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  1. jdrakeh

    Other D&D Variant Domain play, what, if anything, do you use?

    I'm of the opinion that no iteration of D&D (or its many clones) really does domain level play justice. When I want that kind of game, I personally use Aria and Aria Worlds. It's a dense system, almost ridiculously so, but it's the only system I've seen that really does domain level play justice.
  2. jdrakeh

    What are your thoughts on TTRPGs with non-standard dice?

    It depends on the implementation, honestly. For example, I really liked them in Warhammer Fantasy RPG 3rd edition, but when FFG started using them in ALL of their RPGs just because they could, it felt a little... uh... not great. For me, anyhow.
  3. jdrakeh

    Free Front Range FKR (2nd iteration, still free!)

    The second iteration of Front Range FKR is now available. Existing rules have been clarified, advice for the referee added, and it now includes new rules for magic! Get it here, for free!
  4. jdrakeh

    Today I learned +

    The attorney I spoke to said that a lot of that depends upon specific jurisdictional rules.
  5. jdrakeh

    OSR OSR-inspired video game, The Secret of Weepstone, has a trailer

    Yeah, we used both The Armory d30 critical hits table and, later, the Arduin critical hit and fumbles tables.
  6. jdrakeh

    Today I learned +

    TIL that, if you die without a legal will and testament in Colorado, your assets will go to your closest relatives under state "intestate succession" laws. And that a word document with your last wishes, no matter how much you want it to qualify as a last will and testament, does not.
  7. jdrakeh

    OSR OSR logos

    I know which one not to use. The Stuart Robertson logo (the one that looks like a little dungeon map spelling out "OSR") was released under a CC license, but some objectionable people started using it to promote objectionable content, so he asked that people not use it at all anymore. So, out of...
  8. jdrakeh

    Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED]

    I'm no longer as tied into that side of the industry (I.e. retail) as I used to be, but ACD is probably a good bet, for games at least. While they don't have the inventory that Diamond did, last I knew, they have a pretty good reputation among retailers (unlike Diamond).
  9. jdrakeh

    Interested in checking out non-D&D fantasy "old school" ttrpgs

    The adventure path (The Riddling Reaver) was for the original Introductory Fighting Fantasy game, not AFF. The original AFF line was officially composed of only three books: Dungeoneer, Blacksand, and Allansia. The new AFF (2011) published by Arion Games, however, has a significantly larger...
  10. jdrakeh

    When you play in person, where do you play? (Poll)

    Usually at my friend's game store (The Yellow King Games & Hobbies in Colorado Springs).
  11. jdrakeh

    D&D General Kara Tur 5e

    Hopping vampires and ghosts. I'd actually like to see more ghosts in D&D period. A horribly underutilized foe in D&D.
  12. jdrakeh

    As a GM, which monster do you find the most difficult to role-play?

    The dragon as Smaug variant is specifically a D&D-ism and it's one of very few things that I dislike about D&D (I mean, I really dislike it). I play dragons more like those of Dennis L. McKiernan's Mithgar novels. They can have pretty high intellect (and some may even talk), but they don't...
  13. jdrakeh

    Itch.io is shadowbanning or deleting NSFW and LGBTQ content

    It is. I've seen them re-index (i.e. un-shadowban) some titles already.
  14. jdrakeh

    As a GM, which monster do you find the most difficult to role-play?

    Illithids are tough for me, because they're ostensibly genius level intellect villains and I do not possess a genius level intellect. Dragons, on the other hand, are pretty easy for me because I don't portray them all as Smaug variants and, instead, portray them as devastating, bestial, forces...
  15. jdrakeh

    How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?

    Great. :mad: This will have a significant negative impact on everyone.
  16. jdrakeh

    Which Chips (or Fries) Are the Best?

    Homestyle fries. Specifically the fries at Bionic Burger which, to this day, remain the best fries I've ever had in my life. I don't know if they still offer it, but you could get them sprinkled with sea salt and rosemary once upon a time. Absolutely mouth watering.
  17. jdrakeh

    What's Your Price Limit?

    There comes a point when I tell them to do so or ask them to leave, if I'm running the game. If you can't tell me what your character's abilities do or how the rules work after two months of playing, you're not invested enough in the game I'm running for me to care if you continue to show up...
  18. jdrakeh

    What's Your Price Limit?

    If I'm running a game, I bring my own copy of the core rules that everybody is initially free to use, but I prefer that the other players buy their own copies of the PHB or equivalent (maybe not immediately, but eventually).
  19. jdrakeh

    What's Your Price Limit?

    I'm at about $50 for a hardcover core book and a max of three core books. Most of that is because I'm disabled and susbsist mainly on SSDI, which doesn't pay very much. I occasionally make some extra money editing/proofreading RPG material, but that money is almost always put toward necessities...
  20. jdrakeh

    Are Ghosts Real? (a poll)

    Using that definition, no.
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