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I haven't played a Thaumaturge yet, but I've seen them in play at lower levels. I play a rogue, and I have a lot of options in combat...

I thought this might be useful to people, but I didn't want to make a whole new thread. There is a Foundry module available for the...

I am with you that the Caves should certainly be run with a less than absolute black and white morality system. I've had a paladin risk...

I need to run the Delian Tomb at some point to explore the system with folks. I’m intrigued if the flow of combat is enough to get...

Spectaculars. It really works best as an in-person game, and I don't have one of those right now.

Yeah, this was a difficult product to stick the landing on. The fact that so many people like it so much despite that is a real...

I think that hit points (and by this I mean escalating hit points, not static ones like in BRP) are like a good soup or stew: they are...

Hit points are abstract representations of how much damage a character can suffer and just about any such a system is bound to be absurd...

Pdf or SRD. I would like option to buy pdf without art or fancy flavor text, pure mechanics, with bookmarks and keywords hyperlinked (or...

If I'm GM'ing around an IRL table, I buy a print copy of the CRB for the players. Sometimes I'll also buy a print copy of a companion or...

Everything isn't exception based though. Let's take Fate Core as that's an example I can speak to extensively. In each iteration of...

And honestly, sometimes I've seen "bland" meaning "not exception based to the degree I'm used to and comfortable with."

Not sure I agree with this. Generic games can end up being bland, and can easily leave out niche play in an attempt to encompass...

If the gameplay is 5e then the gameplay is 5e IMO.

OK…here’s a PC concept I’ve been kicking around since 2010 (at least), and modeled in a few different mechanical systems: Hellbox. I...