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I just ran my first 2 sessions of Shadowdark and our group had a blast. A lot has already been said, but one thing that took 5e players by surprise was no ability bonuses added to damage rolls. We’re using the real time timers for light. So far it’s worked pretty well (using my phone for the...

Fortunately no one in my immediate circle of friends suffered through anything like this, but we’d all heard of it happening to others. We were also careful to hide our gaming stuff at school because we knew about its bad reputation. Later in life I met a gamer who told me he’d only been...

Captain - Picard First Officer - Riker Science Officer - Spock Medical Officer - Bashir Chief Engineer - LaForge Helm - Sulu Navigation - Data Communications - Uhura Tactical - Dax (why not? they’ve done it all!) Security Officer - Worf

For those asking about a favorite WizKids D&D set, I’d probably pick the Witchlight set, just because there were so many unique designs and I like Feywild stuff. I also quite enjoyed many of the 50th anniversary models, particularly the 1st edition inspired designs. The new ones look pretty...

Oh and welcome to Enworld!

Planescape, from 2e, is me and my wife’s favorite setting, so we are in the Great Wheel club. We did, however, add the Feywild and Shadowfell to our multiverse when 4e was the current edition, much in the same way 5e eventually added them. We actually really liked 4e as a system, but largely...

Two recent-ish games come to mind for me: Sentinels Comics, a super hero rpg that really captured the flavor of comic-book action more so than a lot of other supers rpgs, which tend to focus more on modeling individual super powers. To its detriment, I think it suffers from a cumbersome...

I was on the fence about Dragonbane but this thread convinced me to pull the trigger and grab the core set! My group needs to finish a Shadowdark campaign we just started first, but we’ll be diving into this right after!

I was initially interested and followed the early play tests, but the game just failed to win me over. I didn’t hate it, and I would be willing to try it out if someone I knew wanted to run it, but I personally wouldn’t choose it over D&D.

Yes, I think I will. I think the only ‘missing’ class that might come up would be some kind of monk, which have some Greyhawk history. What would you recommend for monk, if someone is dying to play one?

What are some of the features or elements that make WWN your preferred game?

I used SW to run a 2-year “Gamma World” campaign (cribbing a lot from the SW Darwin’s World and Broken Earth books). One house rule I did, that helped with some of the lack of damage progress in combat, was have armor be ablative. Since it was the wasteland and everything was junky and prone...

I’ve started to build out the future game using Shadowdark and I’m very happy how easy it’s been to dive right in. We’re still finishing up a 5e adventure, but we’re very excited to give Shadowdark a go! I’m also amazed how much content Kelsey has made freely available, but I certainly plan to...

In my games, I use dynamic abilities with skills, so an Athletics check could be Athletics + Str or Athletics + Dex, depending on what you’re trying to do. So right there that invalidates Acrobatics as a distinct skill. I voted for History, but I think it’s a weird skill. I wish it had been...

Yeah sounds like Shadowdark is the clear consensus here! Thanks for all the input!

Thanks again for taking us on another adventure down Gold Box memory lane! The tower was probably my least favorite dungeon of Curse. It felt very claustrophobic and the drow were kind of repetitive. I think that was further hampered by Akabar, who I remember being more detrimental than...

Hello! So one of the groups I run games for is wanting to take a break from the usual 5e and try something more old school. Shadowdark seems to be the early frontrunner, but Worlds without Number also intrigues me. I'm thinking of adapting the good ol' Village of Hommlet for the adventure, which...

"Form Blazing Sword!" "Nope, sorry I botched the roll." - Me trying to play Voltron, probably.

As an aside, this discussion reminds me that I’be always wanted to have weapon damage be class based, with variations for 2-handers vs 1-handed/shield. That way your character could flavor their weapon to anything they think fits their character without losing optimization. But I know...

Gandalf the Grey Heritage - Planetouched (Aasimar) Culture - Forsaken Background - Exile Class - 9th level Bard Archetype - Lore Weaver Destiny - Return to Glory My Thoughts: Gandalf is tricky and could be built a number of ways. Though he's called a "Wizard", Tolkien's magic is far more...