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There are so many... It does help to step away from D&D, OSR, or adjacent, as all of those are not really tryin to solve the no-fun...
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Since you took everything I said amazingly wrong... I will respond to the one salient conversation point you made. To be clear = It's...
Dec 16, 2025
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I talked a lot with Jason as he set aside Freebooters (and I made a few playbooks for him), and moved on to Stonetop. I think it was...
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I know this snippet of the post wasn’t necessarily the main point, but it was a good jumping off point. What causes me to become...
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Now we are cooking with cat grease! I like this post! I will add my 2c = oWoD was a format and style of lore that was engrossing...
Dec 12, 2025
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And I am disagreeing. I personally find that the WoD's lore is among the best of the 20th Century settings. But we've come a long way...
Dec 12, 2025
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Considering none of my posted were quoting you, you can assume I am not referring to you. I was talking more to the worries some folks...
Dec 11, 2025
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I think you entirely misread my post. Like, entirely. ...Considering your reply is the same point I was also making. I think, in part...
Dec 11, 2025
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I can only speak for what I get out of the thread, so to answer your question I would say = This thread isn't about and for that person...
Dec 11, 2025
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Sure! but also not fully. I mean, we are talking about a 'world' and entire 'setting'. So it is 100% fair to ask "how did this world...
Dec 11, 2025
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I want to add to this as a bit of a digression, because.. reasons. :P I ran a game of Forgotten Realms where there was some reason for...
Dec 9, 2025
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This is a fairly excellent and concise summary of my general feeling as well. Especially when, as a GM, I'm looking for much more in...
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So yes, I'm "Person B" in this equation, and for purposes of this thought exercise, assumption is that I'm the GM. I was responding to...
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Well.... let's keep going with this line of thought, because it has some points that can be discussed. Starting with "aesthetics" which...
Dec 9, 2025
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Here is where the thread first unravels for me (and I think @innerdude ) as well. That's not lore. What you just described is a kind...
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