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Ppemerton reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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I actually do consider there to have been an approximate time boundary when what I'd call modern RPG design coalesced from a collection... -
Ppemerton reacted to Arilyn's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
You are describing one game that has little in the way of modern design because of D&D tradition. And even then, your description of the...
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Ppemerton reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
LoL. The term "neotrad" first came out of Free League Publishing, which they used to describe their Mutant Year Zero game.
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Ppemerton reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I tend to agree that examples of most types of game mechanics can be found in earlier games that wouldn’t be called modern. For me, I...
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Ppemerton reacted to loverdrive's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I think "modernity" of mechanics is mostly about presentation: how the rules are laid out in the rulebook, whether there are keywords...
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Ppemerton reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
To juat throw this out there: I think Classic Traveller's skill system was very ahead of it's time in 1978, and Pendrafon was waaaaaay...
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Ppemerton reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with
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Ppemerton reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
The DM in question uses Fade away. My mistake in this entire thread was trying to reason with unreasonable people, when instead of...
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Ppemerton reacted to soviet's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
If the rule is that the DM can override any other rule, then 'the DM decides' is the only rule, and everything else is just guidelines.
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Ppemerton reacted to soviet's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Haha.
YOU CANNOT HAVE A MEANINGFUL CAMPAIGN IF STRICT ATTENDANCE RECORDS ARE NOT KEPT. Gary Gygax, probably
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Ppemerton reacted to soviet's post in the thread D&D General Charisma Checks gone Horribly Wrong - Can you Relate? with Like.
I'm not sure it should be impossible.
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Ppemerton reacted to soviet's post in the thread D&D General Charisma Checks gone Horribly Wrong - Can you Relate? with Like.
What I'm looking for is not 'the player does the thing the PC is trying to do' but 'the player describes evocatively the thing the PC is...
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Ppemerton reacted to Cadence's post in the thread Iconic Keep on the Borderlands image an homage to Sleeping Beauty? with Like.
There are lots of similar pics of Neuschwanstein (which inspired Disney). Some match the color better and others have angles that look...
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Ppemerton reacted to Hriston's post in the thread Iconic Keep on the Borderlands image an homage to Sleeping Beauty? with Like.
I'd say without a doubt.
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Ppemerton reacted to kermit4karate's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
This is pretty sweet. I've never used something this formal or official for absences before, but I can see doing this for a campaign...