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So far this is not something that has come up in any people discussing the game nor in any Actual Plays. Nor was it an issue in the...

I haven't played a lot yet, but so far it's running smoothly.

I'm not sure crunchy bits and narrative tools are inherently in conflict. The bigger conflict would be a bunch of prescribed DCs for...

Agreed. @Alenda and I are just now able to game together again now that our last kid is 7.

The Session 0 character generation is both entertaining to watch and really solidifies what this game wants from the players and GM as...

I am not a big actual play consumer, but I did make it all the way through the first Adventure Zone campaign (the Balance arc). One...

Yeah that's the one thing we were delusional about when we were in our late 20s - we were like "Well, when we're in our mid 40s and...

For people that primarily enjoy gaming for the sake of playing the game, online play is great. It gives much more flexibility in...

I’m 48 and I’m in my prime. I know what I like. I know what I’m good at. I know my « type » and therefore can decide to go with or...

So it's heroic fantasy and yet the very title of the article claims it's a grimdark campaign. Not to mention another poster earlier who...

They are a sliding scale of complexity in the changes involved. I think you need to actually see the content to get the full...

There's no hard contradiction between those two genres in terms of mechanics that support them. That's just tone. You can run grimdark...

Multiple people here have stated over and over that the Ageof Umbra frame isn’t “grimdark” despite what the article says. Heck, it’s not...

That's the best use case for DM fiat/milestone levelling though, isn't it? That's one of the reasons we adopted it in 4E. That's also...

I'll note that the abilities are more simply put together in what I've read of the class abilities vs their 5E comparisons (tho' some of...