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Well, there's a couple issues. You can have the improvisation rules be based on a generic metamechanic, like 4e. You can have very loose rules that may not have great fidelity, but are broadly applicable. Or you can go the other route, where there are many different rules for many different...

I think that when I play, as well as when I run, I want the rules to fall into the background as much as humanly possible. I'd much rather have the rules on improvising be general (do a stat check, maybe some extra random elements) than have a set expected damage, expected to hit, expected to...

This conversation is interesting because to me the entire point of playing a TTRPG with a DM is to adjudicate out of the box ideas. The instant that I have to pick from a list of options is the instant I get bored with the game. The attraction of D&D, back when I started playing, was that I...

There is a collection of posters who will bash anything that comes out of Mearl's mouth. He could say something like 'we are going to use dice for 5e', and the mob leaders would be calling for his head because it OBVIOUSLY means that he's catering to the grognards who want dice to rule...

It's a smart move. If you want to appeal to a lot of people, you don't design for the forums. Everyone on a forum wants a different specific thing. Inspiration is either too StoryGamey, or not 'elegant' like a storygame. It's either too nice to the min maxers or is isolating the char op...

It's bennies. Cool. I like the help with tying background to the setting. I'm sure there are some people who are purple in the face that DnD would DARE dictate how they role play their character with their bad mechanics, but really, its a good idea that most DMs do anyway. And I agree with...

I used ACKs economic system for building the world of Dark Sun. It's filled in a lot of the edge cases of the setting. I've also been using the Domains at War basic rules for mass combat, and they've worked like a charm. My group just staged a surprise attack on the royal guard of Balic's...

Ah, that's only an issue if they have to pick between a collection of 30 similar powers. The extra actions seem to be limited in scope and number, so its not a big deal.

I think I like that. Potent effects can just impose disadvantage on some saves. Weak effects give advantage. A fire-based mage might always have Advantage on saves against Fire based damage. Set the save DC to, say, 15 at 1st level, dropping by 1 every 3 levels or so... doable. I'm going to...

It's funny, over on a certain other message board, all anyone can talk about is how much they like the idea. I've been running a Next game for the past month and I can say that the save mechanic is a little bit of an issue.

1. Easy to teach: I've brought in 4 new players to DnD with ease of character creation. 2. Deeper than it looks: not in terms of Char-op gibberish, but I have a group with three fighters and they're all as different as could be. One's a bounty hunter with some minor spells, one's a great ax...

I have a question for anyone who has had a look at the Domains at War playtest rules. I'm running a gladiator rebellion in Dark Sun, and I missed the Kickstarter date by a month. Lame. So if I'm overstepping, apologies. I was wondering if anyone could give me a general run down of the...

Feminazi's stole my ice cream. http://vimeo.com/64941331

You really don't get it, do you? Do you even know what censorship is? You keep using that word, but I don't think you know what it is.

Which is funny, because Rousey's dislocated more shoulders than... a machine designed to dislocated shoulders. The simile sort of fell apart there.

Ain't that the truth. When I was lifting, my workout buddy looked like 85 pounds of nothing, but the girl was a former gymnast and dense as wood. She could squat me under the table. When people don't think there's such thing as strong women, it's not because there aren't any, it's because at...

More gold: Forgotten Strong Women- Katie Sandwina http://thehumanmarvels.com/878/sandwina-woman-of-steel/strong She even took a challenge from the bodybuilding legend Eugene Sandow. Minerva http://thehumanmarvels.com/124/minerva-and-charmion-strongwomen/strong And while we're...