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It may be a re-imagining. It may be a use of anthrosophy as a philosophy. But, it sure ain't science.

From today's DD:XP Tweet: E. Foley GeeksDreamGirl #ddxp Q: What are you guys playing that's not #dnd? A (Mike): Call of Duty, Skyrim, Trail of Cthulhu, Lord of the Rings Confrontation..

But Sam's the hero! Returning to LoTR to read it to my son, I found the echoes of the first world war and the triumph of the ordinary man. Sam is the officer's batman (valet) who stops him failing.

I recommend Jack Vance. Not for Vancian magic but for the anti-hero Cugel. Vance describes him as "a man of many capabilities, with a disposition at once flexible and pertinacious. He was long of leg, deft of hand, light of finger, soft of tongue ... His darting eye, long inquisitive nose and...

Quite. When I ran /4e for my 8 year-old I realised that his view of combat came more from Power Rangers than Robin Hood or King Arthur ...

Me too. If this is permanent trade then it has the dissociated mechanics problem. If it's about the set of tools you take with you for that day or adventure then that might be OK. Where do you want to invest your mana today ... I agree that the game I want to play doesn't focus on this - but I...

OK. I've avoided Dickens until recently for the same reasons - and it turns out that was I wrong, btw. But- War and Peace: The enemy advances; the enemy retreats. There's more to literature than the plot?

How I envy you! You have the pleasure to come of reading LoTR and immersing yourself in a mythic world. Whatever has stopped you doing this before?

Other than actually playing a game can be more informative than theoretical pontificating and quibbling about perceived authorial weaknesses. Proof of the pudding ...

The core mechanic of #dnd is: player says 'I want to X' and DM responds. Therein lie the stories. MonteJCook #dndNext #ddxp

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The Armitage Files also builds on the CoC heritage of nice handouts. So the investigation can build from how the players interpret and act on the initial clues. e.g. Sadly, can't find a bigger image!

Well, if we only played games that got everything right in their first iteration who'd be playing RPGs at all?

That's an unfair representation of their position. They say that it fixes the problem of not finding the clue so that the players can get on with solving the mystery. In fact, I'm not sure what you think "solve clue" means; you use clues to solve the bigger puzzle of the story. Your helpful...

Look at LorefinderPelgrane Press Ltd Blog Archive Lorefinder if you want to see the Gumshoe idea applied to Pathfinder. It's interesting - but it's not also a full primer and training manual for Pathfinder - from my browsing of it. For the somewhat doubtful about the whole premise, I liked...

Well, use Trail of Cthulhu for Call of Cthulhu scenarios. Some system translations are here: Pelgrane Press Ltd Trail of Cthulhu

While that reaction had occurred to me too, you see to be confusing a player's actions (I climb the wall) and generating a random number (I roll the dice to see if I can climb the wall). Do you really think that touching a die is equivalent to control of the actions? The chance of success can...

I've cracked this. You're chance to succeeed is your chance to not-fail. [See Mearls talking about resisting poison with your CON] Your swim rating going up (Ability + possibly skill) is your abilty to not drown (c.f not be poisoned). You don't roll to see if you swim. The DM rolls for the...

That's right. If you're not having fun it's because you're doing it wrong - or possibly selecting the wrong modules.

Can you use an abilty in a strightforward way in a d20, roll high - system? I like the advanced abilty tree idea though.