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    White Dwarf Reflections #18

    Tizun Thane : block the windows with the tapestries from the main hall. Im running it soon in shadowdark. With a few mods. Wish me luck. Advice welcome.
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    D&D (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities?

    in my day we had fighter (str) wizard (int) cleric (wis) thief (dex) with con and cha as nice to haves and we were happy. Theres no need for nonsenses like barbarbarians and munks and saucerers and eldritchahadowhexbladedancers etc Kids today grumble grumble.
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    D&D (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities?

    What is the point in “balancing” stats? And for the record, Vancian casting is fine.
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    What Does the RPG Hobby Need Now?

    And bigger ones, theres plenty of quickies
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    What Does the RPG Hobby Need Now?

    i dont know the map but the goal : 50%+ of players in a group should be eagerly, positively, looking forward to their turn to GM
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    D&D (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities?

    No the challenge is making other things as important as the battlefield
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    D&D (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities?

    Rolemaster, which is clearly the best rpg, has ten stats. I have them tatooed on my fingers.
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    D&D (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities?

    Meh, the stats are self-balancing. If a stat is less useful less characters will prioritize it giving this that do rarity value and niche utility.
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    OSR Let's make Shadowdark classes!

    “munchkin”
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    D&D General Sandbox and/or/vs Linear campaigns

    Its not about the hooks its about whether you can spit the hook out .
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    How Fantastical Do You Like Your Fantasy World?

    Id cautiously err on the side of unfantasticalness. Once play is underway, id much rather turn up the fantastical dial than turn it down.
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    D&D General Would You Buy an RPG Product Printed on a Gutenberg Press?

    I will happily hoist the black flag and pirate any AI created content. No human creator: no copyright harm done.
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    D&D General Would You Buy an RPG Product Printed on a Gutenberg Press?

    yes a thing now is like a past thing because. checkmate, luddites !
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    D&D General What races/species populate your DnD world?

    FR65 Elminster scrapes the barrel
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    D&D General What races/species populate your DnD world?

    Lizardfolk etc live in far off hot places Gimmick - ive not used the right word - all those pointless ones that are just orcs with a twist, so they might as well just be an orc clan with a special cultural feature.
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    D&D General What races/species populate your DnD world?

    easier to tell you what im not having: dragonborn, tieflings, drow, 1/2-species, nonmammalian humanoids in temperate climes, gimmick humanoids.
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    D&D General What races/species populate your DnD world?

    humans, gibberlings and qullans you know i am right
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    An examination of player agency

    but in most rpgs the opponents skill level and the referee and the screams of the crowd are determined by the GM. Hell the whole thjng may be an illusion or a scam. Are these things part of the “rules” and if so isnt player certainty incompatible with exploration? Is player agency “i want to...
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    An examination of player agency

    Random Thoughts My hunch is your definition of agency is Narritivist and doesnt work for other agendas. Afficionados of sandboxes will describe their preference in terms of “player agency”. If not actually agency that a sandbix gives what is it? By rules Do you mean mechanics or the whole...
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    An examination of player agency

    Yeah a Campaign is one of them gygaxian mileu type things. to the OP: how would you describe the difference between a (D&Dish) “railroad” and “sandbox”?
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