Recent content by Teflon Billy

Huh! I wasn't expecting the answer to be "yes, we're modelling the SCA" :/

Is that what we're doing with D&D now? Modelling the SCA? :D I generally have always used D&D to model the fantasy fiction upon which is was (originally) based (appendix n).

I played T&T a few times in my teens, but man there was just nothing there for me. :/ The aforementioned goofiness was in the exact opposite direction of anything we liked as a group, the combat system was just nonsensical (if you were winning, you were not only going to keep winning, it was...

Yeah, that's been my point through the whole thread: not every game is for every PC. ...or the "needs" of every player.

The best example I have is for a game of Champions I was running. I explained that the campaign would be about the remnant of Earth's superhero community following an alien war (using Earth as a battleground). The big hitters of the world had been killed, and the PC's were the lowbie/mid rankers...

"ain't No mountain High Enough" here

if it sets your mind at ease, I saw nothing in your original post that I'd call stereotyping or offensive.

Yeah, as my good friend Fusangite once said "If a player goes home after my game and masturbates to the memory of it, my game as clearly jumped the rails". If someone says "Rothgar wants to spend the night with the barmaid" my response is "Done. The next morning you all find yourselves...."

While that is certainly one kind of RPG, there are lots of others. Mine simulationist world-building. PC's (once they are in the setting) are the free radicals. Weekly, following the game, I ask myself "How did their actions alter the setting?"...then adjust it accordingly. None of that...

I've long been of the mind that given the disparity of work/prep time between DM's and players, that the game *is* the DM's. The Players get to choose whether they play or walk. I seek no input into my setting decision and (generally) accept none that doesn't appeal to me...

Generally as a DM I don't allow it, largely from experiences early on in my time in the hobby. When I started really delving into RPG's (in my early 20's) any time a guy played a woman, it was a countdown til he started attempting to trade sexual favors (which, admittedly came at no cost and...

Wow...that is seriously fantastic :)

Honestly? Homebrews. I've played pretty extensively and homebrews (in this neck of the woods anyways) seem to just wipe the floor with published material quality-wise.

Is everyone supposed to be able to do exactly as much damage as everyone else? I thought spellcasters bump was versatility?

My interest isn't waning at all. We've been playing since the playtest and 5E is (currently) our favorite edition. But I'll address your points below... This one is actually pretty fair, but D&D has a such a long, storied tradition of completely and utterly :):):):)ing up electronic tools I'm...