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Ruin Explorer reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with
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Given the importance quicksand attained in all our young brains as one of life's marquee problems we would have to solve in our lives, I... -
Ruin Explorer replied to the thread OSR Healing tweak - proportionality.Yeah action economy is major with healing, and is a part of game design that videogames, especially MMORPGs have been considering for at...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread OSR Healing tweak - proportionality with Like.
By mentioning wands, are you thinking about 3e? Potions and scrolls and prepared healing spells: Mostly outside, with rare emergency...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Nikosandros's post in the thread OSR Healing tweak - proportionality with Like.
I'm hugely in favor of this idea. In fact, when I was experimenting with my "D&D variant" I did exactly this thing (and it was of...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread OSR Healing tweak - proportionality with Like.
One of the perennial issues I've had with D&D is how Fighters and other high-HP characters take longer and more resources to heal up...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Charles Dunwoody's post in the thread RPG Print News – Recently Played and Intriguing RPGs with Like.
Not necessarily new this week, but RPGs I have recently run like Amazing Adventures and Moria or done an in depth deep dive into...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet.It's way deeper than that even I think! It's a fundamental part of Western (and I suspect Eastern, and probably African and Oceanian...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Wolfram stout's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with Like.
Also remember as GM/DMs that the answer is not in the adventure write up either. I think in this case the players were creative and did...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with Like.
Yeah, I have a very hard time with that example. Everything in my experience as a player - experience that’s not on the character sheet...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with Like.
Wholeheartedly agree with this post. While I concur with the OP’s general sentiment, the example was a very odd one. I couldn’t imagine...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Draw Steel News.I think depending on the project that can make complete sense. Especially if you're not interested in anything but the final product and...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet.I mean, was it? I'm guessing "No" because, for my money, that's deeply bizarre and counter-intuitive, not "very simple". It also...
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That is quite a few games - lots of cool ideas I suspect in that pool! We are certainly spoiled for choice.
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As a DM/GM I think to some extent you are always improvising. I've run games with zero prep but you're always reacting to what the PCs...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Draw Steel News.For a Kickstarter involving multiple millions of dollars, the updates have been exceptionally sparse and frankly unnecessarily limited...