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I think I'd like to hear something a little more substantive before I spend that kind of time or give a YouTuber more views. What else does he say? What is his basic premise? How much does he cover? And especially -- is there anything new that every other roleplayer with 1-X years of martial...

This is a consistent place where the game rules and worldbuilding mesh... poorly? Inexactly? Something along those line. There are any number of monsters out there that could completely wipe out a town. Mind you, the game works with this dichotomy in place -- those monsters show up in dungeon...

A very valid point. One I've made in other discussions. I repeated the prevailing wisdom here out of rote habit/expediency/it wasn't my main point (i.e. I was being lazy). I might say this is an exception because we're talking about monsters one faces at high levels, but even that's not the case...

It's hard to do apple to apples with the 2e-->3e transition, as the relative value of things changed. All* monsters got Con to their HP, which brought up numbers across the board. Their opposition (the PCs) changed as well, with some basic qualities of, say, fighters changing wildly (moving from...

I think Hopepunk and solarpunk can be seen in two ways, depending on how one sees the 'punk' of cyberpunk. Either: (as Cap'n Kobold suggests) The 'punk' is about the rebellion, and then they are continuing the rebellion by positing a positive future. Or The 'punk' was warning about the future...

Does steampunk lean to the dystopian?

I think it's already shifted from the original notion of juxtaposing the preceding word with societal collapse and dystopia, to a more general term meaning 'aesthetically evocative of' the preceding term. That said, from there on out the term has been pretty stable. Steampunk evokes the...

Others have discussed the appropriateness of the term steampunk. Others have discussed medieval. I am going to address the 'no longer' part. D&D, AD&D, playtest-era-proto-D&D, Chainmail, and the supporting literature (be that Tolkien, Howard, Vance, or whomever) have all been quasi-medieval at...

Just what part of the text block was retained, as it looked like you were referencing my Immortal subject line. Certainly if discussing Synnibar without McCracken you then have to stipulate what part of Synnibar. If we're just looking at 'gonzo+future,' Battlelords of the 23rd Century (again...

Lethality was one of those things that saw a lot of the house rules. If you didn't play with henchmen (or large parties in general), likely the death's door rules got more leeway. Or the resurrection rules were more B/X-like (no -1 con, failure chance%, or lifetime limit), and there was a...

I considered your point #1 part of what I called convolution. Agreed that the basic mechanics were not grandly complex. However, everything from the lore to the factions to the language to, well, figuring out what you were expected to be doing in the game was all hidden behind wild layers of...

It could equally be that they didn't think real-world infectious diseases had enough (or the right) resonance for many western audiences in the early 00s. Or the simple 'D&D isn't set in the real world' mindset that made them remove Lucerne hammers and include double-bladed swords, etc...

Perhaps splitting law/chaos into ordered/disorganized and law-abiding/criminal?

Most of what I report falls under the broad category of 'this looks like it is about to culminate in a fight' -- not necessarily be the instigation, but the point where things look to start spiraling out of control. I feel that's when myself commenting instead of (or in supplement to) reporting...

Technically Immortal: the Invisible War got 3 editions, but the last two were pretty much abortive after initial publication and none of it got much support, so I'm considering it a valid option. This would be mostly for curiosity purposes, but I'd love to see what someone could do with the...

Read this back to yourself.

To start with, there is value in a 'shorthand' for something, even if it is inexact. Likewise, cosmic forces of 'good' & 'evil' (or 'law' and 'chaos') can be fun, even if (perhaps sometimes because) they don't line up with the actual real deal -- certainly other fiction like Charmed and the...

I have used them and seen their use by others. Or at least an identical analog (we've tended to say 'I'm calling X card' instead of having a physical card). As I've been rather public about, I once had my head nearly caved in in a mugging. Likewise, many of my main gaming group are veterans...

You're right. It's much more complicated.

In case anyone is interested: We had our session 0 this weekend (one person could not attend and will make a character before the first session). The group includes: Wanderborne Faerie Druid: Warden of Elements Ridgeborne Faun(kick)/Giant(reach) Guardian: Stalwart Wildborne Fungril Ranger...