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Different strokes for Different folks... In some ways, I find that GURPS tends to be faster than a lot of contemporary D&D (including Pathfinder). ------------ On the thread topic: I enjoyed Fallout 4 Settlement building. I think, if you took an approach like FFG Star Wars: Edge of the...

Anyone else revisiting Oblivion?

This is a quick and dirty overview: It will start with something like, "well, you watch [insert series] right?" "No." "Dude, really? Not at all. Everybody watches that!" *after going back and forth a few times..." "Maybe I've seen a few episodes." "Yeah, I knew you did. Everyone who games...

It's not solely based on me liking it. It's also based upon having watched people be browbeaten with endless questions about a series until their answer gets morphed into saying they like it. It's like some sort of geeked-out gaslighting. Though, it's not necessarily unique to anime. I've...

Looking at my last post, I didn't realize that autocorrect had butchered some of it. There are some anime shows that I'm not convinced people actually like, but I don't feel that applies to all of them. However, generally speaking, my own subjective tastes have rarely found anime enjoyable...

Overrated: anime... pretty much all of it, with a few notable exceptions. I'm not even convinced that the people who like some if actually do; I think they're just expected to like it to be part of the in-crowd. Underrated: The Barbie Movie A lot of the narrative surrounding critique of the...

I don't believe it's "tanking." However, I am inclined to believe that a future vision for what the game (and brand) should be (in the eyes of the corporation) may be different than the current iteration of the game. There may also be a position that the certain mentality and sentiments...

I vaguely remember that from discussions that were on the WoTC boards at the time.

Maybe, but Book of 9 Swords was published in (I think 2006). 4th Edition was announced in 2007; released in 2008. Looking at the contemporary climate, a lot 5.5-related folks are being cut from the company. Most of the Project Sigil Team has also been cut. Pure speculation on my part, but...

We're already seeing some different mechanics creep into the Monster Manual. In past editions, building blocks (and tests) of whatever the next edition would be could be seen in products. For example, Book of 9 Swords and late 3.5 Monsters had various pieces of what 4th Edition would become.

Do you think there's a need to free up some slots to get ready for the 6th Edition team?

I only have a casual experience with Warhammer. •I like some of the lore. •I bought a lot of the lizardfolk minis because they fit my idea of lizardfolk better than D&D. •The video games tend to be good. Aside from that, probably the closest experience I have to what I think might be...

I understand that it can happen (that a fight be steamrolled). I wasn't under the impression that it was assumed to be a common occurance. I agree that 40k does Grimdark well. If what is meant by "Grimdark" is just putting an edge-lord paint job on everything, I'm probably not the target...

Maybe I don't get what people mean by "grimdark." When the in-world problems are presented as serious while simultaneously also being steamrolled as a regular thing, that creates cognitive dissonance for me -and it's difficult for me to buy into a serious tone. FWIW, I also have similar...

Maybe I don't understand what is intended with "grimdark." To me, if the setting fluff is presenting challenges as being serious, but the mechanics regularly lead to those challenges being trivial, that's difficult for me to take seriously.

Others have said it already, but GURPS.

I think, as a game that is part storytelling and part game, there is an element of art via cooperative storytelling built into the experience. As such, "official" aesthetic choices tend to influence the actual meat of the game and the vision of the game throughout the cycle of an edition...

I think that's partially true because the tone implied by "grimdark" can be difficult to take seriously when combined with certain approaches to gameplay and power levels. Certainly, there are people who can pull it off. Warhammer 40k embraces the gonzo elements of the setting and it mostly...

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Multiclassing Feats seem cool, but there aren't enough slots to make picking them better than ASIs in many cases. I'd kinda miss magic items, but that still impacts my character less than leveling.