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  1. GMMichael

    Chaosium Names New CEO, Mike Mearls Departs Company

    I mean, it is called "Chaosium."
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    Wizards of the Coast Hiring New Lead Designer and Head of Game Ecosystem for D&D

    I'm guessing it starts at about 50% of the salaries of those who "willingly moved on."
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    Minimalist and One Page RPGs

    It's not really a role-playing game if the point isn't . . . Something something fiction.
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    Minimalist and One Page RPGs

    I'd include "game that seeks to use the minimum amount of rules necessary." It was one of my design goals for Modos RPG, which you can start playing with just one module: 13 rules. Sounds minimalist to me. Unless when you look at some of the rules, you're saying "why does that need to be in...
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    The Oblivion Remaster Is Releasing Today. This Is Not A Drill.

    Two (Nexus) mods for two of the issues mentioned in this thread: Poor scaling of difficulty slider: Difficulty Slider Fixed (I use x2.0) Annoying compass and step count: HideUI
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    What Does a "Successful" RPG Look Like?

    It's ironic, but a successful RPG addresses the problematic success/failure mechanism. Successful has no successes. Or, successful is a game 1) without grammatical flaws that 2) is a smooth role-playing experience from beginning to end of session.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Tyranny of Dragons - mechanising the Scorecard

    XP for effort. I hope it was fun.
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    D&D General Resolution Games and Wizards of the Coast Announce the First Official D&D Virtual Reality Game

    Please tell me you can order the miniatures directly through the game.
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    New D&D Video Game Announced

    ::reads OP, goes back to playing Oblivion Remastered for the next 3 years::
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    Psionics--the Poll!

    Psionics already are in a lot of games, but they're called magic. Magic requires a book, scroll, wand,  something to assist with casting, and of course, magic words. Psionics just require having a brain, and that's all that a lot of magic systems seem to require.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Psionics: What Do You Want?

    A good psionicist could answer this just by reading my mind. The more spellcasting systems the merrier, provided they don't slow the game down or make it harder for the GM.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Chance for a warlord?

    Wailord? I really don't see much potential in a D&D/Pokemon crossover. Maybe try out Level Up's marshal: Marshal | Level Up Several other options for 5e appeared with a Duckduckgo search (see Images).
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    RPG Evolution: If It Kills, We Can Build It

    I think it's a variation of the Because: Magic excuse, Because: Jesus. So if you don't roll high enough, the gelatinous cube gets there before you do? I treat my dungeon traps like woods traps: whoever wants to benefit from the trap has to check on it and/or reset it every so often.
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    What if you used a flamethrower as a snowblower?

    That logic doesn't prevent leafblower use.
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    D&D General How do I build Crystar in D&D?

    The toy. He wasn't inspiring enough to bring forward into my role-playing endeavors :(
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    D&D General How do I build Crystar in D&D?

    I bet Bob Larkin was one of the artists. Anyway, my Crystar had one special ability: putting a cool little helm on his crystal head. I wouldn't devote a species/class to that. It would be a can of worms if I used him as an NPC, but I might let a PC get away with it.
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    Most influential RPG

    Hmm. If that's how we're using "influence," then I'd put 5e on the list for inspiring the O.R.C. and Creative Commons pushes.
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    Most influential RPG

    D&D 5th edition is just a rip off of 3rd edition, so that's a bit redundant. D&D 4th edition is single-handedly responsible for the R&D of Modos RPG, so I'd say it belongs in your list.
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    Homebrew ISO Help For Improving Idea For Medieval Heating System

    Does every home have tongs strong enough to lift the vatrokamen? And enough servants to replace those lost in the last orc raid? Why isn't the fire that's heating the vatrokamen heating the home as well?
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