Recent content by Robot Hyena Ghost

Sean, have you ever laid out your gripes with the Apocalypse World system somewhere? I'd be interested to hear your take.

I'm always puzzling about how to incorporate new martial arts styles into d20 monk classes in a way that feels organic. Obviously PF has a baked-in archetype for drunken boxing kung fu, but other possibilities include the Flowing Monk archetype for a graceful Crouching Tiger feel, Kata Master...

I don't know if/when they're doing a 5E conversion, but Kobold Press has the Southlands setting which is a fairly comprehensive fantasy approximation of the entire African continent, from an Egyptian-analogous area, to central jungles, to pastoralists based on historical societies in the...

For my purposes in 5E, I've been looking at it from the perspective of Perception is about noticing data, while Investigation is about interpreting it. I think we're seeing an overall trend towards skill compression in d20 derivatives, since Pathfinder Unchained had rules to squish a bunch of...

I know Ravenloft was originally a "demi-plane," of some variety, but I'm wondering--is the Ravenloft featured in Curse of Strahd supposed to be within the world of Forgotten Realms? They've been pretty gung-ho about having FR front and center as the setting so far.

Have they revealed what the "Blessing of Mitra" stretch goal is yet? They've surged past the number needed for it.

The "Hyborian Shorthand," is a brilliant little addition. So many setting-products take for granted that people will automatically understand the real-world analog behind a fictional element.

I've seen products promoting compatibility with 5E D&D using the phrase on forums, blog posts, etc; so I'm guessing OGL only applies to the content written within the product itself?