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This is utter bull hookey. Laughably wrong. Here is why = * There are over a thousand Abilities/Foci and thousands of Cyphers. Both run the gamut of social, combat, explore, mystery, revelation and more. * The rules are by and large the same as any common system, such as D&D, GURPS, BRP...

We made our own version of Cypher system here = Final Fantasy 8 rpg (link) I am curious what changes Monte made.... because we strongly think we vastly improved the Cypher system core and rules. I back all of Monte kickstarter games, and am happy with his "totally not Deadlands" rpg. So I...

Hey now! Don't you rag on my Death Race 2000 the RPG! ;)

Wow! So "Levelling Up" has 0 votes! Now, I know its a 'pick one' vote... but really...? Not one person thinks that levelling up and gaining appreciably more power is a main feature of "adventuring"?

I agree. BUT one thing that makes me wonder..... Sanderson is known ONLY as an author. He has no following in any regard to RPG.... no actual play, no rpg podcast, even 99% of all his social media posts are just novel/film related. SO with that said... I think there is a BIG storm...

I think its great! So clearly Sandy has been doing his research (and GMing of 12+ years working towards this system.) - Its very refined: They have taken the time to consider the characters as being useful at "level 1" and then growing in ability and power from there. - It's not complex, but...

@Hriston use the term "interesting", so I was also wondering more on that. I will let them answer that, as I am very interested in differing ideas here of "interesting" = especially when it comes to what they consider adventure! :)

Correct! Although, I am ok with someone commenting in regards to the rpg of their choice too. :) I hear some folks here seem to consider adventure different criteria for different games?

And if there was not levelling would you still consider it adventure because there was still adversity to overcome?

OK, cool. So what do you think about non-moving games? That is to say, would you consider a political overthrow of a local leader (and the entire game was played in just one city), to be "an adventure?" What about a rpg based largely around romance and betrayal of that romance? Is...

Oh? That is very interesting! So what about combat is it that makes it the least interesting? Is it combat in general, or a specific system's combat? What would make combat really really fun for you as a main feature of an adventure?

I know the answers to the poll above are not complete and have odd choices. (It is intentionally an odd list) They are there to start the conversation for you to think about and highlight something you think, your own ideas of ONE feature that - without it - a rpg just doesn't feel like and...

I hear ya, so not aimed at you, but... On a purely person level = IMHO.... I think D&D is very poorly designed. I have many reasons why D&D is more fun when you alter or ignore its rules - especially when engaging with it on its own terms. But I think that is a discussion for a different...

So clearly Sandy has been doing his research (and GMing of 12+ years working towards this system.) - Its very refined: They have taken the time to consider the characters as being useful at "level 1" and then growing in ability and power from there. - It's not complex, but its not PBTA...

Not at all what I am addressing. The idea that someone is trying to impose a playstyle or mechanic need on a system that does not purport to have it = not at all my point. imho, it goes without saying, that if you are trying to stuff a round peg in a square rpg hole, then expect it to be...

I think there are two parts to this, but only one of the parts is important. The first is that, if a game is more fun when not played by its intended rules and playloops (or if interacting with the rules as written ruins fun) = then its a very poorly designed game (mechanically and possibly in...

Well, let's start by "are we both playing the game." And no, from your post it sounds like you have not played it yet, so.... Listen, I love me some theoryhammer for sure. And I don't think Daggerheart is an abysmal failure. But there is no conversation to be had or ideas developed when...

We disagree. It in fact, does not match any manner of story in a meaningful way. The takeaway was that in a game where dice rolls are expected, it was not fun to roll the dice = ever. Well, many of the moves the GM used were soft moves. Some not even directed at characters at all. The...

We have run into issues with this and found balance to not be true at all. Each player has seen rolls of about half the time we roll with Fear. With 4 players each rolling once, we saw the GM with 2 to 3 Fear, and 1 or 2 players with 1 Hope each. After 10 rolls per player, we saw the GM...