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SThough sometimes its really striking when they do. Bob Charrette and Paul Hume wrote a couple of RPG systems in the 80's called...
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SAlways. Otherwise you end up in a situation where you're playing a D&D Barbarian and thinking Conan the Barbarian, but the gameplay...
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SScott Christian replied to the thread Game Mechanics & Lore.That is interesting. I have never played a Star Wars RPG, but I often have felt (playing things like Gamma World and Starfinder) that...
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SIt is a big question. A lot of games have a very narrow very set vision: this game is X and nothing else. The idea is if you want X...
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SIt depends on what the system is trying to do? D&D doesn't feel connected becasue its purpose is to be a generic fantasy builder. You...
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SMatter of opinion, I guess. D&D has a decent amount of lore that ties to some mechanisms. High character level is a powerful entity...
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SScott Christian replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Here's The Covers of BOTH of November's Forgotten Realms Books.I was not arguing subtlety. And I agree, it is like a Michael Bay film. What I said was the cover has a much stronger influence over...
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SScott Christian reacted to EthanSental's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Here's The Covers of BOTH of November's Forgotten Realms Books with
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I think my metal head middle school friend drew something like that during lunch…. :) Edit like the fatal cover above. -
SSeeing quite a few posts about artwork matching mood and tone, game mechanics matching mood and tone, and even verbiage matching mood...
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SScott Christian replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Here's The Covers of BOTH of November's Forgotten Realms Books.To be fair, one line in a book does not constitute mood or how something is portrayed. A cover, on the other hand, sets the mood and...
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SScott Christian reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Here's The Covers of BOTH of November's Forgotten Realms Books with
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Art's gonna be subjective... I really enjoyed a lot of 3e art. I find likeable art in ... well, every edition; even if I don't like... -
SScott Christian replied to the thread Forgotten Realms Books to Have Several Digital DLCs, Including One Featuring Asterion.My guess is any DLC will be player-driven, meaning a bunch of new sub-classes, species, backgrounds, and spells. It would not surprise...
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SScott Christian replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Here's The Covers of BOTH of November's Forgotten Realms Books.You are correct. It is a business, and from a business position, this might work in their favor. Then again, it might not. Maybe taking...
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SScott Christian reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Here's The Covers of BOTH of November's Forgotten Realms Books with Like.
If only one person decides to buy the book because they enjoyed BG3 and recognised Karlach, that one more sale than you would have had...
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SScott Christian replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Here's The Covers of BOTH of November's Forgotten Realms Books.I don't know, I guess that was my point before thinking it through. Do you need a "celebrity" endorsement for characters, or can you use...