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Another setting that just screams to be gamed in is the Grimnoir Chronicles by Larry Correia. Basically magic talents appear more or less randomly in the modern world. It's one of those series that you read and think, "This should totally be a game!" I think lowish-PL M&M is probably the way...

There's really so many possibilities! Back in High Lord Kevin's time for really epic stuff, the First Chronicles for more "normal" fantasy, the Sunbane era for post-apocalyptic, and so on. The time between White Gold Wielder and the Sunbane seems perfect, actually - there's almost no lore to...

I created a homebrew version of it for M&M 1e. It's one of those settings that just cries out to be gamed in! Though I concentrated more on the Galactic Milieu books. Oooh! Interesting!! Of course, there's the burning question of "which era?" Also, are the PCs from Earth? Native to the Land...

I honestly think the basic Fate point economy could be bolted on to almost any system, as long as certain other assumptions are ported in with it. Your high concept should probably include your species and class, with an extra adjective or so: "Devious Elven Ranger" or "Human Wizard of the...

I think we could do without a generalist, actually - or if it is indeed a jack of all trades, it should also be master of none. I'm tired of generic wizards getting all the cool toys - it means there's hardly any point in being a specialist.

Just that it's encouraging when writing a story hour to see the numbers go up. Once things get to "1K" you're left wondering if anyone is still reading until it hits "2K", which might take a while.

Is there any way to see the exact number of views on a thread once it gets more than a thousand? It becomes "1K" at that point on the main forum page, which isn't very informative.

As far as I'm concerned, the spell schools can die in a fire. They're either too narrow (Abjuration) or too broad (Transmutation), and almost completely flavorless. Wizard specialties should have more pop to them than that. Some possibilities: Beguiler: Illusions, mind-affecting magics...

Ditto. I've long been considering a game that is to 5e what True20 was to 3e, and this may just push me over the edge. Thing is, if I want to use the Toughness save as-is, I'll presumably need the OGL as well.

New Scene: Scaling the wall. Interrupt! [The first thing I rolled was 'Move away from a thread', which I vetoed because it would be too redundant. Then came 'Move toward a thread' which just didn't fit the circumstances. Then came this: ] Horror - NPC: Thomas. [I was originally going to...

New Scene: Get Sir Reginald's story. Interrupt! Move away from a thread: Free Ryan and Jake from the darkhound curse. [Hmmm. Well, we haven't heard from the vampire in a while...] Q(Likely): Does the vampire try to snatch Ryan? EXCEPTIONAL YES. Ryan didn't seem able to share in the...

New Scene: Dealing with the mysterious stranger, take 2. Altered Scene! The entire group broke out with exclamations of disbelief. As they did so, the rope holding the erstwhile knight up broke and he skidded down the wall, landing in a heap before them. Paddy was on it with his sword to its...

[Sorry for the long absence! I kind of wrote myself into a corner and wasn't sure how to get out, so I took a break from this game for a while. And then a bunch of Real Life happened, and I just plain forgot about it! Then something reminded me of it, I pulled up the file, and a way forward...

New Scene: Heading out. They didn't spend much time in the Shadow Keep; all the preparations had already been laid. Thomas exchanged handclasps and a hearty, "Godspeed," or "Va avec Dieu" with each of them. To Pete he said, "All has already been said, son. Go with my blessing, and know...

Now that the number of page views is over 1000, it just gets reported as "1K", which isn't very useful! Anyone still reading?

New Scene: The team assembles Pete stayed in the Knights' chapterhouse while the team coalesced. Paddy O'Reilly was in, of course. "I'd not miss this fight for anything," he'd said laconically - and nobody was willing to say him nay with that grim light in his eyes. Sir Robert Bauman had...

New Scene: Telling Jake and Dad the story Preparations for the expedition proceeded apace. As they did, Pete began to feel more and more ill at ease... and not just because he was going into danger. There was still his penance to perform, and he dreaded it. [I don't know how this would work...

New Scene: Mopping up the Demons With the amount of firepower - both physical and magical - that the Knights of St. Michael could bring to bear if sufficient need existed, it didn't take much to roll up the Demons. The Shepherds of Gideon even sent a liaison to the operation, Brother Hezekiah...

[Just to let you guys know, I'm going to be drop-dead busy the coming week, so I may not have time to post anything until the weekend.] New Scene: Fallout from the big reveal: More from Mark, Kate, Jake. Altered Scene! ComplexQ: Okay... No clue what the alteration should be...

New Scene: Ensconced with Fr. Leo for Reconciliation in the living room. Fr. Leo listened seriously as Pete ran through his more minor failings. "There's... uh. Something else, Father." "Go on." Pete swallowed. "I, uh. Saw something, when you were pulling me and Mark out. I saw Jamie."...