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Burning Wheel?

here is what I would have Dwarf, Elf, Human Cleric, Fighter, Rogue, Wizard level 1-5 (no feat at level 3, or attribute bump at level 4) Very few feats, just enough to flavor the fighter and give a couple non-combat options (1 page of feats, tops) remove all movement/minis rules from combat...

I think one of the biggest hurdles I had as a GM was learning that its not about the story its about events (or encounters if you prefer). The goblins are going to attack the castle regardless if the PCs are there or not. How the PCs deal with the situations becomes the story but they events...

I haven't heard that since I stopped running pre-written adventures. There is a simple solution as a DM/GM, ask the players what do they do, don't tell them.

Horror games, mostly nWOD just because character creation is so simple.

Continue with buisness as is while developing and playtesting 5e. 5e would have 2 sets of core PHB and DMG, one basic (lite rules, focus on roleplaying) and advanced (an add on with tactical and miniature combat). Character creation and leveling would need to be simple enough so as not to need...

/This Good metaplot can be ignored. Using Shadowrun: The Horrors again, the main setting is set in Seattle and while they "blew up" Chicago and had the president die. Most people could ignore that it ever happened because life went on. Meanwhile all the people who played through the campaign...

All for One, but seeing how its pretty new I may get the chance.

I always enjoyed metaplots (some are better than others, Shadowrun's return of the horrors was amazing), it gave a progressive bigger picture to the small pond style stories I run.

You could look at Desolation for inspiration. All the creatures have a nutritional value ;)

I played it at PAX and really wished they had less choices with the characters options and removed the movement to be more like Betrayal in the House on the Hill. But it was overall ok but was a bit too D&D 4e for me and my friends.

This sounds completely awesome to me! I like being able to play a character that doesn't have to worry about powers. If the wizards stay the same as they were in 4e and not hearken back to the 45 pages of spells, then 4eE sounds like the first version of D&D I may actually enjoy.

Unless VR can be quickly manipulated by the GM I don't see that happening. Books becoming totally digital with Print on Demand options I can see. Plus you gotta push that out a good 20-30 years to deplete the GenXers.

I would take the commute and study on the bus, be it recording the lectures and listening to them again on the bus or opening a text book. You can find classes that the 3 hour ride will be 2.5 hours of study time.

It is because that what we teach in criminal behavior classes, regardless of actual science if you take one of these one week classes. D&D = satanism and occult practices and Video Games = violent behavior. The cops are just repeating what they learned in class from the "experts". Now if you...

Before a new campaign I... Make up 5 major npcs and how they feel about each other and 3 goals they each want accomplished. I then give them each 2 named minions who can help achieve one or more of their goals. Before a game session I... Write down 4 things that are going to happen that the...

/agree on both, its a tragic case. but thats not the way it will get spun. It will be that by playing D&D Online he was able to experience the occult though virtual reality and he killed in the game now that behavior spilled into real life. In the game he would sacrifice people to the devil and...

/dark humor on don't worry we are working on that The Blotter | Puyallup man charged in rape murder of 16-year-old girl | Seattle Times Newspaper if you read the details of the murder rather than just the synopsis I linked you will see hes a D&D Online player so obviously D&D and Video Games...

What RPGs have you played? I can see D&D (XP for killing stuff) maybe something like Shadowrun (it can happen but the cops will be on your bum) but Vampire, in the words of smiling jack "its the politics that will kill you" Once you get into indie games there are even more options. Unknown...

A player who DMs from time to time will have a better appreciation for what the DM does A DM who plays from time to time under other DMs will become a much better DM by seeing things that DM does right and wrong and borrowing and avoiding that stuff accordingly.