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Honestly, this is 95% of railroading to me. Rails aren't a natural feature of the landscape, after all. They're put in place because...

Another one is to have things like beliefs/bonds/goals/etc. which can be used by the GM to put the PCs in a situation. Something like...

"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all". -- Bender, or God, probably.

Was there a question or are we all going Thunderdome here?

I will always remember what we could have had if Planescape sold more. Chris Avellone: "A long time ago, I did kick around the idea of...

I'll take a more in-depth look later, but I want to compliment you for putting in some serious work! I do have a side question though...

I think I've got a solid draft [dropbox link] of my Seattle urban fantasy frame/setting done. Looking forward to a session 0 in two...

Halfling/Faerie Wizard of Knowledge to hand out hope, fly, cast all the things and heal? I don't generally play Wizards but I like the...

Somebody is building a Compendium site similar to the super simple 4e one.

Yeah just using existing ancestry abilities you could build out a truly huge number of races using the standard "mixed species" method...

The first one I noticed was the Planescape Tiefling: Infernis + Faun.

Yeah, you can easily read it that way. And it's an incredibly dynamic system. Especially with the pages of suggestions on reskinning and...

Yeah I'm not generally a fan, but the "Feature 1 X + Feature 2 Y" is so simple, and I'm a sucker for simple mechanics. You just get it...