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Reynard reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with
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That's frustrating; I feel for you. I too often have difficulty encouraging players to be proactive and decide where they want to go in... -
Reynard reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread Crows, James Introcasos MCDM Dungeon Crawler RPG with Like.
Yeah, I’ll be interested in hearing this too. My take on MCDM’s philosophy is they are definitely going to put something out there that...
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Reynard replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.D&D had a pretty clear "intended narrative" -- go into the dungeon and find treasure, trying not to die along the way. Byt the time AD&D...
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Reynard reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Amusingly, we use games for different purposes but see the same way in this case.
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Reynard replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I don't think it is a problem either. I like games as games. But the argument being made was that D&D's mechanics were built to emulate...
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Last year, I started a D&D 2024 campaign to give the rules a "fair shake" and I decided to base the campaign on a great map (Dyson...
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Reynard reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place with Like.
I think there is something to that: Cosmere in particular is very familiar in terms of the player side process, but the structure...
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Reynard replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I don't think that is true. it is based on vibes emulation of those Appendix N books, because that is the inspirational litertaure for...
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Reynard reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
If that fantasy is derived from D&D then calling out the mechanics of D&D as genre mechanics based on those books seems, um, a little...
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Reynard reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
So what 'genre' are we talking about here? I think those mechanics certainly scaffold a particular playstyle, but I'm not convinced...
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Reynard replied to the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place.Those players are not only a very large pool of potential customers, many of them have been playing 5E long enough to be looking for...
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Reynard reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place with Like.
That is an interesting feature of the recent batch of big games (maybe not Draw Steel!, not very familiar with it) is that they are...
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Reynard reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place with Like.
Yup. I consider one of the deftest parts of design of Daggerheart to be that a 5e DM can jump straight to it, do very little to adapt...
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Reynard replied to the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place.I'm ambivalent. Even if you run it essentially trad, the hope and fear mechanics make it a better game than 5E.
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Reynard replied to the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place.I think the many inspirations in DH allow GMs to run it how they like, emphasizing the bits that appeal to them and their players. And...