Recent content by RenleyRenfield

Anyone else have some factions they think were written and published very well?

This is one of the best "at a glance" faction formats I have ever seen. Absolutely stealing this, so good!! I think the parts that make it great is that you ALSO put "Longterm" and "Approach" and "Stability". Those three aspects elevate this to a kinda whatever listing to a very useful...

I agree! I think there are in-character plot reasons. But those can be vague or 'soft' Having some mechanical benefit sounds good too!

In-game factions = (VtM Camarilla, D&D Harpers, Fallout Brotherhood of Steel, Mage Awakening Adamantine Arrow, Infinity PanOceana, Fighters Guild, Mages Guild, Thieves Guild, etc etc etc) What do you look for as a player when it comes to in-game factions? As a player, what are most games...

Tales of Xadia is actually quite fun to play, even if you know nothing about the show. (And many people have successfully converted 5e D&D to cortex using Xadia) What Alas says is bang on = the way the system works is that as long as you can roleplay and narrate a way that makes sense, you...

Yeah, your OP didn't competently say that at all.... like not even close :P But if squint hard, my answers still satisfy your entirely new request = L5R = if you draw steel, you could lose honor, lose too much honor and be outcast or executed. Deadlands = create social characters, there...

Pretty much ALL of World of Darkness. The best starting point is Vampire the Masquerade or Vampire the Requiem, as they have lots of adventures and support. If you don't want vampires, then the Chronicles of Darkness line has TONS of alternate stuff, from mundane cops in the 13th precinct...

Who cares how someone plays Vampire the Masquerade? My point was never how people engage with the game, its the mechanics. This whole discussion is about mechanics. Game rules and play options as presented in the material. Polygon is correct in saying that there are at least a few...

Ok? But I never mentioned GURPS... While I don't like the mechanics of GRUPS, it is very much a game were you can roleplay and never do combat and still have a full-featured game. D&D is not. It's just a combat game. And combat that is more or less "boardgamey". So in case it matters...

We are at least at 150 hours up to this point in the year... if you count all the convention games we play and run too...

We have not played D&D or Pathfinder for over a decade, maybe over 2 decades. We play 2 to 3 games a week, in person for 4 hours each. Every week. About 3 to 5 players per game. Games (I list systems, since we play multiple games) Cortex PBTA Cypher FitD Random oddball (Dread, L5R, 10...

I think Polygon is 100% correct. An aggregate of D&D and Pathfinder games shows that the overwhelming majority of games are just combat events and combat discussion and combat rules. Which means that per-minute of D&D gaming time, the majority of players are engaging with its combat rules...

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 i think of "watchmaking" as a manner of simulationist games - as "mechanical inputs", regardless of realistic output. Love that ! To me, Simualtionist is...

How was "see: World of Darkness et al" not the first post reply in this thread? :) you play as... Vampires (vampire the masquerade Werewolves (werewolf the apocalypse) Ghosts (wraith the oblivion) Mummies (mummy the resurrection) Fey (Changeling the Dreaming) Demons (demon the fallen)...

I don't follow you here. In Infinity 2d20, there are all those same elements. It has armor rating, special penetration ammunition, strength values, and damage resistance and more. So there is no mechanical effect you mention that is not in 2d20 depending on the game chosen. Now, back to...