Recent content by timbannock

Maybe they are printing all the monster stat blocks...? That would be incredibly dumb but maybe explains the bloated page count (double the original across 4 books). That...can't be right. Can it?!

Good points, and my experiences generally follow yours. For 1. you can (a) lean hard on "the outcome of a roll should (drastically) change the situation" which narratively suggests that doing the same thing over again isn't really logical, and (b) traits that suggest -- or even mechanically...

I think I gotcha. I guess part of my response that I forgot to actually type out (b/c I'm a dummy) was that I don't find the conversion work that difficult or time consuming: just go by vibes. I suspect that's a lot easier said than done with more internally self-consistent mid-crunch systems...

Exact opposite here. While I'll inevitably be running Shadowdark and therefore 5E stuff is often useful to port over, the fact is that I rarely find myself needing the "more furries, the better" or the increasingly esoteric subject matter that comes out for 5E these days. New games and settings...

I actually re-read the post before I shared it here just to see if he did exactly that, and was more surprised that he didn't than I was by the fact that this contradicts some of what GG has stated. Which certainly says something.

I'm reading a book now about ACT that notes the power of exposure therapy, so I guess this year I just gotta run roll-under systems and power through it!

I'm sure Goodman will have YET ANOTHER video to discuss this sometime mid-next week ;)

I have the aversion and I don't understand it.

That FB post contains some very interesting future plans that include more products coming in partnership with Goodman. Quoting here, but happy to have this removed if the admins feel it necessary:

I've been comparing similar stuff (including the Mecha Hack) and ultimately I landed on Kill ENGN. It's really good, feature complete, has a surprising amount of flexibility (including 4 scales of mechs), and even has an adventure (at least one official one, and I think several others from other...

I personally love the 5e version of Undermountain, actually (Dungeon of the Mad Mage). While I think the form factor of a box set and bigger maps and loads of encounter tables is better, the 5e version is more of a "here's the highlights of every level, along with several great story hooks to...

I'm going primarily off memory, but I'd say that's pretty darn accurate to what I recall. Apropos of nothing in your diagram, it's maybe worth mentioning that these should be seen as stereotypes and loose interpretations unless your campaign is focused on these inter-relationships. I found it...

Sure. Perhaps my phrasing was bad, but also I'm not entirely sure I see a functional difference in what will inevitably happen, regardless of my exact position. JG wasn't given much opportunity to want to do better when DTRPG et al removed all their products pretty much everywhere. Well, until...

This can't be overstated. They took a stance (that's still technically up in a reduced form on their site) while working with one of the leading voices against hate while dealing in the background and making a product with the very people they were standing beside her against. That's beyond...

Seriously. It's like this announcement was designed to anger, annoy, or frustrate nearly everyone except the diehard "I'll buy anything DCC" fans.