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On the Foundry issue, you get a discount on the Foundry module if you own the PDF. On the PF2 Reddit, users have confirmed that you get the discount if you get the Stolen Fate PDF. Frozen Flame does not have a Foundry module, but there is a PDF converter that you can use to import the module to...

I think this is a pretty soft hit piece. In fact, I'd just say it's some advertising. I think WotC will be able to get past this. Especially since they are selling products through D&D Beyond.

I think this very definitely falls into the "more than one thing can be true at once" category. By default, B/X doesn't have a skill system, which makes it a system I'm not interested in these days. At the same time Worlds Without Number and the related games do have a strong skill system that I...

Time for a "back in my day..." story. Back in my day, this actually happened: you had spells that took segments to cast, and if you acted during that time, you could move out of the way or disrupt the spell. I'd say that the game has pretty thoroughly moved away from that. But still, I just...

I'll just say that my experience with the 5E skill system is that it's terrible. It's like a whole chapter of the book describing using and adjudicating skills was just left out of the game. When I think about a game like Blades in the Dark, I'm thinking of a game that handles skills, success...

I hope you feel better and are able to go home soon. I was in the hospital a couple of times this year and you're never so happy as when you get to go home.

This is the key, and the only real answer. Honestly it's the answer for all house rules or different ways to run a game. If your players are having fun (and the DM/GM too) who is it to complain? When I see discussions like this I think about the games I like to run and to play in. And the one's...

I'm another one of those people who say "it's not out yet for me." But, it will have updated magic items. I suppose that will be useful. Can't say as I'm expecting to use anything else from it. I'll probably read the Greyhawk stuff and see what I remember about it. Edited to add: reading the...

I think this is a very telling example. In the case of Mordor, the only people who don't know anything really about Mordor (other than it's a scary place) are the hobbits. Gimli, Legolas, Aragorn, Boromir and Gandalf all know quite a bit about it. It all depends on who your character is and what...

How so? How is asking questions a problem? This genuinely boggles my mind.

I know what that means, but ... what does that mean for you? I could easily explain how I run a session with an example, but I think you're doing something very different. I suppose I should give up as I think we're playing a very different game, which I hope you have fun with.

Ah, many people play RPGs in scenes. It seems you don't. So if I were to listen in on part of your RPG session, what would it sound or look like?

I'm genuinely interested: what is it like then? If you were playing a scene, what would it sound like? It sounds very different than I am familiar with, so I'm interested to hear about it.

I just have to ask: what does "playing a game" mean? To me, asking and answering questions is the core game loop for most of a session. So what does playing the game look like to you?

It's not even out yet. And while it does things like make the Monk a playable class, and give fighters a way to get extra attacks or Advantage on attacks, what exactly is it doing better? Some spells are cleaned up but some are also unbalanced. And when I look at games like Fabula Ultima or...

This is such a good book. At the start of it you get one view of the way the world works. That is really changed by the end of it. And yes, I tear up at the scene you're talking about every time.

May I suggest Into the Badlands as something to watch along the same lines. I really liked it, although the last half season dropped off.

I picked this up a couple of days ago. There is a lot of stuff here. Changes to pretty much all the core mechanics. I'm seriously going to have to give it some thought. I have only run a Scum and Villainy game but have played a fair bit of Blades, so I think I can get a good handle on things. I...

Honestly the 4E stuff goes on to this day. I just added some folks to my ignore list because I didn't want to fight about an edition that's long out of print. I really do think that 5E has been received much nicer, though. There are people who hate it, like any edition, but the design managed...

I have played several campaigns of FFG's Star Wars and I have to say that your player isn't wrong. But neither are you. Star Wars isn't a game about getting gear and loot and equipment progression. I think the series that uses it the most is the Mandalorian and at some point they just lost sight...