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Most of my nWoD/CoD games were essentially sandboxes. They were very minimal prep, usually few short bulletpoints, but heavy on improv. One thing that made it easy to do is setting. I used real world in real time (so if first session was on 2.9.2012, in game it's also 2.9.2012). So, whatever...

Hooks are like toys someone else left in the sandbox. You can pick up toy truck or excavator and play with it, or you can ignore it and start building sandcastle with hands. You are still playing in the sandbox. It's bunch of sand, what and how you play with it, it's up to you. To further...

Since most classes are pretty front loaded and most games end by levels 8-12, loosing capstone abilities or some later subclass features isn't big deal. On the other hand, multiclassing is pretty much only way to have horizontal growth instead of just vertical one. Sure, with good synergy...

Sandboxes work better for the groups of pro active players. Yes, it gives players more freedom to do what they want. But also, it puts responsibility of coming up with what to do on the players. If players don't have clear ideas about their characters goals and at least some idea how to achieve...

I know. That's why i asked how? It was genuine curiosity, what did he or you do, specially in 2e (haven't played 1e), to not have any TPK-s. In 5e, i had exactly one TPK. And it was against goblins. Those little buggers are nasty if they get drop on party.

In 2e, level 1-3 characters died like flies. No max hp on lv 1 and roll for hp means even fighter can have naughty word HP (seen couple of them). Also, hirelings are not mindless automatons that obey every command without question. They have self preservation instinct and will flee or just refuse to...

I tend to run both linear-ish adventures and sandboxes. Linear adventures are usually more work and require players to buy in and create characters that have motive to go on said adventure built into them. They are linear in a sense that there is defined starting point and end point ( with...

How? I get it in 4&5e, TPKs are not that common. But in 1-3e era, specially 1&2e, low level characters where wet paper. As a dm, depending on a system, 50-70% of my games ended via TPK.

I don't use random encounters or trash encounters. If i misjudge and throw something too weak at them and after first round or two opponents are down to cca 25-30%, i zoom out from combat mini game and enter narration mode. I tell them what opponents try to do and ask players what they want to...

Out of curiosity, what kind of things would your characters need to buy? And what world type do you plan to use? Cause Agri or Feudal is different than Forge, Pleasure or Hive. Agri world or Feudal might work on pure barter or use precious metal coinage, Forge world might not have any kind of...

Yea, in essence, everyone runs multiple characters, one "main" and few hirelings who are just glorified meat shields / trap magnets. Hirelings who would do anything without thinking about their safety never had much sense imho. 11 foot poles. That extra foot counts. :D

Problem is, WH40k is abstract and vague when it comes to economy, even in books (and i read tons of WH40k novels). Inquisition operates on principle - if they want it, they get it. They can requisition or just take pretty much anything what they want when it comes to imperial stuff. When you...

I remember playing D20 version of GoT. It came out in 2005/6, so 5-6 years before show. On the other hand, by 2006, first 4 books were already out, A feast for crows came out in 2005. For GoT style games, i would recomend using Houses of the Bloodied RPG. It fits Westeros setting like a glove...

No max hp at level 1. Roll for HP at every level, 1st included. D4 for Sorc/Wizard. D6 for Bard/Rogue/Warlock. If you play Wiz/Sorc, don't bother naming character till level 3-4 and no matter what you play, don't bother with backstory. Paladin gets it's RP and alignment restrictions back...

It's also great for enemies behind 1/2 and 3/4 cover at longer distances, since it's autohit spell. But official adventures aparently rarley have encounters with enemies using environment for tactical positioning. Ranking spells is very campaign dependent. It's hard to have universal ranking...

No magic items necessary just means you don't need them for game math to work and monster design is balanced around party not having any ( hence, no crazy numbers, very few monsers immune to damage from non magic weapons). On the other hand, magic items are fun as in, they give tangible...

Same. If i couldn't tell straight away, i wouldn't care. I'm judging any commercial product on it's own merit. Does this hypothetical AI generated book have value for me? If yes, then i buy. If not, doesn't matter if it's AI or people who made product.

No. From world building perspective it doesn't make sense. PCs aren't first or only tier 2/3/4 characters in the world. If place was serene pastoral landscape when they were lv 1, it's still the same when they are level 20. But now, as others pointed out, they can venture to the places that...

1. most money Make it truly modular. Players handbook - no subclasses, all classes are simple and easy to use, quick chargen, aim for the tropes popular with 15-25 demographic. Advanced players handbook - subclasses, extra systems that are easy to slap on to basic game, more complexity, but...

In our setting (real world, just different names, but heavy influence from different historical cultures), most races are present, just not everywhere. For instance, dragonborn and lizardfolk have their own continent ( ruled by actual dragons, think central/south america before colonisation)...