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Thomas Shey reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General Edition Experience - Updated Survey Results (Updated October 2025) with
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For just my own character, no. As DM or as player trying to mentally map the positions of everyone in the battle relative to each... -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread Sequel game systems?.You could make an argument for this for various editions of Shadowrun.
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Thomas Shey reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Agreed. After you got past the first two archetypes (Fighter, Magic User), all the classes were about who you were. While we have tried...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.This was visible even in OD&D once you got out of the most basic classes; things like rangers and druids were always pretty clearly as...
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Thomas Shey reacted to aramis erak's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
All three are, of course level based skill driven... but... Dev points: In 3.x, it's class based. In RM, it's based upon current...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Possibly. If I buy a Star Wars game, I might not. The sorts of games to which IPs are attached can vary in style and content. That's why...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
And playbooks are just the modern incarnation of classes.
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What rpg system would you use for a 60+ session fantasy campaign?.Pretty much. I didn't mean to contradict you in any way. I was mostly noting it as an oddity from someone who normally leans in to...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What rpg system would you use for a 60+ session fantasy campaign?.I was really interested in Spacemaster many years ago, but before I tried to introduce it to people I decided to create a couple...
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Thomas Shey reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
To add to this, when I used GURPS to run X-Com, the reason I chose GURPS was because, after evaluating a range of systems it was GURPS...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Yeah, I responded to a poster (Loverdrive I think) earlier on that; I just wanted to make it clear I wasn't personally qualified to say...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Jacob Lewis's post in the thread What rpg system would you use for a 60+ session fantasy campaign? with Like.
That’s a fair point, and I agree—there are definitely cases where planning a campaign around a defined time frame makes sense. I’ve seen...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Greg K's post in the thread What rpg system would you use for a 60+ session fantasy campaign? with Like.
Most likely, I would use Savage Worlds: 50 Fathoms (nautical/Pirate fantasy), Beasts & Barbarians (Sword & Sorcery), Hellfrost (High...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.While generally true, there's a tendency for people grabbing an extent base system to decide it can just do what they want it to without...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What rpg system would you use for a 60+ session fantasy campaign?.@Jacob Lewis, while I thought your post was thoughtful, I've seen enough cases of campaigns chosen for various time frames to suggest...