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In the first scene, I started the group out crossing a deep stream. The water came up to Nohnee's waist, and Malrock followed behind with his backpack hoisted over his head. The wolf Pup paced on the bank behind them, not wanting to get into the water due to his stubborn nature. As they...

Dungeon World is very much about improvisation. This is both on the part of the GM and the players. So, I prepared only the bare bones of an adventure before starting. Much of the detail would come about during play. Starting out, I had a list of prepared questions to ask that would help the...

I've been in love with Dungeon World ever since I first read about it. I missed out on the kickstarter, but when I found out about the game I jumped over to the Dungeon World Gazetteer. It has everything you need to run the game, but I quickly bought the book because it has so much awesome GMing...

I was surprised when I clicked the threat to find I had already voted years ago. :) When I voted, D&D was my favorite. But, it isn't any more. FATE is probably my favorite now.

There are lots of places to go that aren't going to kill you outright. The good planes, for one. Adventures in Elysium, Bytopia, of Mount Celestia. The Outlands is another good place, as you can pretty much do "normal" adventuring there. If you want something a bit more deadly, you could have a...

I'm all for the blowtorch, to a degree. Change things up. Try crazy things. As long as it sells, I don't care if I want it or not. I'm not worried about me. I'm also not worried about some perceived slight by WotC toward me by making a D&D that I don't want to play. I don't have this idea that...

I like shades of gray campaigns so here are my thoughts. The first thing that pops into my head is to make Cain a sort of tragic figure. He wants to strike out at the gods for what they did, hurt them. He doesn't want to hurt humanity itself, but sometimes that's just what has to be done in...

There should be a rule where if you say a future version of D&D is too video gamey you immediately lose any argument you're having and the thing you dislike is automatically in the next edition.

Yeah, most posting on Next dried up around October. With nothing new to talk about, most venues have moved onto talk about other things. ENWorld has the fastest moving forums for discussing Next. /r/DnD still has a decent number of posts on Next, though, at multiple per day, which is pretty good...

Any time it's brought up on the Wizard forums, it seems like many more people are for it than against it. However, I'm willing to admit I don't frequent those boards nearly as much as I do reddit and ENWorld.

I haven't heard a peep of this "issue" outside ENWorld which itself is a pretty strong echo-chamber. I haven't seen anything about this on, for example, Reddit, the WotC forums, Google+, or rpg.net. No one in my group, who keep up with Next, has mentioned it. So, really, it isn't an issue at all...

All the best traps and puzzles from my games have been the incredibly simple ones that, despite all odds, became cornerstones of the session. One of the best examples of this was a D&D 3e death trap put in a doorway in a deep underground complex. The party was more than able to bypass it...

Best: Planescape Boxed Set Worst: Elven Handbook

I'm gonna change some of the descriptions to make them more applicable to what interests me. 3 is the closest. I want cinematic. I want crazy adventures and action and intrigue. I don't want to have to count arrows or bullets. I don't want to worry about catching the local disease as I pass...

Here's another good article on that. This one explores where blocks went from previous FATE games (namely Dresden Files) and why they aren't really necessary in the first place. http://www.faterpg.com/2013/richards-guide-to-blocks-and-obstacles-in-fate-core/

It's so you don't have a scene where characters are "trading" Fate Points exchange after exchange.

Yes! That's a really important distinction to make. Compels should never be mechanical effects. You don't compel someone and give them a -2 penalty to shoot. I know it can be tempting. Say if a PC has the consequence of Twisted Ankle a GM might want to compel them to have a -2 penalty to...

Okay this time I have a quote for what I'm saying (its in the OP after all): "If the aspect you invoke is on someone else’s character sheet, including situation aspects attached to them, you give them the fate point you spent." (pg 69) The character does get a Fate Point. They just don't get...

I agree with keeping the normal skill pyramid (with the caveat below). CoC characters aren't adventurers, but they're generally skilled in their profession. I'd discourage anyone from taking a combat skill at Great, or probably even Good, because of that. Being a Great historian makes sense...

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