Recent content by zakael19

"Ok, did you want to do long rest downtime moves here?" is an easy and impactful question; because they know I'm going to advance countdowns... For my urban fantasy frame, I was explicit about how I see rests in that: short ones might be "catch a breather" if they're wandering the fey realms...

….what. lol.

Man, SD’s simplified XP as treasure is so good here too. As somebody with (0) nostalgia for old systems, I can’t get over how well Kelsey took the beating heart of “D&D” and did something that learns from decades of design without bloating. (When I get some more design done in “Shadowheart”...

...every time I read Shadowdark's Quickstart again I'm struck by how good it is (especially the succinct & explicit GM guidance), but also I like the DH 2d12 and less-old-school-lethal play. So I'm trying to build a mashup with 4 simplified core classes, lol.

I was using poker chips, but got the little aquarium/flower gems in various colors with the collectors set; when I sold that I bought some off Amazon for cheap since it was fun having different hope colors for each character and such.

I just use red gems in person & purple circles online. Easy to see and they make a good pile that lets you tell at a glance just how many I’m racking up.

The big sci-fi “build on the core into something new” was on KS or backerkit or something. They’re getting art & doing custom classes/domains with extensive testing and all that jazz.

Yes. Some are so explicitly high fantasy magic I had to tweak the mechanics over (like the Sage transport summons).

I did a bunch of work on a Warhammer reskin, and quickly realized I was needing to tweak a bunch of domain cards.

"And your Third point is also entirely on you. There's nothing stopping you from doing prep (I built the entire city of Verella for my campaign and we've spent 10 sessions there over two levels; I built the core of the world at a FITD level for two games for us to riff off of as a basic...

DH's Subreddit has ~26k weekly visitors and a lively discussion. Their discord is also quite busy. If you want lively discussion about games that aren't like the top two in the market (5e & PF2), you gotta find the spaces where people congregate around it. I can't speak to your idiosyncrasies...

Speaking of damage... ... did you know that as far as I can tell there's (4) T3 adversaries capable of getting to Severe on T3 chainmail with a regularly available attack without a crit? And that it's a rapidly closing window on the far end of their damage curve? (1) adversary can do that vs...

A T3 Bruiser does 3d10+2ish damage. T3 Minion Groups seem designed to do a flat 25ish damage. A T2 minion group will do ~16 damage, compared to a T2 skulk's 2d8+2 or so. Downsides are a) needs a fear so not something you do on a regular spotlight and b) generally dogcrap Atk. Which is again...

They just dont offer anything else interesting except "spend a fear and hope the d20 favors you/punish Vulnerable players." Which just means there's design space to play with! Here's a couple examples I pulled from 4e profiles: "Bloodlust - Passive: Each Devil with Very Close gains +2 to...

Can we stop beating the Druid horse maybe? Yes, Leaders tend to have a higher Difficulty for the tier and strong HP and Stress and always have an ability that allows spotlighting of some sort. Their damage expression is lower than Bruisers and Solos (Elites). In 4e parlance, they're your...