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Ppemerton reacted to Alas's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with
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This is the sort of game that I think Cortex would excel at. I could model multiple stress tracks: nutrition, health, injury... -
Ppemerton reacted to Alas's post in the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers with Like.
That's definitely something the players should discuss going in. Can your characters die on this expedition? If they do, do you promote...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread What Non-D&D Would You Use For A Dungeon Focused Campaign.There are some free downloads here. I haven't looked at them, but from the descriptions they should give you some idea as to whether or...
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Ppemerton reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread What Non-D&D Would You Use For A Dungeon Focused Campaign with Like.
Used to be HeroQuest before Hasbro bought that trademark back, right?
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Ppemerton replied to the thread What Non-D&D Would You Use For A Dungeon Focused Campaign.I didn't know that that was the reason for that!
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Ppemerton reacted to Arilyn's post in the thread What Non-D&D Would You Use For A Dungeon Focused Campaign with Like.
His Majesty the Worm is all about Dungeon play and has an excellent card based resolution system. Very unique.
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Ppemerton reacted to Eyes of Nine's post in the thread What Non-D&D Would You Use For A Dungeon Focused Campaign with Like.
Also suggest Torchbearer 2e. Cairn (2e), His Majesty the Worm, or deep cut - Swords of Cepheus.
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Ppemerton reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
That's exactly the abdication of design I was talking about though! "Fun" is complicated and subjective of course, but ultimately it's...
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Ppemerton reacted to Mustrum_Ridcully's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Kinda, but I think it's really a warning aimed at game designers. Don't design your game so that the best strategies to play are unfun...
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Ppemerton reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
@DEFCON 1 how do you come to terms with the fact that you as DM are essentially writing a story with all these narrative fingerprints...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread What Non-D&D Would You Use For A Dungeon Focused Campaign.I'm a huge fan of TB2e. My actual play thread is here: Torchbearer 2e - actual play of this AWESOME system! (+) Key system elements...
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Ppemerton reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread What Non-D&D Would You Use For A Dungeon Focused Campaign with Like.
I've heard very good things about Torchbearer, from @pemerton especially.
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Ppemerton reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Ehhh....static damage actually could rise higher in AD&D for martials due to increased Str damage bonuses and specialization. The...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread GMs: What is your prep to play ratio?.I don't know what the general state of affairs is - but for me, this isn't true. When I was GMing 4e, I found it quicker to use modules...
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PGenerally less than 20 minutes for a 3-4 hour session, outside of OSR style games where the playstyle demands that I do a bit of initial...