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I think OpenD6 fits. It is under the OGL (1.0) and has exploding dice for the wild die at least. (Maybe others? Been a while since I...
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Oh. I didnt realize. That both sucks and is interesting how story will end.
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It says there are no TPKs and monsters always die?
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i mean, humans are pretty good tool users with our opposable thumbs and all, our intelligence took us pretty far taking advantage of...
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I am not going to get into a nitpicking argument about the details of definitions. We don't have so much as a good definition of...
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Is that in the 5e rules? Do you have a page citation?
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There's nothing in our world as cool as the magical treasure those guys guard though.
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That can be the point, for some games, or even at some individual tables. I don't think it's a good generalization.
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Different game, different expectations. I like four-color superhero games too. And to be fair I've only played it once, and the feel and...
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People get way too out of shape about "balance" in RPGs anyway.
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People are willing to take extreme levels of risk. The K2 climbers, the BASE jumpers, and so on. I bet you'd find some.
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I mean that is just due the bizarre idea that every character needs to be equally good in combat. Bunnies are way better at hiding than...
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Are you kidding? We call those kinds of people bandits, Vikings, raiders, conquistadores, or some other word. If there's gold to be...
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I agree it can be much easier to balance, because you don't have potential synergies in the whole matrix between feature-packed races...
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