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For me, (if I play it at all) I think Draw Steel will be for tactical skirmish games. There's too much going on for me to create stories, narratives, campaigns, role play. Just like a 3 hour, exhausting chess match with swords and spells. Basically like a crunchier Gloomhaven. Sure you "could"...

Yeah, I think it's safe to say Shadowdark isn't for me. In fact, I'd say that the entire OSR isn't for me after many years of trying to make it fit to get the feel of what was my nostalgic D&D. That's probably because we fudged so much and put so much plot armor on the heroes that they were like...

It's true and I have the receipts. The DC to cast is 10+spell level, so for a 1st level spell that's a default 50/50 if you get no bonuses. But yes, you get to add your ability modifier. You get a +1 if you roll 12 on 3d6. That's a 12% chance of having +1. What about 14 on 3d6 - that's 7%...

All spells have like a 50/50 chance of not working each time you cast them. If you fail to cast it, it's gone for the day. So you could have a priest who fails his first cast of cure for the day and no one is getting healed all day. Granted the DC is 11 for a 1st level spell. There's a chance...

It's not "in-fiction" as OSR titles are not (in my opinion) fiction-first games. Instead, they reward clever planning and the use of resources to navigate challenges. If all magic must work the same in Shadowdark, then it must all be reliable, else the system fails to reward clever planning...

Well yeah. And attack spells would fail with missed attack rolls or if an enemy succeeded on a saving throw. That's totally reasonable. But utility and combat spells should be handled differently.

I never played 1E, but I played AD&D 2E for close to a decade. As I understand it, the systems are similar mechanically. I don't think it felt like AD&D. In AD&D you could count on magic working. You can't have a utility spell fail when it's absolutely necessary for pulling off the plan. In...

So I found an adventure for 5th level characters I'd like to GM. My party is 4th level. With bonded accuracy, is it necessary to adjust the opponents' abilities (lessen the damage, HP, etc.)? We probably won't have time to level up the PCs before the session, but if that's the best solution...

My friends are organizing a small, regional gaming convention, taking place in Covington, KY, next April. I'll be running events and my old band from college will be getting together to play the party. Anyway, if you're in the KY/OH area, take a look. https://conington.org/

Does anyone use Kanopy through their Library? I have a vendor call this afternoon about adding the service for our patrons. I'm curious about anyone's experience with it.

I don't think it's possible to know "everything you need to know." I wouldn't even try. Go into your session to have fun, look up rules as they come up, and don't stress about being a system master. The basics: 3 action economy Tiers of success and failure After that, there are some rules...

I'm clearly not the target market... 1) have no plans to play 5e in the near future (2014 or 2024) 2) always a DM so I don't care about player content 3) not going to get DLC on DND Beyond 4) don't like Forgotten Realms 5) after the failure of my Eberron campaign, I'm hesitant to use any...

In my group, I'm the one who's not really into JRPGs. (I haven't really played them since Final Fantasy 1 - but that was my favorite back in the day.) I'm still excited about Fabula Ultima. The system is very interesting.

We made characters for a campaign two nights ago, completing a two-session long Session Zero. (This group's sessions are short, about two hours.) Very excited to play it.

There's a lot to see (and do) in the adventure. It's also easy to drop in other jungle-themed adventure sites, such as Planet X's Jungle Tomb of the Mummy Bride. I also enjoyed the capstone sites (Omu and the Tomb). It's really a great adventure - I think too many people write it off as a Tomb...

Yes. We had a very entertaining session interviewing the guides. I printed pictures of them and they got to bring them in for job interviews. They ended up going with Salida, which was a very interesting choice for spoiler reasons. As I mentioned, the group sped through much of the hexploration...

This is one of the few 5e adventures I ran from start to finish, and we had a pretty great time with it. (It was with a different group than my usual ones I complain about, FYI.) Overall, I think it's a Top 3 adventure for the official WotC 5e era (I'd also include Lost Mine of Phandelver and...

I haven't commented in this thread yet. I just wanted to share that I ran a one-shot of Daggerheart on a gaming podcast. I've been asked by a few of the members on a regular basis to run a regular Daggerheart game. They had so much fun they "haven't been able to stop thinking about it." I think...

From what I know about the system (but I haven't played it a lot), I would say that any class that has extra things to track might not be the best for a new player. I'm thinking of the druid with shape change, the ranger with its animal companion, etc. My biggest advice is that you should be...

On first glance, it seems like a streamlined Runequest?