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Replying to myself here to quote Baker’s take on this which I know a lot of AW old hats don’t like much: “ PbtA represents an approach...
Jan 18, 2026
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I think that Daggerheart shows its a lot more fungible then that. Mostly, it's a question of degrees of authority imo. Which is why I...
Jan 18, 2026
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Players can add color to the setting without having any measurable impact on where things go. Like taking a sheet of paper with an...
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That really isn't enough to imply anything beyond a vague similarity, which isn't enough for our purposes. They are also both very...
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I think Rime is an illusory sandbox. If you follow the advice in the book, the PCs can do like 3 things before they have to move on. It...
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Tbf, most casual use has it as a shorthand of games whose core mechanical conceits and framework of principles hew relatively close to...
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I don't think it takes anything like that long. The real measure of 'work' is probably the GM - how experienced they are with RPGs...
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A cave of some kind certainly, maybe one with active vulcanism that could be the lair of a fiery red dragon. A frost lair might contrast...
Jan 18, 2026
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Yeah, I’ve kinda poo-poohed Environments in the past but after running a few more combats I think this is the way for me to get mileage...
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oops, lol. That’s very cool! As someone adapting a long running Planescape campaign to Daggerheart, seeing creative ways to port over...
Jan 18, 2026
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Yeah, it’s right in the post above :D. Taking the MV entries as inspiration for actions and how the creatures fit together and then...
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it's a really pithy way to point to the difference. I like it.
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I forget if it's in AW or his corpus of writings, but Baker does say that he keeps things simple with NPCs. In AW:BO, he's gotten far...
Jan 17, 2026
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So between some thoughts about converting my DS! Neverwinter Campaign Setting game over to DH, @Reynard 's question about interesting...
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