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This is butting up against the skill play thread, but yeah, skill play was popular then, but is not now. It wasnt the only way the game played as evidenced by modules either. I would suggest all the pointing to the rules as suggestions of how the game is to be played isnt proof the game wasnt...

I think the way to go now is if you really really want darkness to be a factor, then you go with magic means. A place has been warded against light, or a group of underdark can cast darkness often, etc.. Make it part of the adventure itself, instead of a default mode because most folks gave up...

"Teasers" are supposed to be quick hits that leaving you with questions and intrigue. Trailers are longer and designed to provide a premise for the entire film.

I think a lot of it is just venting. Some folks got lucky, as you note, and some folks got really unlucky with a bag of dinks. Though, you are completely correct in that the game only works with cooperation and compromise. There is a point where your preferences might revolve around preventing...

Final accompaniment tag for BT event.

A friend of mine is 1/3 owner of a microbrew here in the Twin Cities. Im trying to talk them into whipping something up with NZ hops @Zardnaar

Where im from...thick is one way of putting it.

In for the accents.

Yes, the best design is always one that caters perfectly to your own preferences, while leaving options for folks who prefer differently to adjust.

Depends on the focus of the Tolkien fantasy. I think modern folks want to focus more on being bad ass elves and dwarves running into epic battles then being dirt farming hobbits thrust into a journey thats going to get them killed. One is capability and scope, the other is survival against the...

This was actually a big problem starting in at least 3E. "Back to the Dungeon" is what 3E was billed on. If you look not too closely at the ruels, you can kind of see a lot of simulation in there doing just that. Though, if you lean in further you see they also built in all kinds of rules hacks...

I agree with much of this. As somebody who does like those mechanical archetypes I like that link between setting/adventure and character. It isnt needed, but ive also found that some GMs are not going to help me with this either. I can make up all kinds of narrative but if its ignored, or worse...

Yeah... folks have been there done that and have an entire closet full of the t-shirts. Dungeons and Dragons has grown beyond sword and sorcery and Bored of the Rings. It's just not what its emulating anymore. Though, to be fair, folks are often wondering exactly what it emulates becasue it has...

Sometimes, though other times he nails hope as good as any author. Like Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.

Thats...a long story so; come sit, and listen for awhile. I was captured by the "Big Dragon" as a wee lad. I had tutors of the game from other friends and adults I found out who played. They were much into what would be called OSR RPGs today. As 2E came along and settings got more and more...

Hi, welcome. Follow the community rules and you should be fine. I play a number of systems and don’t have just one. I do have favorites by genre and type of experience. An old system may be replaced by a new one if it works better for me. Examples. Fantasy was D&D and is now PF1 Sci-Fi was...