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I gave each character one free extra HA and one chose Fast Footwork. Also allowed one trained skill to be 15 if all skills were less than 15. Real test will be Sunday when we get into some serious combat. Players have been getting used to the offensive/defensive choice and so far they are doing...

I almost think the first question to any new player should be “do you really want to be playing 5e?” And if the answer is yes, hard pass. Look for players looking for a change away from D&D. Or maybe. the better question would be “how important is it to be OP as a character?” 😂

We think of gaming as a sanctuary too but I guess we enjoy the stimulation of figuring out a puzzle or a combat in the face of possibly dying. Challenge that has real consequences seems so much more lively than rftlpwning stuff.

Curious. What’s the age range of the players? if you can reward them for doing a modicum of planning, using pushes and Heroic Abilities, it may take hold. Anything above just dumb rushing the enemies. You might actually need to coach them through a few combats before they start to grok.

Pretty sure a goblin can one shot a 1st level 5e character. They sure could in 1e.

So weird.

“Enjoy trying new systems” should cover that.

He’s doing everything except the one thing he needs to do: change behavior.

The tried and true TSR method…

The only reason it might be worthwhile discussing is that some folk are actually looking to migrate from D&D. Now if they are just there to trash the game because it isn’t D&D, well that’s another thing.

I wasn’t coming to it from a D&D standpoint. We’ve been playing some variant of BRP for the last 20 years. 😉 Strike Ranks and such.

“ChatGPT, please write me a cease and desist letter.”

Well, in Dragonbane you have that option to trade your initiative card to another player or even an enemy if you decide to wait when it comes to your turn. If you have earlier initiative, it gives you the opportunity to act or wait, whereas if you are later in the round you generally will have...

Theme song activated!

And our theme song:

I realized I didn't do the theme song for the polls, oh noes!! Adding now. 😂

I was thinking more like picking initiative order rather than earlier initiative.

So, one of the criticisms I've seen against the Dragonbane initiative system is that it doesn't give any advantage to characters with high Agility when dealing the initiative cards. Asking on Discord, it seems the base rules only provide for a Heroic Ability (Lightning Fast) to allow drawing of...

Yeah, it's typically not too hard to get folks thinking this way, but it doesn't always come naturally either and could take some education and prompting. Stuff like: High ground gives advantage Obstacles provide cover Charging a long distance into missile wielding enemies is an easy way to get...

So far, the results are pretty well what I'd expect having the poll on the General TTRPG forum. I wonder if they'd be skewed in reverse on the D&D forum. Hmm.