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Zzakael19 reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread City Supplements - What do we like? with
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Yep. It's easy to make up the stats to suit the story and moment. If you can make NPCs that are tied to parts of the city thematically... -
Zzakael19 reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Lances were designed to shatter and be disposable? with Like.
Jousting lances are, but lances used in war are not. They're not designed to shatter on impact, though. And actually, historically in...
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ZI think the second is far more useful in the case of most NPCs, especially when we're talking about the urban environment where the...
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ZPlenty of published sourcebooks already mentioned. Rules/mechanics/procedures for cities that I have fondness for: Downtime in Zyan...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.It's not my rule, I'm just sharing how quickly the decision making tends to flow at my tables; without counting clarification questions!
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.5 seconds or whatever to make a decision is not "you have 5 seconds to speak." The players in my PBTA games generally make a decision...
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Zzakael19 reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread City Supplements - What do we like? with Like.
In the Wildemount book each town gets like half a page or a page IIRC. If it were a supplement for say...Sharn, i would love about the...
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ZAs a GM, I prefer systems where I'm not required to set the difficulty of a task of players according to some arbitrary number of...
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ZI really like die pool systems. Adding and subtracting dice is nice tactile way to handle modifiers. Better yet, I like die pool systems...
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Zzakael19 reacted to definiteFreakyFishGuy's post in the thread Let's Talk About Core Game Mechanics with Like.
In Sundered Isles (Ironsworn: Starforged expansion), there is an optional rule that (I think) does exactly what you are talking about...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread City Supplements - What do we like?.Your outline above sounds good, and coming from the OSR-adjacent direction I think you’re already primed to go usable information dense...
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Zzakael19 reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread City Supplements - What do we like? with Like.
In the Wildemount book, each settlement has a short writeup that actually makes the town or city usuable and interesting. I would love...
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ZThis is a common complaint about city sourcebooks. I think it has to do with the design goals of city supplements being quite diverse...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread City Supplements - What do we like?.As somebody running a game using the NCS right now, it has nowhere near the scaffolding of, say, Doskvol to really bring the city to...
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ZBlank space is one of my core design goals for Ashalom. I want to provide lots of cool ideas and evocative detail, but I don't want to...