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My pitch made up while reading this thread so far: Start: Divination has shown that something bad is on its way. Not worlds ending bad...

Well, honestly, you can do all of it with skills if you want to. Or at least skills and separately acquired talents and the like...

There are definitely games designed for and/or suited for a different focus, but I rarely have any interest in those games, and sim is...

Which I like from a certain persepctive: simulating a world offers a sense of consistency in play that makes it easier for players to...

I think the thread gets to threads real question, which is: what elements of play should we model mechanically, versus those we handle...

Pondering this thread, it occurs to me that there are a bunch of separate questions: Do RPGs need thievery mechanics? Do we need...

The Font of Violet Flames In the twilight of the Third Age, when the small gods walked the Prime and the blood of mortals could stain...

So far, we have: The PCs want to steal the crown from the Winter Queen, but the only way to get there is to work for the Interplanar...

Given that I only run homebrewed campaigns and dismissing pre-campaign prep, I probably average at 1.5 to 2 x prep time to hour played...

Update: they succeeded in securing about 75% of the hoard before they had to leave as the Ancient Red came crashing into the place. The...

@Reynard, have you looked at Chains of Asmodeus? Is is "semi-official," created as a possible follow up to Descent in Avernus and is...

In Chains of Avernus the PCs (levels 11-20) are pursued by a pair of Devil brothers that are both CR 21 and you must kill both in the...

What about a Planar post office? The PCs are called to deliver a letter to the Queen of Air and Darkness or maybe a recipient in Hell?

My favorite kind of heist is the reverse heist. I ran Shadowdark game where the PCs had to recover powerful artifact crowns from the...

I realize I am an anomaly with this, but I generally spend an entire summer writing NPCs, scenes, side quests, thread lines, big baddie...