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If you really wanted to ignore loading times, you could. Though, much like modern D&D, if you take away the drawbacks of ranged combat, there starts to be one particular type of character that is noticeably better. Even so, there are ways to approach doing it, and options for trying to do it...

There's a tradeoff. Yes, reloading a Crossbow takes time (as it should). However, that creates meaningful tactical choice. There are pros and cons to different weapons. There are also narratives that can open up. "Can I charge the bunker and make it before they reload the machine gun?" "As...

Yeah. It would change facing rules a bit. Mainly, you'd need to make a judgement call on what counts as front, side, and back when it comes to squares.

If you wanted to, you could. I don't use a grid at all - neither hexes nor squares. 1 inch equals 3 feet (1 yard).

I don't think I suffered "abuse" like what the original post describes, but I was treated negatively because of my interest in games. I remember the librarian at the school I had attended taking Magic Cards away from me and threatening to give me detention for them. I was already a little bit...

Partially agree but also partially disagree. Reacher (Amazon Prime) mostly has a new cast each season, and it's doing fine. Yes, there are a handful of characters who are re-occuring, but many don't; quite often, characters die. So, I agree that there are main cast members who return to centre...

So, 4th Edition?

The Banestorm setting makes an attempt at addressing some of the questions you ask. It is a setting where people from our world were (at some point in the past) sucked into. So, you have Christianity, Islam, and Judaism existing alongside fantasy elements such as dwarves, elves, and orcs.

I had no idea. Since I picked something that already exists, I'll need to change my answer 🤔 There should be a ttrpg for Russell Crowe's Fightin' 'Round the World.

The Smurfs Seems like a natural fit for a ttrpg of some sort.

I made up the Monk example, as a way that the current approach to D&D might be applied differently. Currently, D&D doesn't re-roll every round. As mentioned in my other reply, I'm open to doing it differently.

I don't want to derail this thread, but I am interested in hearing more about that. I backed the OSRIC 3rd Edition, and I believe that what you mention is how initiative is handled. OSRIC 3 - BackerKit OSRIC 3

I'm not entirely opposed to that, but I was allowing for the possibility of things like the Improved Initiative Feat, possibly a version of Haste that adds +d6 to initiate, or maybe "Monk feature: Mystic Reflexes - at the beginning of an encounter, you may (without using an action,) spend a ki...

I agree that D&D has grown into it's own genre. I think D&D (the game) should be able to do D&D (the genre) well. I'm not convinced that it currently does. Many of the adventures published were written during a time when the game was different. Admittedly, I'm not familiar with any of the...

Sure, you can have dials. Many games do. At the and time, there should be a default baseline from which other things grow. I can understand if a tabletop game maybe doesn't 100% capture Lord of the Rings, Dragonball Z, or whatever is the current cultural zeitgeist. However, what is odd to me...

I think you can have magic and supernatural options without being so gonzo that the game becomes supers masquerading under a fantasy aesthetic. I've said this in other threads, but I think D&D could learn a lot from professional wrestling. Yes, obviously, pro wrestling contains things that are...

I'm not sure exactly what the answer is for how D&D would 'fix' this, but moving away from using more hitpoints as the main way to make monsters higher level would be nice. D&D tends to be a very combat-focused rpg. I'm fine with that. However, if that's one of the main pillars of play, I want...

From my understanding, the upcoming GURPS Kickstarter (Mission X) does some of what you suggest here. Dungeon Fantasy already trims things down a little. Mission X takes a few more steps in that direction. (again, from my understanding... not much info is yet available) It's still meant to...

For me personally, I chose GURPS over Hero because I liked how GURPS handled gear and equipment better. I've also found that I have an easier time starting from a grounded/real-ish baseline and then adding fantasy stuff on top of that, as opposed to when I start with something more gonzo and...

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