she often framed her feminist arguments in religious language...
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The full version with everything is here for reference - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/341997/cthulhu-dark
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Excellent stuff, pemerton.
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