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RURAL 12. Foyer - The front-line of the kobold's conflict. Broken glass and the detritus of fighting have been swept to a corner. 13. Cliff Face - The drop off is steep and unyielding. Phosphorescent plants highlight the extent of the fall. Cracked brickwork on the ground shows the cavern was...

As someone who is generally more stressed by both running and playing PbtA/FitD than I am D&D, though obviously simple experience and practice plays a part, your examples here feel remarkably on the point for me personally. I generally don't care for any multiplayer games, by far preferring...

...City of Mists? Someone who's actually read the whole book, or played it, tell me how wrong I am.

Not to parrot your opening, but it depends on what you mean by hidden from them. If there was no way of them ever divining the location of the trap before it sprung, then as far as at table play, the difference shrinks greatly (I'll leave the philosophical side out of it). However, if the...

Yeah, their initial timeline already seemed on the crunched side, given how the un-interrupted playtests were going at the start, and if they're still quite committed to hitting that window...

I really appreciate you calling this consideration out. It's easy to think of the information we know about myths, but not extend that consideration to the fact that we come to it in a world where information spreads farther and faster, and the stores of it are both vast and attempt to be...

I hadn't heard this news, thank you for pointing this out!

I'll admit, I don't think I would have come to that rule of my own volition, but in thinking about it, I'm struggling to think of any thing from the 5e player facing rulebooks that I would be bothered by a character using knowledge of. You're right, it's simple, and it seems to work better than...

I've been following that framing as it's the exchange that prompted this particular conversational thread: We've both said that comparison of strengths and weaknesses is not what we're talking about here. And like I said in my last post, while I agree with you that it's not necessarily a...

L'esprit de l'escalier

I wrote out a big long point by point response, pretty much just reiterating what I said before, and I realized I was coming at it from a very unhelpful front, so I'll try and respond simply and shortly. I agree with your statement here. Or to rephrase it slightly, I do think you can criticize...

I think the salient point to take away from that is terms like unbalanced, too gonzo, video game like, or even Chartmaster serve as better criticism than merely calling something bad. If something is just bad, why would anyone choose, let alone enjoy it? Now, if a piece of criticism feels like...

Based on the playtest content so far, I think 5.5 will give me about 80% of what I'm looking for, constrained by roughly 10% of changes I don't like.

The goal here is to resolve the conflict, and so, I'm going to assume not just good faith, but best faith from everyone involved. Unless there's a history of malice or taking advantage of kindness (and to a degree, even if), that's the path I've found to be most reliable. This has happened...

Because they've seen that 3x3 grid in memes for so long and they're excited to be a part of it. To be clear, I'm not being dismissive here, it's satisfying to stake your own claim in that land.

I like a lot of what the term The Weave implies about magic, even if it's not mechanically reflected. It nods at an interconnectedness, how everything holds everything else together, and wants to stay in a relative position. So, to me, I've always pictured "standard" magic spells as a temporary...

Man, doing these one per day is a lot easier than catching up 7+ at a time. EMPIRE (cont) 1. Target Practice - Several overturned marble pews serve as cover. Arrow stuffed scarecrows line the north wall. 2. Gaol - Prindle and Ortok are held in relative comfort here. The jailer is taking this...

Sure, I agree, that's why I said bulk, not entirety.