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This is going to be interesting. I enjoy social interaction, but not because I like talking to the shop keeper, but because I like story-arcs and resolution. The combat and exploration are mini-games that keep the story fun (for me).

He wasn't asking you to explain the rules. He is asking for help making houserules.

I dislike the EU and only occasionally use things from it for my games. I won't miss it. However, I am sympathetic to the trauma that long-time fans of EU material must be going through. Sorry, guys. :(

Two people in this thread. So it is anecdotal, but you don't have any evidence to say I'm wrong. So unless we get a market researcher or a Paramount executive in here, speculation is all you get. That's fair. "adding demand" in the market sense, not in the sense that they are writing letters...

I took your dismissal of my opinion personally, and felt it was condescending. I still do, but I have to give you the benefit of the doubt as being touchy is a fault of mine. So I apologize.

You're right, no one had a problem with those movies. HobbitFan and all the other trekkies that were offended by them are figments of our collective imagination. The venn diagram of old-school trekkies and new-school trekkies does not have 100% overlap. Considering the blockbuster romp crowd...

I think HobitFan's position might be telling, though. The new movies were divisive. Perhaps the Trek fans who'd be into an RPG don't have a lot of overlap with the Trek fans from the new movies. Different circles, different customers.

I have no idea why you'd think that. I know teens that had never seen a single episode of Star Trek who watch the movies all the time. It's the only one they can agree on when they get together for a movie night. Star Trek is huge right now, thanks to JJ's soft reboot. Even mild mainstream...

Guys, the MM says you can get better familiars as a DM variant because even an imp familiar is not as powerful as an Oathbow. All the precious "balance" goes right out the window as soon as the DM starts handing out magic items. So if you do magic items, then this is a non-issue. You don't have...

Could someone kinda give me a State of the Game rundown on FFG? Like, where are they at on the last book, do the games overlap at all, what is the difference between the two games out now, do they have a specific time period, etc? I tried their website but it is all commercial and of course /tg/...

Isn't there like, a penny whistle or something you can play without hands?

You could also introduce expertise with tools, if you wanted. Naturally, if your leery of stealth expertise, then watch out for thieves tools.

Thanks!

As a player, I get that feeling when the story places a lot of consequence on my actions. If a whole lot of story is at stake, I get that feeling.

When I do one-shots with new people, I make pregens based on exciting fantasy portraits I find online. That way, they can just pick the picture they like best, and what you see is what you get. I also name them, and fill in their Ideals, Bonds and Flaws with things that will tie them into the...

How do you handle sneaking around in 5e? (Not in combat. Oh, geez, we don't need to talk about that again.) Skill checks, on a map, or something else?

That sounds good. Do any of the ST games do t=something like that?

The 1d8/1d4 combo is a little better than 1d6/1d6 because on turns where you use your bonus action for something other than off-hand attacks you still get most of your damage.

That's funny. Today I was just thinking that to do Star Trek you have to find a way for players to invoke deus ex machina without having to wait for the DM. So I figured something like, story points with sci-fi descriptors which the players can spend to solve problems. It seems like Star Trek...

I really like your points. I may need to adapt my assumptions about my setting to accommodate some of them. Especially 4 and 5. Have you read/played the Burning Wheel?