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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.This is one reason why I don't really advocate a "quest" approach to FRPGing. As per the posts I linked to, rather than a deadline...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.Doesn't that depend a bit? I mean, constant pressure in my real life is exhausting. But pressure - in the sense of being confronted by...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.I did this occasionally in 4e D&D - eg when the PCs fought Torog, I haven't dug out my notes to see what level of encounter I treated...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.I GMed 4e D&D with the same group for something like 150+ sessions (the full 30 levels, over nearly 8 years). These rest issues didn't...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.Confining myself to the context of 5e D&D, I think this is where the sorts of things that @AnotherGuy mentioned become relevant: I...
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Ppemerton reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with
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This is very true. Consistency in ruling, being transparent where possible, using player facing mechanics frequently, revealing to... -
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At that point, the DM can just save themselves a few hundred bucks and just play in FKR or even go forum/discord RP.
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Ppemerton reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread Contemporary Simulationist TTRPGs [+] with Like.
I agree with all you posted there. I just snipped down to this as to say - yes, I 100% think that the way you put that is perfect when...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread Contemporary Simulationist TTRPGs [+].I think that the "watcmaking" simulationist RPGs - the one I know best is Rolemaster - are especially trying to mechanically represent...
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Ppemerton reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread Contemporary Simulationist TTRPGs [+] with Like.
And I have said quite categorically upthread that for anything involving physical exertion and thinking in the head of your character...
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In what game do they do this? In the main game with encounter based powers I can think of (D&D 4e) the powers did not recharge on "roll...
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Ppemerton reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread Contemporary Simulationist TTRPGs [+] with Like.
I don't follow you here. In Infinity 2d20, there are all those same elements. It has armor rating, special penetration ammunition...
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Torchbearer has been mentioned already, but I'd also suggest Errant. It looks to address some of the same questions about play as...
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PBurning Wheel -- it could cover the same areas and some of the same concerns as The One Ring, Warhammer, Pendragon, Thousand Arrows, and...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread Contemporary Simulationist TTRPGs [+].I'll mention Torchbearer 2e. It has skill-based PC build, where the PCs have long skill lists (a bit like the classic sim games such as...