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I like Pathfinder's three actions (and imagine Will Smith saying, "What is this, some sort of three-action system?") Beyond that, I have been playing with Mythcraft's Action Point system. You receive a number of APs on your turn, and can use any you don't spend as reactions. It's more complex...

It's interesting that you say this. In the real world, I work with politics some of the time, and I am aware of the underlying politics of a lot of people who post here. I have found that the people whose politics I agree with the most tend not to have gaming play styles in common with me. And a...

I think this is incredibly important. I see a lot of "you're playing it wrong," and in those cases I just roll my eyes and move on since we all play the game differently. But when you get to "play this way and do this, or you are a bad person," I just have to object. People can definitely play a...

It's not unusual if you're coming at it from the Elon perspective or are just lazy. If you don't know much about the hobby, you find someone who's been very vocal, and also checks out as part of the early game design (and is still alive!) You have a perfect source to say what it "used to be."...

For this issue we need to remember that the mainstream society knows virtually nothing about D&D and gaming in general. That's even as popular as D&D is right now. They haven't heard of any of the discussions we've been having, and they are most likely only thinking about this because of what...

I just wanted to say thanks for this trip down memory lane. I played these originally on my Commodore 128 and I think this was the last in the series that they made for it. So next game will be new to me!

I think so too. What I think can be problematic is that D&D as written doesn't really have a lot of good tools for what to do when you don't want to roll the dice. A lof of other games do, and I have taken those concepts back into D&D. I think the DM who wants to be able to change die rolls is...

I have found that running from a VTT makes this situation a lot easier. As the GM you can set rolls to private or public, and have players whisper rolls to you as well. So if your player asks you "what do I know about this creature?" You can have them make the appropriate check and whisper it so...

This is absolutely true. There's nothing wrong with breaking out of the normal process to handle something. I prefer to play games that take that into account within the rules, but there's nothing that you can't change things. And of course, that should involve working with your players. And it...

I voted yes, that the DM should roll in the open. The most obvious reason for this is so that your players won't have any thought that you're cheating. But that's not the reason I'm saying it (although I have had my share of DMs/GMs who've cheated before). I'm suggesting it because it's a...

I still don't understand how it's controversial to say that one of the things that has made Draw Steel popular is the weird setting stuff. I'm not sure it's all for me but I really have seen enough of bog standard settings.

It's hard to say if Intimidate is the worst skill, but it is up there because it's so narrow in it's application. Most DMs don't want to use the skill for pretty much everything that happens in dialog in shows like Game of Thrones. There's so much use of the skill there! But for me, the thing...

I'll just say that after seeing the list, I am excited about far more than three games for 2025. Now as to time to play them? Bah! It's more games!

I remember playing the original game all the way through and really enjoying it. A friend picked up the new version and said, "Hey, let's play!" We booted it up, and I think he ended up getting a refund from Steam. It was that bad. Now, if you want something fun to play that's a blast from the...

The discussion of failing really hits home, since I've had more than my share of bad DMs who did exactly the humor stuff at failing a check or missing that Bae'zel is talking about. What I do as a result of this is look at how skilled the character who's trying something is and narrate...

I really have been enjoying the first one. The thing I like the most is all of the user created classic adventures. It's a blast. It's very different from BG3 but I've enjoyed the huge variety of games available a ton.

I'm moving more and more away from the new edition. I have a Foundry server and was planning on getting the books and either running or playing for my group but the recent kerfluffle has just soured me even more. If my group wants to go with it, I suppose I'll pick up the rest of what I need but...

I am not sure if it's been mentioned, but MythCraft is going to do a new edition with VTT support this January. MythCraft is 5E-esque system with fun additions of Action Point combat as well as a Talent Tree system. It actually looks to be a possible 5E replacement for my group (if they can do...

It was a combination of the Initiative system and the damage/armor system. I believe damage has been tweaked since we played but he didn't like how difficult it was do deal with damage mitigation. And this is a very mild-mannered player who's also smart so it sort of came out of left field. But...

Yes. We did a mini campaign with the test rules and Demiplane. I really liked it but one of the players rage-quit the game the last session. So it's going to be a no for us. I played a support character and found that to be a ton of fun. My character was "Old Bob" a dwarven mining construct...