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  1. ProfessorDetective

    Call of Cthulhu Gets New King in Yellow Adventure in 1980s Japan

    This was NOT on my bingo card (still waiting for the Dreamlands book and that update of World War Cthulhu that's supposed to be happening, eventually), but I am not complaining. Especially if this gives enough background to make this a viable setting past the pre-written stuff. I've been...
  2. ProfessorDetective

    Call of Cthulhu Gets New King in Yellow Adventure in 1980s Japan

    While this would be on the cusp of the Economic Miracle fizzling out. Could be a bit depression for some.
  3. ProfessorDetective

    Mainstream News Discovers D&D's Species Terminology Change

    You know, I think I prefer Ancestry as a replacement. Because Character Creation is as simple as: Ancestry. Background. Class. Sorry, this thread felt like it needed some levity...
  4. ProfessorDetective

    What TTRPG Is Perfect and Complete In One Volume?

    Left-field picks: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advanced Double D6 (Itch, DTRPG, Etsy). Covers everything from from Characters to Creatures to... Quests in forty-four pages. Can't speak...
  5. ProfessorDetective

    D&D 5E (2024) Why aren't you using 5e 2024?

    1). I'd rather limit the amount of money I'm giving to Wizards, right now. 2). 2014 has more third-party support, currently. 3). The few changes that interest me (like Pact Boons being optional or the scaling on the Martial Arts die) I can backport with minimal issue.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Min-maxers: What's the best class and race for a Tier 1 investigative game?

    Way too late to really help you, but this thread feels incomplete without mentioning it. Warlocks can make VERY strong Detectives. The amount of Invocations that can assist in an investigation are numerous. Beast Speech: Increases witness pool. Beguiling Influence: Enhances interrogations...
  7. ProfessorDetective

    Random House to Publish New "Tusk Love" Critical Role Novel

    You know, I love when a work does a spin-off of in-universe fairy tales or urban legends, so this could be great. I do agree with the above posts and hope that the writing assumes a "citizen's" familiarity with the setting. Explaining "common knowellage" things would kill the immersion.
  8. ProfessorDetective

    D&D 5E (2014) Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass

    I'll be picking up the PDF, if it hits DTRPG.
  9. ProfessorDetective

    D&D 5E (2014) Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass

    Year-Later Update: the book is apparently in a near-final state. They're still doing the last edit/art pass. Also: they have apparently been doing a development podcast for quite a while. Latest episode is on some of the subclasses.
  10. ProfessorDetective

    D&D General Multiple Officially Licensed Dungeons & Dragons Accessories Announced

    I'll always be more of a Book Darts man. Adhesive on my $50+ core book? No, thank you. I'm also limiting how much of my cash goes to Wizards, after everything.
  11. ProfessorDetective

    WizKids to Release Baldur's Gate 3 Miniatures

    Yeah, "Iconic" NPCs are the obvious use for these. That, or a PC that REALLY wears their inspiration om their sleeve (I'm really tempted to build a Wyll/Halsin/Karlach knockoff, myself).
  12. ProfessorDetective

    ElfQuest TTRPG Returns For New Printing

    Huh, neat. I've heard good thing about ElfQuest but never got around to it. Nice to see another Fantasy game using BRP, even if it's using an edition older than I am. How DOES older BRP play, compared to CoC 7E?
  13. ProfessorDetective

    D&D Is Getting an Official Stout and Bourbon

    Only if you share a glass with your players in their character's honor.
  14. ProfessorDetective

    D&D 5E (2024) D&D: Beyond Universes ( = crossovers?).

    The obvious options for HP are either "students pre-dating Potter & Co. dealing with lower stakes threats" (see: Hogwarts Legacy and Mystery) or "adult wizards stopping major threats" (see: Fantastic Beasts). So Kids on Brooms or Rivers of London.
  15. ProfessorDetective

    D&D 5E (2024) D&D: Beyond Universes ( = crossovers?).

    * looks at Vampire the Masquerade * You may be a bit late to the Urban Fantasy Vampires game, ma'am. You'd probably have to retune the system to makes guns and high tech more functional, not to mention the currently lacking social and exploration pillars. Though, given the shaky state of the...
  16. ProfessorDetective

    OSR Is there an uptick of "fairy tale" style OSR products?

    And people clearly have a taste for what he's brews up in that niche, was my point.
  17. ProfessorDetective

    OSR Is there an uptick of "fairy tale" style OSR products?

    I mean, two of the best-regarded OSR-style books of the last few years were a jungle hexcrawl of Neverland and an urban pointcrawl of The Land of Oz (with a megadungeon of Wonderland out in November).
  18. ProfessorDetective

    Paizo Announces Upcoming Projects in Gen Con 2024 Keynote

    Nice! I still need to actually get the new Core Books.
  19. ProfessorDetective

    Paizo Announces Upcoming Projects in Gen Con 2024 Keynote

    I would hope that kind of release is a update for current owners of the old books... but since the ore rules books are fully new releases...
  20. ProfessorDetective

    Magpie Games Announces Fallen London: The Roleplaying Game

    I was theorizing on Failbetter's own forums years ago that Fate Accelerated might be a decent system for FL. My main argument being that FL the browser game basically runs on Approaches, already (Shadowy, Watchful, Dangerous, and Persuasive, specifically). Come up with a big "The Adjective...
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