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Yeah, I think that from a player's perspective as well, if one player is looking to subvert the expectations of a game from the way it...

It depends on the game. If you’re part of a Federation crew during Kirk era, then it may not make sense to play a Klingon. If Drow do...

I'm quite comfortable with the way I've phrased it and, in this specific case, think that treating discovered vs created as meaningfully...

That's a thing that can happen, but if I feel a dead end would be a problem then I simply won't gate critical information behind a roll...

Yes, and it's specifically why I chose it as a contrasting option and was quite specific in my language. As I understand it, it's not...

It might be faint praise if you say it. It's sincere praise from me, as I prefer the traditional approach to investigation. I don't need...

I’m totally open to learning it! The text just seems bland and uninspiring every time (unfortunately I have the same issue with WWN)...

I’ve tried to read Mythras several times because I know it’s supposed to be great, but for some reason I find the text a slog every time.

To add to my previous comment on Mythras and because you've expressed an interest in BRP: although the idea of emulating D&D rules feels...

Mythras would be my go-to based on the requirements described. By default, it leans towards a lower-powered starting point, but I was...

I agree with the sentiment here, and its why I try to remember not just to end with, "Your way is also OK" but to start with, "My way is...

More importantly, you'd need to invent rules for determining if the characters' theories are correct or not, since there is no...

Proper management of the phase chart is a bit of an art, even with proper tools.

If genre is being used as a fairly high-level term, to refer predominantly to general setting norms (hard sci fi, gritty fantasy...

I've only run a single campaign with HERO, and it was high-powered fantasy. Even with the high power level, it definitely didn't feel...