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The likely reason is that the movie people can care less about which direction the river is flowing in their version. They correctly guess that the overwhelming majority of people that will watch this film will not care either. He also said that they are not bound in any way by past D&D lore...

I find the costumes to be par for the course if your reference material is current WotC D&D illustrations. I can't point to when the trend began but the way clothing has been drawn in D&D has had a very 18th century, stylized look to it for quite a while now.

Errr... Pick one. Then put your own genre specific spin on it. Otherwise you get: And evidently they start to pile it on... Annnnnd I'm out. Any kind of "GM points" meta mechanic just rubs me the wrong way. This is exactly the kind of review that I can get behind because it highlights...

I agree. the B/X essentially 'made' D&D, and set a tone for the game that lasted for decades. I don't think so. 3.x had several years of life left in it, and many thought 4e came too soon. Irrespective of anyone's opinion of the system, the release of 4e did cause a split in the D&D fanbase...

It's just the way it is dude. RPG's are all about their player network effect. They need to constantly bring in casual players to filter through to the hobbyist GM's that will keep the gaming network going. The supplement treadmill serves to constantly keep the game visible, and keep current...

Well the problem with those games is that while they did try to compete with Vamp/WoD - They did so during its heyday, and did not stick around long enough to take advantage of its current slide. Being a technically better rules set is not enough to overcome the first mover advantage...

I can't recall off of the top of my head here a single fantasy RPG that has any kind of real traction in the hobby that is not d20 based outside of WFRP. I guess technically there's also RQ. But Glorantha. Fundamentally, it's all still D&D. The bazillion campaign settings and clones are just...

People do tend to forget that AD&D came out over a 3 year period. By the time the DMG hit, most active groups were already playing a PHB/MM + OD&D/Holmes kit bash. I have never heard of anyone from that era buying the DMG, and then revising what they did at the table to be pure AD&D RAW. To...

My info may be dated as it's hard to keep up with things in countries that you do not speak the language in, so: The Dark Eye from Germany, which still (just) beats out D&D there. I think... Trudvang Chronicles which is Drakar och Demoner in Sweden. Sword World - Japan - Beat D&D, but the crown...

In looking at my copy's of both, I think that there is a great game in there if you combined the class abilities of OSE + selected class ability and Foci from WWN... On of my main complaints about 5e was that over 20 levels you made no meaningful choices after 3rd when it came to PC...

I don't get that at all. Those tables are a GM aid; To be used at certain points when following the dungeon and wilderness play procedures. i.e. Wandering monster rolls and other dice tables are not rolled on without context, and the GM is to use situational judgement when interpreting their...

I actually do mind seeing as how the "fixes" are something that should have been in the core book from the jump. And now I have the privilege of paying extra for expansions in order to get their corrections based on paying customer playtesting. I decline their generous offer. They did...

Also: In my opinion; R.Tal's Witcher RPG was a missed opportunity... It is one of the few cases where I would say that they absolutely missed the boat by not doing a 5e compatible RPG for the Witcher IP. Many aspects of the version of interlock used for their Witcher RPG could have been...

They got the process backwards... Playtesting, before release. It's used to be considered a thing. You can say no crying over spilt milk all you want. I am also free to say that I do not mind the cost of current full color RPG hardback core books at all: So having a functional game system...

Like I said; some may have no issue with the fix. It is just not a fix to me. And that is the issue with WFRP 4e for me: Two supplemental books to "fix" what should have been in my core book from the get go? In RPG land people will gravitate to the currently supported system. But out of...

My hat of "Enemy/GM" point pools know no limit... IMHO that is not a fix. I fully realize others will have no problem with such a patch, but for me it is a no go. Now this part sounds the business. But this: I disagree with many of the design directions/fixes in WFRP 4e. Although I like...

One would hope that would be impossible. But as it seems like they missed the concept of a proof copy the first time around; I wouldn't take it off of the table just yet...

Agreed. The replacement copy's are actually a big deal. Some serious good will stuff there. Because they are killing any profit that was to be made from those print runs. It is probably even costing them money. Unfortunately in RPG land: First impressions stick. They have no room for error...

Yes, 12-13 will be the same number... R.tal has used this with d10's since CP2020. Yet I've never seen the math breakdown even from them of the exploding d10 or d12 stat+skill vs. a variety of TN's. If someone knows of one I'd like to see it. Tried a straight-up d16 like this? You'd...