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Hopeful dystopia Historical fiction, w/ or w/o speculative elements (e.g. Night Witches, Eat the Rich) Asian-inspired, court intrigue or palace drama (options exist; their rules aren't built well for it)

Quick thoughts: I liked the show overall for its approach and tone. I felt some character arcs over the series, particularly dynamics between Johnny/Daniel, then the ones that had major influence on this pair like Kreese, Silver, etc, could've been been written in fewer seasons. I enjoyed the...

<3 2d6 Morale checks. I introduced this recently and plan on using it more often!

Along with three-clue & node based articles ppls already mentioned & what clues generally should consist of, another tip I've found useful is to have a sheet of free-floating clues (the truths, that BookTenTiger mentions) on hand, that on their own function as an additional framework beyond...

Where some mentioned already that finding combat to be this way, is somewhat dependent on table and players to a degree prompted me to think more on this. When I was an active player/DM, I had much longer blocks of time available to game; say like, 4-6+ hours depending. Did combat take as long...

What is a mimic, but a trap? It's almost 50 years old by now, yet still catches players by surprise.

This also is a good read I feel. I esp. liked: How Do Roleplaying Games Help You Roleplay

Getting back to this, I would say in contrast to D&D, these two games have much more strongly focused, niche genres they desire to reproduce. CoC made design choices to differentiate it from other games that used the same system (Runequest etc), even though it's a very classic game. Mothership...

I recall now you had a number of threads where you debriefed what challenges you had with this table afterwards. I think trying to work with something you already have on hand (A5E) for now is prudent. I think they picked good classes based on how you described your table! As a courtesy, the...

There are well-made games that don't employ implicit rules (e.g. any game set in outer space can contradict or upset our popular notions of how stuff should work). Additionally, there are well-made games that intentionally challenge the implicit rules/play expectations we may have about how...

It'd be nice if the magic effects as written for some spells, could be redistributed in terms of time? I don't mean getting as granular as using segments. There's an intent between spells that take the classic 1 action (combat), ones that take 1 minute (exploring, divination, the like), 10...

I think everyone can benefit in small ways by taking a few moments to be circumspect like this. I think it's great you were able to identify what aspects in role playing you take joy presently. Separately, I've appreciated peoples' comments on finding a place for themselves in solo/journal...

Can any one hazard whether above also impacts the regular (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, etc.) book market as well? I'm mainly thinking of small independent presses generally. :(

As the Council convened by Elrond was in secret, the Company that is formed must move quickly, and unnoticed. Besides Sauron's Tower, the spies of the Enemy are many e.g. members of the Company have to hide from flocks of birds, orcs who hold different allegiances have to be deceived, the...

In this hypothetical, I feel it matters quite a bit what the motivations of the powerful great wyrm or powerful beings are, and in what ways those may change over time depending on the (hopefully) growing influence of the players at your table.

There are concepts in this blog post I likely will implement for languages in the near future; I have a character whose player intentionally decided to not know Common among their starting languages. :D

Hum, not positive. I think a DM can sand the edges by encouraging players to commit first e.g. X asks Y to cup their hands together above their knee, and uses that as a springboard to attack Z! vs. looking at the character sheet and asking Can I? and immediately grabbing the dice. You'd...

What is reflected on the character sheet, does not translate quickly for what a player (esp. a player who is new or not experienced) may want to do in the fiction of the moment. Depending on edition, there is a tendency to have to shove ideas into particular boxes, that don't necessarily fit...

If I had the choice w/o present constraints, I'd probably play or run a niche OSR-ish game/setting. (2E has its space in my beating heart). 1) If the game uses AC, yes, I lean towards ascending. 2) I've been taken by GLOG style classes, but also admire the kits one finds in Cairn as well. 3)...

Thank you for taking the time to develop this, and to make it fillable! Even script running character sheets like MPMB allot such tiny space to write, one needs an actual telescope to read the font it prints. >.>