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  1. aramis erak

    Minimalist and One Page RPGs

    I'll note that not many consider Classic Traveller to be rules light despite the physically small size... It's pretty crunchy, and fairly procedural. Most claiming it to be rules light are actually ignoring the skills chapter, where there's a special case rule for most of the skills. Its...
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    Daggerheart General Thread [+]

    The writing team pretty much tries to beat one over the head with that obligation Yep! Let's not forget the option on page 89 in the sidebar: rounds are optional, and 3 spotlights per round per PC; the GM gets them only from the PC's rolls (directly, when they roll a fear, and indirectly, if...
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    What Does a "Successful" RPG Look Like?

    Var 1: Living wage for the publishing & design staff. Var 2: widely played despite not providing a living wage Var 1: Traveller (Mongoose edition), Pathfinder Var 2: Savage Worlds.
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    Minimalist and One Page RPGs

    No. No. For people very unlike me. it gets just as much, and just as deserved, hate. Deep7's 1PG line are not actually 1 page - most are a dozen pages, including adventures, but the player rules and the character sheet are on one side of one page, and the GM rules typically 1-2 sides. They're...
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    Daggerheart General Thread [+]

    Do you know how Ableist that comes across? Most of the people I game with have trouble enough reading the GM, let alone the rest of the table. Half my current players are on the spectrum. My kids are on the spectrum, so am I. Reading the table isn't easy for me; it's the most tiring part of...
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    Daggerheart General Thread [+]

    Walmart's out, too.
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    Daggerheart General Thread [+]

    I've had a dozen players over the years from whom this was a problem in games with turns. Most later became gamemasters. (Mind you a dozen of over 400). This doesn't count the 6 kids at a neighboring table before the lockdown. The GM, who was a novice GM, asked for a solution... I suggested a...
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    Daggerheart General Thread [+]

    Seraph adequately covers less obnoxious paladins and combat-capable clerics... I would expect proper priests to be eventually added in a splat, either as a third subclass of Seraph, or a new class. I kind of expect a splat with the classes' domains being X and X+2 modulo 9, while the corebook...
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    Daggerheart General Thread [+]

    If youb have to cheat to have fun, you don't belong at my table. Ever.
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    Daggerheart General Thread [+]

    They thought of that... Check the downloads page for it - there's a pdf of extra sheets - two of which are card-equivalent sheet. (Additional-Sheets-Daggerheart-May212025.pdf p6-7) Said file also has several sheets that are clearly GM screen material, plus pre-filled multiclass sidecar sheets...
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    WoD renaming, White Wolf returns

    Yeah, I figured. Last I saw it on Palladium's schedule was before Rifts launched. There is the MegaDamage Rifts Mechanoids... Ugh. But seriously, the Trilogy sourcebook is the original 3 comic sized in a modern palladium layout - ie, mostly usable. But all the original art is in there, too.
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    Games you need to go outside your normal group to play

    Not really. She's been in games I've no interest in playing, too. Pathfinder, for example.
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    Daggerheart General Thread [+]

    I've written my own discord die-roller, so when I get closer to running, I can refactor the code a bit... and include a DD implementation giving the hope/fear and advantage/disadvantage handling.
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    Do you buy new versions of TTRPG games when you haven't had time to play the older version sitting on your shelf?

    It's been working for 50 years... and it's clearly working still, with the speed at which Alien Evolved Edition funded.
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    Daggerheart General Thread [+]

    I never use physical dice online. ALL rolls are in view of the group. It's a matter of fairness and trust. I've known way too many who will cheat on dice rolls if their dice are not visible to others, so I never trust any rolls I cannot see. More importantly, I've had too many players get upset...
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    Games you need to go outside your normal group to play

    She's playing in the eldest's game.
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    Daggerheart has been Officially Released

    In re hope gain... Due to ties being crit successes, 78/144 rolls generate hope, while 66/144 generate fear.
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    Daggerheart has been Officially Released

    Point Hat (YouTuber) did a post-campaign review... but was a review of the beta rules; he edited some corrections in, but it's VERY much not current.
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    Daggerheart General Thread [+]

    There are concerns with using the cards, I'm sure. Likewise, automating the dice outcomes. Some can't do those. It's not like the cards are a huge problem; the card format isn't essential. And the full text is in the book. Automating the 2d12 Disparity Dice is more of an issue. ALmost all can...
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    Games you need to go outside your normal group to play

    My wife refuses to try my current choices of systems: T2K, Tales from the Loop, Fallout, Alien... She'll play Dune, Star Wars, and several others. I finally decided to not accomodate her desires when I had buy in from the rest.
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