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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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Oh yeah, there's a lotta different nuts in that there granola, for sure. Some of those secondary issues lie mostly with the GM I think... -
Zzakael19 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Though even in games not focused on fight-to-the-death, you have to have things set up so that's not only functional but attractive...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
My issue regarding "desire paths" is with "I don't think it's too far a reach to suggest, that if you create a mechanic that negates the...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Here's an interesting article from Clayton Notestine at Explorer's Design about mechanics, dominant mechanics, and designing by omission.
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place.I’m probably going to grab it because I’m curious about the dragon, haha. I’m wondering if they took inspo from Draw Steel! since its...
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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.
Ooh. Cool. Thanks. FYI for everyone: it is also available on DriveThru.
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Zzakael19 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Despite its importance generally, I feel like we should perhaps set issues of immersion aside here. The scope of that conversation is...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place.I don’t know if you saw, but Mike Underwood has a new adversary collection out. Looks like it’s filling in some missing gaps for classic...
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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.
To be clear, I was never arguing that DH was grimdark. I was arguing against the idea, actually. But I still think the Scar death spiral...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place with Like.
And death is always the least interesting thing that counts as a long term consequence.
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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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So here's the part where I ask you to name your top Grimdark novels and watch as other people come in to argue with those choices. ;) -
Zzakael19 reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place with Like.
This. I don't think that DH is a GrimDark system. But it provides significant tools that support attempted GrimDark play in ways that...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place.Yeah, he's definitely where my mind goes; and IIRC the entire series is basically just "we struggle and hurt and at best we keep the...
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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.
My favorite grimdark novel is The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie and I don't think there is any reason to think you can't emulate that march...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place.I think that DH doesnt want to do genuine GrimDark so much inherently, but between Stress & Scars, you've got much better hooks to show...