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Whatever the setting equivalent of the mythic chivalrous knight is. A protector of the weak, champion of the oppressed, honorable and...

It depends on the prep that the system calls for. I've run one-shots of Wuthering Heights, Cthulhu Dark and In A Wicked Age that...

No. The deal meant TSR was getting paid on ship rather than on sale for everything, not just fiction. The company overproduced and...

I don't know how you think "Intoxication Monk" sounds better unless you've already been drinking heavily. :)

If you see a subclass get a really dumb rename, take a shot.

Blades in the Dark Whisper starts Skovlander riot prematurely.

Duellist; fog; Gruxu; nandies; lost!

We did get in a session last Sunday. With two player present we had two PCs: Fea-bella the Elven Dreamwalker, and Telemere the Elven...

Free-form roleplay seems like it involves fictional position. LARPing is different, because at least a fair bit of the position is...

Yeah, this was my first thought for a non-combat, non-adventure RPG. But then I had a second thought: Wuthering Heights. The rules...

Are you talking about something that isn't a generic system? For instance Prime Time Adventures is generic but there's no rules for...

Not the End, specifically taylored to stir the story towards dramatic conclusions for the characters, without any combat needed...

Yeah, second for Burning Wheel. Definitely a system I could see running an entire campaign without a single combat encounter and it not...

Burning Wheel has rules for fighting. But I've found out of all the games I've played, it can satisfyingly go on the longest without any...

I do have a copy of the original. I've not read it cover to cover, but what I have read felt far more overtly simulationist than and...