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Yes, continuing with a failed mechanic when it is clear it has failed would be an immediate red flag. Yet things-not-working-out at the basic resolution mechanic level would still be a concern, and worthy of discussion. Regardless, my statement was made under the notion that a solid primary...

To start with, you are absolutely correct. There were small niche abilities* that could come into play. First and foremost, I was referring to/thinking of the skills where you specifically, well, skilled (were giving a nwp score, likely a modification of an attribute, and rolled that to effect...

Let's be clear, exactly one individual suggested that there was a grift going on, and the person you are responding to was not that person. It is not helpful to include that statement in your response to their post. Beyond that, everyone* is aware that the game was unfinished and subject to...

An issue is a broad topic. To be clear, it absolutely, flatly, unflinchingly is not an issue on a legal, moral, uh... 'doing something wrong' level. The grifting claim suggestion made above seems likely to be either 1) casual overreaction, or 2) becoming used to a specific way something is done...

Everything you say is true. However, the alternate methodology that seems to have popped up for nerdosphere news is page ads, which drastically incentivize low-effort clickbait articles. And that I am super tired of dealing with. It will be interesting to see if new models rise to the fore.

Interesting. Do you have any examples? Slow descent into spot checks notwithstanding*, did you really see it take over the game? *I'm concerned with what was there in 1e and 2e, not what it might have become in 3e My impression was that the non-weapon proficiency/skill system was a bunch of...

Agreed. This is not a grift. Colville and MCDM are long termers who make their living on having a continuing reputation of delivering consistent content*. They are in it for the long term, not a flash-in-the-pan or fly-by-night grifting operation. *that you may or may not like or think valuable...

I see. In that case, I generally agree. We're playing games about people who live in a world where magic is real. That's anathema to what a lot of us would like people to believe in our day-to-day life, but that's true of both eras of magic-believing. One is just insulated by time. That said...

Importing armor "class" made sense when it was more of a nominal variable with a numeric representation and less of a real ordinal variable. Honestly (and I guess I already said roughly this), the closer things got to a static X-vs-Y chart, the more sense it made and there's no real reason to...

I voted Monsters/NPCs, Rules variants/additions, and Locations (not full settings). I'm done needing more character-build options. There are a grip of 3PP books filled to the brim with new races, classes, subclasses, and feats. I don't have enough playtime and characters to explore all the...

I'm not exactly sure what you are asking, suggesting, or trying to say. I was positing a reason Clint_L might dislike New Age-era magic but be fine with faux-medieval magic.

Is it because relatively recent instances of IRL people believing in the supernatural feels more problematic than potentially people way back yonder* in the past believing in magic? *if one feels that the quasi-medieval setting of the fantasy genre even is a parallel to the real farther-back past.

Or they know that most people buying their material are doing it as a middle finger to the rest of the world, not because they actually want a usable game product (in which case wasting resources editing provides neither them nor their customers any benefit).

And the sonar will be terribly inefficient.

They were first included in oD&D supplement III: Eldrtich Wizardry, so they definitely predate Gamma World. I have also heard the notion that they were included as a bone thrown to the people wanting a non-Vancian system, although I'm unsure of my source on the matter. Certainly we've heard...

My wife tells me that I am very trying. {b-dum} {tsch!}

IMO: Yes, kids are just like everyone else in that an ever growing portion of their activities are dominated by screen time. That said, they absolutely still play with Legos and jump ropes and rock collections and Little Mermaid costumes and what-have-you. They simply aren't going to do so in...

After thread drift, it appears to have settled on 'what are your thoughts on using ascending AC in TSR-era A/D&D?' -- both in terms of do you find ascending AC preferable, and also in whether it is worth the change/have you done so/etc.

I think it is a decent enough game concept in theory, but the implementation was a bit all over the place, particularly across TSR-era A/D&Ds (as a reminder, it also shows up in BX, and in Gazetteer-era BECMI and RC in the skills subsystem). First and foremost, one needs to recognize what...

I would like to get the ads manageable and allow Morrus to financially benefit from me showing up without adblocker enabled. If Facebook's 'suggested for you' entries are any indication, simple male gender and 18-60 age range (and maybe D&D/RPG interest) is enough to get one slotted into the...