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Ruin Explorer reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General D&D: Literally Don't Understand This with
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Oh no, you have uncovered my secret for building "unique" fantasy cultures! :eek: Yeah, this is a good technique. Combine unrelated... -
Ruin Explorer reacted to Levistus's_Leviathan's post in the thread D&D General D&D: Literally Don't Understand This with Like.
Dungeon Meshi and Frieren are two pretty popular D&D-esque anime. I imagine Kpop Demon Hunters will inspire many future games. Also...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread D&D General D&D: Literally Don't Understand This.I mean honestly I think you could set D&D in the 1940s without too many issues. Eberron basically has it in the 1920s for goodness sake.
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Ruin Explorer reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D General D&D: Literally Don't Understand This with Like.
Sounds like (somewhat) typical D&D shenanigans to me.
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread What makes a successful superhero game? with Like.
It does make for Doctor Doom, Magneto and a few other villains being wonderfully well rounded by accident, though.
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread What makes a successful superhero game?.Yeah I'd classify HERO as leaning more gamist/tactical than simulationist, whereas GURPS Supers was simulationist, because GURPS...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What makes a successful superhero game? with Like.
It isn't just DC. Years ago I was part of the application staff for an X-Men based MUSH, and we'd get people who would write up FCs...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What makes a successful superhero game? with Like.
Even Hero isn't trying for a physics emulation in any meaningful way; if it was the way Strength and damage steps operate wouldn't work...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Does Anyone Care? (Cosmere RPG).???? It seems like you're saying you're unfamiliar with the Cosmere but want to make some extreme claims on how much lore there is and...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1.Also vehicle combat tend to reduced to rolling just like, one roll to manuever/evade maybe, and one roll to attack, and like, that's it...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to MGibster's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
Another problem is one of skill allocation. In most games, if you're a crack pilot you're character is likely less capable in...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to payn's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
It's a tough nut to crack. After a pilot and a gunner, its always a wonder what everyone else does? Traveller gives roles such as comms...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Does Anyone Care? (Cosmere RPG).< insane person laughter > BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA I read 3600+ words of Stormlight Archives and there was...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread What makes a successful superhero game?.Agree completely. You can really just chop off the very top end entirely if you're not explicitly emulating the most elite DC male...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread What makes a successful superhero game?.I think this waaaaaay overstated. Like 10x overstated. It's obviously not meaningfully true, I'd say. Plenty of supers games manage...