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Zzakael19 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place with
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I disagree. Grimdark is often about fading and diminishing hope and about the inevitability of failure. Scars do that just fine. I... -
Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [Name Change]Red Hand of Doom Conversions.Starting writing up an adjusted campaign flow as I noodle on the DH conversion. Leaning on some prior work I did planning a 5e game from...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I agree with you in principal, but its complicated because "making decisions only the character would make" and "forget I'm playing a...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place.Like I said, to me true grimdark is when the absolute best case you can hope for is the sustainment of an already terrible status quo...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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I think it very difficult, bordering on impossible, to account for 'immersion breakage' in any kind of definitive way. Some folks have... -
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The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson has characters who die tragically, or struggle with serious mental illness, or physical...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Breaking Star Games's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
It seems very fun so far after a oneshot and first session of my campaign. Knight abilities and passions are often very evocative. Myths...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.The thing about “Be a Fan of the Player Characters” that always seems to get glossed over in these discussions is that a) every game...
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Zzakael19 reacted to the Jester's post in the thread D&D General [Name Change]Red Hand of Doom Conversions with Like.
A bit of both! I've converted the monsters and npc appendices. The rest will largely be on the fly, probably with a few bits of...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [Name Change]Red Hand of Doom Conversions.I am definitely going to a Frame for DH shortly, along with profile ports! I think I can make the mid game much more open.
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Zzakael19 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General [Name Change]Red Hand of Doom Conversions with Like.
That is actually where the DMsGuild conversion doc came from, I believe.
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Zzakael19 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Here's a brief episode of RPG play: My PC arrived at the dungeon entrance, and went down the stairs. There were two Orc guards waiting...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place with Like.
Sure, but amaris was specifically talking about the frames as presented. You can make anything grimdark or hopelight as you want at the...
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Zzakael19 reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
The agenda and principles are hard, in so much as they do tell you how to generate fiction. They’re soft in that they can be replaced...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place.Even AoU isn't all that Grimdark in the grand scheme of tTRPG settings unless you really lean into it. It's explicitly about bringing...