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Ironheart was the last bit of media in phase 5 - what did people think? They had to make a major adjustment because of the drama...

It also allows for some fun dice pools for rolling damage because it does get capped on both ends. Rolling d20s for damage, like in the...

I feel like my Guardian PC is taking the hits in a way that feels right. At the end of a hard combat, she's battered, tired, has taken a...

One thing I like about thresholds is that they make cranking up a PCs damage output strong but not obviously optimal. As long as a PC...

Thresholds at least let you do balancing without having the “0 damage” outcome that’s pretty common in PBTAs that use a damage die +...

He really was one of the best, not really kidding. I gave a vote to Paul McGann, not because his stupid special was any good (it...

Clearly, it's Rowan Atkinson. I'll explain why later.

Possibly unpopular opinion- I think that Craig's first three movies (yes, including Quantum of Solace) are really good, and Casino...

I think that there are different ways to look at it. The thing is ... the movie Bond is based on the book, but the various Bonds in the...

Got my first game in yesterday, created a randomly generated town and world, and a tweaked version of the free starting adventure. It...

I'm on team "How big is a step? If one of the steps is a square root I'm out!" I've the following basics for step size (and it's not as...

Cortext Prime thinks 5e and Daggerheart are total amateurs. And writing this all out, it's maybe a good reason I've come to loathe...

The other thing to consider is how easily can steps be short cutted? For example, a big roll in Daggerheart or 5e means I can often skip...

Looking at the number of steps in isolation is not very meaningful, especially as how to break them down into steps is (perhaps...

For what it's worth, this was the issue in the playtest that caused one of the players to ragequit. Back then, you'd subtract your armor...