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This brings up an interesting sub question to my original one = Adventurers vs Telenovelaists (That is to say, go on a quest folks - versus - stay in one spot and suffer drama folks) (D&D playloops versus Mage the Awakening perhaps) Does either type need/benefit form Dynamic spells more or...

What if each "faction" or "School" or whatevs... only had their one or two "special" spells? Would it be a fun game of steal the spell? Hide your own special spells? other?

So what about having a 'catalog' of spells. But under each spell is a list of modifications the character can perform with that spell? It makes each spell longer and more fussy. But it prevents the overly vaguesauce of "pick a concept + powertier and roll with modifiers and just guess at...

Yeah, I guess I got off on a tangent when trying think of why hobbyists try to fix things. I still kinda think its the same reasons, just on a more mish mash scale. because some hobbyists have fixed things in a way that was better than the same kinda fix before.

imho.... They are not re-inventing the same thing, they are refining on what came before. D&D has done this to its self as much as anyone else, if not more. From 1e to 2e to 3e to 4e to 5e = there are marked and Large changes to an otherwise same system (compared to how little GURPS or...

Would everyone be willing to have Rote spells, a smaller list of Rote spells, but the ones that are provided are really punchy and interesting? Or would you rather have all of the core Rote spells (attack, shield, strength, teleport, etc etc etc), at the cost of each spell being more generic in...

So most RPGs seem to use "Rotes". In my question here a Rote is a spell that is self contained rule that fits into the larger overall game system. A good example of this is D&D, such as Fireball spell. For the most part, all of what you need to cast Fireball in D&D is in the Fireball spell rule...

I feel like this game works very well for West Marches, especially for the Hard Holder and the vehicle rules for travel. Has anyone run a totally not Mad Max, Apocalypse World as a West Marches campaign? How did it go? Any lessons learned you can impart?

I suggest Achtung! Cthulhu (link) Modern setting stuff (cars, guns, phones, etc) Urban setting (rules for fighting in close quarters, battlefields) Tactical play (uses battle maps, figurine placement, special moves tactics) Lots of spells (themed a bit horror, but that can be tweaked if you...

Thanks for sharing this! I missed the KS, but still look forward to it coming out. I bought into the crowdfund for Stonetop a while back (which is an evolution of Freebooters on the Frontier pbta, which its self seems a evolution on Dungeon World. ) I will be curious as to how Chasing...

I love this reply so much. Can we pin this to the top of every RPG book? Also, here is a very useful tool for all game systems = C.A.T.S (link) It gives everyone a chance to talk ahead of time about what they want out of the game, note it down and use it as guidelines moving forward each...

I run Dread at conventions. I have run it for games of... Dread the Orks! WAAAAGH!! 12 players, all Orks. Have to unite the tribes, create a warband, elect (fight) a Warboss, and start a WAAAGH!! then go attack the Imperium. = It was so painfully fun and bonkers I still think about it...

This is gonna be your road-bump right here. Changing Position and Effect from static numerical values to D6's = breaks the entire GM play system. As those Effects and Positions are the basis for Tier and and Gear and many more things that are mechanically built around that static value...

This is such a great question. :) IMHO.... "As many as the plot needs". I have run almost every system ever made. And the 100% consistent thing I notice about any game with magic/psionics/mystic etc = The players use what the challenges call for No more No less From Mage to D&D to...

Depends. I like the original Trilogy (minus Ewoks). Here is an Star Wars RPG PBTA hack (free link) which allows you to run Star Wars your way, using just the core concepts. And I think this makes the most sense. Let people pick and choose the lore/canon they want.

I also would say that Cypher system is like that. (and if you are used to DnD rules, its likely the easiest to see this play out) Also, Powered By the Apocalypse and Forged in the Dark also don't have same rules for Players and GM. There are a kind of hand-off system which triggers GM...

I think Cortex Prime does a great job at it. We used the kit to make a Exalted hack using Cortex (free link here) , and it allows all kinds of power levels, items and types of powers in a easy system.

Do you like the Cortex rules? We have a free CyberPunk 2080 (link) game in Cortex if you want to try that (or just use it for lore stuff)

I have been running the intro box set for a few months now. I have not seen the full complete new rule book, yet so I am curious as to its layout and ease of reference. What I can say is that this game is a real treat! I highly recommend it to all gamers. - The Traits get more and more...