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My current Masterpiece game is "The Wildsea." It has elements of PbtA in its gameplay but no playbooks. There is lots of choice and mixing and matching in character creation, which I love. The world is unique and quirky, with plenty of room for players and GM to put their own stamp on it...

And plain old human nature. We are more likely to contact a business over bad service or products than reach out over good service. I called a store to praise one of their clerks and there was genuine surprise and gratitude. They were geared up for a complaint.

Warhammer Fantasy. It was the game that caused me to fall in love with rpgs. All those careers!

5e was fun. I've been already drifting away from it however, and 2024 feels like it's doubling down on things I didn't really like in 5e, without adding much I do like. For my D&D itch, we've got Level Up. When we're craving something lighter, there's Shadowdark, OSE, and others in the N/OSR...

Should be interesting decisions for survival and exploration. Do we push on in hopes of finding shelter or risk resting here? How safe is this strange shrine we've found? Why is the weather acting odd? Umm, why is there an Inn in the middle of nowhere? Should we shelter in the strange cave...

My favourite organizational style in a rpg book is to have rules fully explained in the text, and brief explanations in the glossary/index. The glossary definitions provide quick reminders you might need and the rules in the main body are fully fleshed out, possibly with examples.

But it has been explained. If a freelancer, for example, is looking for work, the prospective employer will check the credits that the freelancer has listed on their CV. If they are not credited, it can easily be assumed that the person is lying or exaggerating. They might not bother to call...

Many creatives on this thread have thoroughly explained the importance of credits. Why are there doubts? We should be assuming that the writers and designers in the field in question know how the process works.

It'll encourage players to just pick and move on. This, in turn, will start getting players to pick a background solely based on what will give them the best stat and feat for their build, and then the actual story elements of the backgrounds will be forgotten. Some GMs might only allow the...

It's in the core book. There are also lots of tables for outdoor encounters. You'd have to create your own adventures, as adventures for Shadowdark lean heavily into dungeons, although there are interesting encounter areas in the hex maps in the Cursed Scroll zines.

Pulp Mode: No max luck tokens Start every session with1d4 luck tokens Use luck token to turn hit into critical hit Use luck to gain extra action Use luck to force GM to reroll Momentum Mode: Advantage on checks to repeat an action you just failed Damage dice explode There are also modes to...

As a trained navigator, a sailor could get a boost to Int. That would make sense. In terms of feats a sailor could readily have lucky, toughness or skilled. I could have a sailor with a touch of elven blood starting with the magic initiative feat. There's so many ways to create backgrounds...

Don't think that's the case here. 😂 Folks at MCDM seem pretty comfortable voicing their opinions with each other.

It's my mission as GM to stop the canned choices. It's a creative game and I encourage players to be as creative as possible. For example, I hate the traits being on tables you could roll on in the 2014 version. Too many players just pick from the tables, instead of creating their own...

We find creating our own to be more flavourful and story oriented. The WotC ones are all bland. Nothing wrong with ordinary backgrounds but we like to mix it up with "raised by goblins" or "transformed wizard familiar." We'd also prefer to pick an origin feat that matches the character, so maybe...

The fire, lightning, acid, repeatedly being stabbed and slashed... No, not even in my fairly light combat style.

Bestiaries are usually books I just have on hand for reference. I read the 13th Age one cover to cover.

I'm not being pushy here, and it may very well not be the game for you, but I wasn't too sure about 13th Age until I played it. Playing and running the game made it sing.

They should be credited in the physical books as well. Not enough room? Make room!

I appreciate the classes in 13th Age being specifically designed. I love the fact that averages of stats are used for defenses. You really don't want to dump any stat in 13th Age. And the one unique thing is brilliant. Also love the freeform use of backgrounds as skills. The way a background is...