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I appreciate they offered a solution to the solo boss monster fight. Such monsters are automatically immune to some effects and spells, their actions - ranging from fear effects to damage - and automatic and they act at least twice if not more so per combat turn to keep apace in the action economy.

You can also make a book by piling sentences into it. One of the biggest problem at the moment is not that AI can make things. it is that the bean counters, not the artists, are deciding when AI content is "good enough," by how much money they save, not if it was actually a great product. And...

Yep. My personal headcanon for that commercial was, "And now your work for the day is done! You can leave now!" (and pick up your pinkslip on the way out the door.) Didn't pinkslips originate as a way for a company to give YOU two-weeks notice?

It's why I found Kobold's Empire of Ghouls campaign disappointing on a certain level as it became clear the arc was trying two serve to masters, provide an in-depth guide to the empire AND also give a tour of the Midgard's different regions. The concept kinda worked since the empire has a far...

As for the English, Alpha version of the Book of Magic, I like what I see so far. The variety of magic and introduction of familiars is what DB needed. Harmonism, though, seems to make the Musician ability a bit more like an optional class. Either you can spend less WP but now you essentially...

I guess this is more about my style than the adventure but in my second campaign, Troll Spire was fondly remembered more for the NPC than the puzzle trap. I did have an ace up my sleeve for her funny voice.

I think additional graphics to show how the floor trap worked would have helped. I think it also didn't clarify if the trap only worked on a north/south axis vs both but I could be wrong as I am working from memory.

It is like FL wants to say, "The spell Protector's duration is a Shift for locations but only a stretch for people."

After B/X, TMNT and Gamma World were my next steps into a wider world of gaming.

Exactly! It also seems the alternatives to metal for casters are: Dragonglass is hard to craft with (bane) and has half the DUR Demonic material requires the HA Demonic Smithing, which is not described or included. Demonic material sounds like demonic bargaining with extra steps in the smithy.

For the Book of Magic, I am sorely thinking of using it more as a tool for establishing setting and such. Such as in some campaigns, certain schools might be NPC only. Or some schools may be even split up even more to give a type of magic a very strong theme, like mental psionics or Pyromancy.

I don't have my copy yet but evidently the incomplete English Alpha document for the Book of Magic dropped in DTRRPG. According to those who have read the full Swedish beta version: Some alternatives to iron or steel swords Alchemy feels different - and now offers the game poison antidotes...

Congrats to Roberts!! I’m guessing we’ll see where this new team is going in 2027?

I'm eager to start messing around with DB again soon. It's my go-to fantasy game for now, quick to start up and hits a sweet spot where you can look to a lot of other fantasy OSR content for inspiration and BRP/RQ as well, especially with BRP Universal coming out with bestiary.