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I think many STs run it that way, but it's still a supervillain rpg to me (rather than horror).

None, and I stated why in my previous post (GMs lacking the skill to produce true horror). Weird that you brought up Vampire and Werewolf though: I've always saw those as "dark superhero" games where the PCs struggle to avoid being consumed by their own power. The tropes normally associated with...

Horror. 100% of GMs I've played with or seen run the genre do it like a mystery. Horror and mystery can combine like most genre do but horror and mystery are actually two different genres with different tropes. If I'm playing in a horror ttrpg I expect my PC to be terrified at points because...

Hi EnWorlders 🤓 Longtime lurker, first-time poster: I'm about to run a low-level Sword & Sorcery-themed campaign set in the Forgotten Realms for a group of experienced ttrpg players. I require thine good counsel on these matters: I'm down to two systems: Barbarians of Lemuria OR Shadowdark...

With SW's Horror Companion? https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/448302/swade-horror-companion I run action-adventure. Period. I like recreating the wild action of films like Star Wars and LotR and comic books. Good old pulpy "punch evil in the face" action. Everything else is boring...

The Dave Arneson who we know made Blackmoor from his houserules of Gygax's Chainmail?

That's the thing: I'm not trying to make an argument or be "clever". And if I want to quote the late Gary Gygax until my last breath, I will - and there's nothing you people can do about it. He created and produced Dungeons & Dragons, and there's nothing you can do about it. Except complain...

Except, Gygax wasn't an authority. Authority grants the ability to give orders and enforce obedience. He was a tabletop game designer ;)

Congrats on starting your first campaign 🤓 Regarding your questions: AD&D's Forgotten Realms is one of my favs Creating your own setting can be very fulfilling, especially when you turn the players loose in it. https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page http://hyboria.xoth.net/

5e isn't OSR. Doesn't fit the playstyle: Rulings not rules Player skill not character abilities Heroic not superhero Forget "Game Balance"

What's weird is people falling into a sad coma over Gygax even being mentioned ... on a site that features discussion of tabletop rpgs.

Coleman. "Now the world don't move to the beat of just one drum, what might be right for you, may not be right for some ..."

That's a huge part of PCs getting diffed in combat: many players (not all) refuse to run away no matter how bad things get. Largely because they lack the tactical expertise to perform meaningful risk assessment. They have that 'Spray-N-Pray' video game mentality and unless the GM is fudging like...

I cannot thoroughly express my envy of your successes. Soon, the party will be decimated and victory firmly in hand. JUST KIDDING. Can I share a line from E.G.G.? "But lo', every time you throw the "monster die" a wondering nasty is indicated, and the party's strength is spent trying to...

Great map @SpaceOtter 🤓 What's weird to me is a GM sharing the big map with players. Guess I'm old-school: the party starts in a hex and explores, with one player/PC mapping the terrain as they go. To me it brings a greater sense of discovery to the table. Wonder.

Looks very well done. Are you going to sell it on DTRPG?

Different GMs run their sessions differently. Some of us don't lean heavily into the narrative elements of Story® (y)

Yeah. I really liked the "Compleat/Complete" series, especially The Complete Fighter's Handbook and The Complete Book of Elves.

Folks have been selling wolf tickets online since the first chat rooms. Ignore them.