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  1. GMMichael

    D&D General Vanity Frankenstein 5E: My homebrew D&D project [+]

    Metaphysical. Take it from another vanity project that spawned well before the announcement of "not 6e." (Hmm. "Not sexy?")
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    Your Most Useful and Most Used RPG Products

    Skyrim Official Game Guide by Prima Games, and of course, donjon.bin.sh
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    Collaborative Mapping for TTRPGs

    I'd go with the Owlbear. It has this in the "permissions" documentation: For each layer you can control whether your players can create, update or delete those items. For example if you remove the create option from the maps section. (sic) Your players won't be able to add new maps to the...
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    D&D General The Jester's Perfect D&D

    Hear, hear! So, ability scores do what, roll-under checks? I'd be surprised if D&D had any "mechanics" before 3rd edition. So, it's Alt-Shadowdark?
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    Dismantling the Game Master

    Well, that makes it easier for WotC to sell D&D Beyond and whatever their Next Great VTT will be. Don't forget character conditions, reactions used, darkvision, spell slots used, 9 tracking sheets, and knowing how character classes work (because a lot of players don't). Cypher system puts...
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    Dismantling the Game Master

    Game masters are players of RPGs*, yet their experiences are often significantly different from that of player-characters. The traditional GM supplies the setting and outcomes, while the PCs provide the (hopefully) best intentions of the main characters. Some game designers have found that no...
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    The older i get the less I need.

    I haven't played enough Savage Worlds to know what it could do for Golarion, but there's a significant reason that Star Wars felt like the SRD/3RD. One could pull out or modify a handful of SRD rules, and there would still be hundreds of D&D-like rules still at play. The Rules Compendium for...
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    WHAMMAGEDDON 2024

    1 day, 10 hours.
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    The older i get the less I need.

    Generic systems? Yes. "Can the GM do that" is a better question. I'd call that the thing with GURPS - not all generic systems. If a generic system shows up with few rules, that leaves room for the GM to add or plug in more if needed and to take the fundamental feel in a different direction...
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    Arms companies in gaming

    Better yet: "hmm, your account says 'insufficient funds.' You might want to call the Federated Bureau of Immigration and Identity Affairs. I.e. go on a quest to find whoever stole your ID." I've been too lazy to name most of my weaponsmiths and design their maker's marks. So far . . .
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    Grittiness and Lethality in Game Combat vs in Read-Only Fiction

    The rest of the genre, as in, the books that have conclusions? That's actually very gamey of him - his series fizzled out like a lot of campaigns do! That doesn't have to be the case. I'd much rather be playing in a story than something that's very obviously a game when the GM says, "um...
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    Iterations on my White Whale: Exploration turns to Adventuring

    I'm sure that it's a great system, given how much work you've put into it! You'll want to streamline that Basics page for the new people. It's hard to understand because it makes a lot of references to topics not covered on the basics page. Also, if Life is the Adventure, is Adventuring a...
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    D&D 5E (2024) EM’s World(s) [+]

    Capitaland. It has a Mars colony and electric jetpacks. The PCs get to play billionaires, which is nice, because everyone else's rights are limited to working for minimum wage and then signing over partial ownership of all purchases to the billionaire class (which, yes, is an actual character...
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    Grittiness and Lethality in Game Combat vs in Read-Only Fiction

    I'm re-reading a Song of Ice and Fire. Not seeing this low rate of protagonist injury. Aragon gets his feelings hurt. Welcome to the "D&D isn't actually the greatest" club!
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    Paizo’s Advent Calendar Giveaway & Sale Event!

    Better call the Fire Department. That sounds hot!
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    D&D 5E (2024) What happens when a multiclass character loses a prerequisite?

    Mixtral AI had this to say: In Dungeons & Dragons, when a character loses a prerequisite for a class they have multiclassed into, they do not lose the abilities they have already gained from that class. However, they cannot gain any more levels in that class until they once again meet the...
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    D&D General What’s the story here?

    The House of 1,001 Formerly Sane Architects. Or just the setting for Dracula 7. Or both?
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    Wizards of the Coast's Archetype Entertainment to Publish Exodus TTRPG Based on Upcoming Exodus Video Game

    I think that's pretty standard when one goes on a long journey. :sneaky: I'm just glad to see that I'm not the only one who's been secretly thinking "exodus" for weeks now.
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    Free Clive Evil vs FiveEvil

    Clive handles his cell phone well for someone his age! I see how Intensity can make a situation more fearful for the players - a high(er) DC can be intimidating, and isn't something a character would necessarily know. Are there other elements that make the game scarier for the players instead...
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    Suggest to me a rules lite(ish) modern fantasy/horror RPG

    Edit: sorry Major. I just noticed that this was your first post. Be sure to pay attention to the timestamps on threads/posts... a particular conversation may have been over for years by the time you get to it.
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