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Oh, I get that. What I think is missing from its abilities is what could be found in many lower level lurkers. A simple ability (not relying on GM rolling skills) to fade away. Lurkers usually could camouflage themselves among their allies or the batttlefield itself, making it hard to pinpoint...

"Evading" cultists at Istanbul's Bazaar [Cthulhu]

Not quite a lurker though. I see no ability to fade out. They are more striker than anything else, with all that ongoing damage and forced vulnerability. But since striker was a PC role, maybe they fit more as artillery? Regardless, it looks solid. The dragon is throwing acid all around all the...

That idea has plagued the game for decades, IMO.* I ran VtM for several years in the 2000s and one short (8 sessions) campaign in 2019. That atmosphere of player plotting against player can ruin a game real fast. Back in my teenages in the 2000s, I had some trouble understanding that. In 2019...

"Don't shoot, he's charmed, damnit!" [BX-OSE]

A designer saying they don't design D&D geared towards combat is one hell of a joke. Sure most of us don't play with "90% combat" (myself included). Yet the keyword used is DESIGN. And the game design geared towards combat sticks out a mile. Please...

We need some traps there! Poison needles and slippery floor, moving ladders (you know why) and such. Also, away with straight corridors: make them serpentine...

Tales from the Loop is a game where the PCs can't "die" from the conflicts: they get knocked out, laughed out or whatever fits the scene. That doesn't mean they can simply jump in front of a moving train, it just states what's the game is all about: solving mysteries ignored by those busy...

This is interesting. Their Carcass Zine has some neat ideas. A mage and a sage (kinda priest) without actual spells, but a handful of "magic skills" they can try to cast. Also, the d6 thief skills with point-buy is worth mentioning. There's some psionics there and space flavor things which I...

I didn't catch the Q&A. Could you tell me what's planned for Book 3?

Same as Mike Mearls quote from up thread, I suppose. He starts saying "I wasn't there when they decided, but I believe that was it". Did "they" (whoever they are) really want one set of rules to "rule them all" platforms?

I mean, I play Fortnite d20 every Sunday with my D&D 5e group. It's a pirate-inspired game with a tabaxi bard, a dhampir fighter, a tiefling barbarian, a half-orc monk and a autognome rogue. And they got pistols. If that's not Fortnite d20, I don't what is... On the topic, @Snarf Zagyg and some...

I edited my post to add a simple sentence ;) I know my joke was unrelated to the topic... yet I could not resist. Sometimes it feels good to see that different ideas have always been there, in the very old tomes. I didn't (and don't) mean to derail the thread, I was just having fun :) EDIT: I...

Not even a fiend is pure evil now, smh. I swear to you these new designers will ruin the game... EDIT: (Just enough dose of sarcasm)

Blood donation is in section [Cthulhu] Or: One Fang causes real Bang.

Really? I remember from The Mists of Avalon Merlin (a title) to be a druid first, a sage second, and a minstrel third. I have an impression 1e (?) Bard was trying to emulate that, with all those levels in fighter, thief, and druid before going bard. I never played 1e, though, that's just an...

Peddler's shop is a maze! [D&D Pirates]

I voted primarily homebrew. When I started GMing with 2e, I had little to no access to modules (I don't live in the US), so adventures had to be written by me (and the others GM of the group) and I guess it just became "the way we play it". I've found many modules interesting, old and new, and...

Hunting hunter-creature aboard drifting ship [Cthulhu] Or: Careful what you wish for

Line 'em up and shoot! [D&D Pirates]