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  1. Haiku Elvis

    Defining TTRPGs and the the International Roguelike Development Conference's "Berlin Interpretation"

    I prefer; This is my TTRPG. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
  2. Haiku Elvis

    D&D General How AD&D Handled 'Attunement': The Magic of the Item Saving Throw Table

    Way back when I was DMing my first group with a 2e AD&D campaign, I went on a school trip to Germany so one of our group asked if he could DM the week I was gone. "Sure" said I. What I didn't realise was he would take the crude map I'd drawn of the valley they were adventuring in, give each...
  3. Haiku Elvis

    Defining TTRPGs and the the International Roguelike Development Conference's "Berlin Interpretation"

    I'm not saying it can't be done but the advantage of the roguelike definition is there was a single original game that the genre (and definition) is based on. The equivalent would be if we looked to OG D&D only for defining points, but the reason OSR exists is most modern games have moved away...
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    D&D General Did you get your start playing D&D, and what do you play now?

    Basic and Expert box sets then 2e AD&D before being seduced by the new sexy excitement of the World of Darkness ( l still like Mage and Changeling settings but the "ooh I'm a Vampire feel my pain" appeal has waned since my teenage years.) I was in a heavily modded Nadia: secret of blue water...
  5. Haiku Elvis

    Scholarly puzzles and issues

    Cool! glad it helped.
  6. Haiku Elvis

    Scholarly puzzles and issues

    Does the character has a specific area or theories they are researching? Do they have rivals either in a race to discover "the truth" or opponents with a rival theory. Scholars usually had patrons for financial support and these often tied in to the rich therefore powerful patron's political...
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