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This seems to be the pattern. There is a group of minions for the bad guy. Either a GM or player decides to play said minion NPC against type for laughs, then more detail is added so the minions have a culture and details and become a full fledged species. It seems to be the explanation of why...

This is why I wished 5e had brought monster templates back in 2014. This probably why the first 5e adventures stick with Dragons and Elementals , as you have variety and a theme, mostly. Dragon cultists? They really hadn't been on my radar since Dragonlance and my hazy memory doesn't seem to...

That was one of 4e's aspects I appreciated, the iconic monster "families" with different roles to add variety. I also applaud low CR iconic monsters for GMs who may want to run a shorter, lower prep game. Having our GM let our lower level party tackle a weaken dragon so my "Monster Hunter"...

Do note that in our industry, have the same dev team for literally decades is the exception, not the rule. Even Chaosium has had a changing of the guard over time, even if it has sort of come full circle. I wish I had become interested in T&T much earlier but I was lad who needed seriousness in...

Before I knew this game existed, my first attempt at game design as a kid was a powered armor game which was so 70s/80s in design. You took your actual measurements to earn your build points to make your suit. (I was not aware of Villains and Vigilantes yet.) I was slanting towards skinny...

I've had the pre-order Path of Glory for months. It's a good resource for DB GMs. It might also be a good intro for 5e players to DB with an experienced GM. PoG is for advanced DB PCs, thus they are more heroic than the starting DB character and would have more of the bells and whistles a 5e...

Ah. That explains this auction as well. And really $3M is pocket change but I also assume Hasbro would rather get rid of the overhead for storage. https://gizmodo.com/hasbro-plundered-its-power-rangers-vaults-for-just-3-3-million-2000527877

I think C&C and AA don't get enough love. Even before Amazing was a thing, I ran a "high fantasy heroes in Barsoom" style one-shot with C&C and the players were asking for a full on campaign. It would now be even easier with AA. It also amuses me how C&C is ignored by the OSR guys even...

The trailer looks like a good teaser for D&D overall. I'm amused as it's obvious that the video game theme of the series was a sneaky way to add a D&D and 40k episode. Yes, those IP have had several video game over the decades but it's on a totally level compared to Megaman or other IPs that...

Double grognard hat on. My DM hated AD&D 2e as those books "put the charts on the wrong pages." He was frustrated the things he had memorized to the point of being second nature had changed. :ROFLMAO: Not saying you're wrong, though. For me personally, it's was the newer trend to not...

Same. On a Boy Scout trip no less.

For all we know, they may have not. The original point was if DMG had better organization, they could have found those rules and saved themselves time in their research to either use them or move on.

Didn't say any different but I was talking about posters who were unaware said rules existed.

I blame the 2014 organization for hiding a lot of goodies in the extra rules. I lost count how many times on social media someone would go, "5e is missing 'X,' so I made these rules!" Then I'd go, "Those are in the DMG on page xx." Most replies were of the "Oh. Wow, really?" variety. A few...

Get well soon, sir!

Or something adjacent like setting up a big event within the RPG. Essentially its own "crossover" event.

Huh. I enjoyed that version and was planning a Apokolips invasion long before it became the go-to for all of the animated shows. I lived out the in middle of nowhere, though, so I was unaware if the comics themselves had done it as a big cross-over event already (they probably did.) But it...

System Mastery is a hell of a drug.

The whole "Advanced" in AD&D was to signal it was your next purchase after you felt bored of Basic. Saying something is "advanced" is bait for a certain type of gamer who loves system mastery, they want to prove to everyone they are the true fan of a game as they have mastered a game's advanced...

Loved that RPG, love the wargame "simulator" even more. It gave one a taste of ST fleet battles but could be wrapped up in couple of hours.