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  1. JConstantine

    D&D 5E (2024) Eberron - skycoaches and bastions

    The point of the skycoaches is that they can take a direct route by moving vertically/diagonally through the city. Baring in mind that the towers of Sharn are absolutely massive, containing entire communities like a Judge Dredd mega-block (comics version). Simple skyscrapers, they are not...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    That is where I started. Although, I have to admit, a RBRB section or tags would be handy dandy.
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    This is starting to feel like banging one's head against a wall. That is exactly what is going on in people sandboxes.
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    Could it be mixing pg193 and pg195 of BitD? Pg193: Pg195:
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    If you're talking about the task resolution, it's pretty damn trad. The only difference really is that it explicitly requires the GM to explain how dangerous a situation the character is in (position) and how effective what they're attempting is going to be (effect). I'm not sure it takes a...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    Ok, but Calimshan needs more love. The Sword Coast gets all the fun.
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    No, it's not. That entire section is about establishing the next score, not BitD's equivalent of GM moves. That's the "Telegraph Trouble" and "Follow Through" GM actions. I never said the GM "must". People really need to stop misrepresenting others' comments. Again, I never said it was "the"...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    Can you clue the PbtA and FitD folk in on that? The amount of times I've heard/read "don't prep" is vexing. It's really no different than the Alexandrian's "prep situations, not plots". Seems @hawkeyefan disagrees with you on that one.
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    That's not really the "first half", that segment is almost entirely "provide opportunities", while "follow their lead" is a single paragraph. And, just to be clear, the "follow their lead" is absolutely how I prefer it to be played, but then I'm a proactive player. There's one person I've gamed...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    To be clear, I wasn't saying RBRB was a similar game (though the core resolution for both is a dice pool systems using ranks in a skill/action, keep the single highest result), and only mentioned it insofar that it was the catalyst for me reading Bedrock's blog, and thus becoming familiar with...
  11. JConstantine

    Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades; Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate; Strange Tales of Songling

    2nd edition confirmed! I jest, but that does remind me, I wanted to ask if there was any info on that supernatural supplement you and Jeremy were working on? I recall reading as such on you blog. I started a list of films I've watched to use as inspiration, with notes on the specific elements...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    This thread has gone in more circles than a spirograph.
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    That is the ideal, but it's not actually even the default by the book. And that player-decided goal is the entire point of each of our sandboxes. The goals will differ, of course. So for my V:TM sandbox, a player might decide that they want to seize control of the local organised crime group, in...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    It's also very mechanics-first requiring the GM to finagle the fiction to fit. But the screeching if you dare point out the game isn't anywhere near as fiction-first as the book or its fans claim.
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    I was thinking just the general travel encounter table, or the teahouse encounter table. Granted, the entanglements table is pretty much all negative things designed to complicated the crew's life, while your encounter tables are mixed, but it's the same principle.
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    Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades; Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate; Strange Tales of Songling

    True, but (in the English version) Jen states that poison goes straight to the heart, implying a fast-acting lethality, and that the antidote takes time to prepare. It's not quite clear how much time passes, but it's certainly long enough that it seems to me Li Mu Bai would have Awakening the...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    Obviously, the mechanical expressions differ, and there's divergence like BitD's score-downtime loop being far more procedural than your approach, but I see so much overlap. BitD encourages GMs to provide opportunities (i.e. hooks), but also follow the players' lead, no different from your...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    Full disclosure: probably about 90% of my time at the table has been as a player, but I've always read the books to the point that I was often as knowledgeable of the rules, if not more so, than the GM. I have never argued, but have questioned adjudication. But that isn't really what I was...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    The fatal flaw of consulting players is the overwhelming majority don't RTFM to understand the GM's position.
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    Given your complaint about people pigeon-holing your approach, I think it would be wise to not lump Bedrock based on his advocacy of Robert's approach, especially since he's clearly stated that they diverge. So, I picked up @Bedrockgames ' Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades a few years ago, which...
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