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I just do what I think would be fun for my players and myself. I hope others do that as well! I merely find PF1 (I didn't specify that but PF1 is what I'm using) as a base easier for me to tweak as we play to get the characters they want or see. Sorry for the hijack of the thread but I...

I prefer PF. I don't hate 5E and would run it but PF is my goto these days.

Awesome tribute! I also started playing in the 80s and through the "Satanic Panic" of the 80s but my Mom was very encouraging. She would come home with more books she found at garage sales! I had several players back then who were jealous of that because their parents let them play but...

OMG, so much this. If the game advertises itself as something, I expect the mechanics to back it up. I do think this makes it a bit meta, as the mechanics are more on the player side than the character, but that's fine. I'm thinking of Vampire The Masquerade or even Werewolf the Apocalypse...

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I find this part interesting because for me, it's the exact opposite. If I have a simple system and try to add in a new sub system or change a rule, I don't know how it will change other parts. if I have a complex system, though, I find it easier to remove something and understand how that...

The toughest part of Dancey's autopsy, for me, was "We listened when the customers told us that Alternity wasn't what they wanted in a science fiction game." I adore Alternity still. Sure, I want it updated and revised since it's twenty plus years later (I do have the new one as well but it...

This is a complex question to me. A lot of answers have parts of mine but I am going to put them together. Up until 5E DND, I moved to the latest. The big move for me was 1E/2E to 3E. Yes, mechanically, very different and I liked it better. It was the tone that I liked better. 1E/2E was...

@Stacie GmrGrl Thanks! It has been long enough that I forgot those things. The armor and STR are very jarring. I dropped using Edge that way and just told the players the mods. Again, as most were new, they rolled with it.

And that is almost going back to 3E for the rules being used by the computer as well as the history and timeline. Nothing wrong with that! I do agree, not open world. It's more like a Baldur's Gate in that it is a more linear story doing missions, rather than an open world.

I'm no expert on this but I will try. First of all, lots of errors and things that make no sense. It's as if they released it with no editing. Lots of typos, rules that don't make sense, bad organization, and more throughout the book. If you are trying to play by RAW, there are so many...

I use d20Pro myself. I had used maptools over ten years ago but something happened and it didn't work for me, so I thought it was dead. It's nice to hear it's still used. Even six months later of only virtual games (the other times were for a mix of local and remote players), I still...

I'm not exactly sure what you are saying, my apologies. If you are merely wanting 80s prices, that's not too realistic. Further, those prices are what caused TSR's collapse in the late 90s. Having said that, I do find this price a bit much.

To agree with MNblockhead, please note that as a player, you can't enter a character. I think this was just in their discord that it was confirmed. The GM has the character and assigns it to you. Once you have that, you can do edits, which are submitted to the GM for approval. If you started...

I have used d20Pro for about five years now and I like it. I can't argue that it doesn't have the content of other platforms. I can only say I make a lot of my own maps and content, so that didn't matter as much to me when evaluating them. I also found it less expensive than FG. That's me...

Those are some great idea and thinking points! Thanks! I think there are two sides to this. My own inability to see how it can be done but the Robocop or slowly working up to something are good examples. I think the other side of that is that I didn't see my players having that kind of...

I'm feeling the need to clarify my statement to help people help me. I'm used to running a fantasy game, PF or DND, where the characters start off with the usual struggle of inexperience. Slowly, they gain contacts, levels, and magic, as well as learn what the danger they face is. Then they...

Great review! Makes me want to play it! Like @thexar I have found running SR hard. I'm used to telling a story, or running an Adventure Path, whether official or my own creation. SR feels like it's more about mercenary work than taking down the corporations. And I have never found a...

I was also curious about this. I think he meant 1987 because according to Wikipedia, he left in '96. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ward_(game_designer) And, yes, TSR was bought in '97. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSR_(company) So, if we say he meant 1987, the timeline works...

I was also curious about this. I think he meant 1987 because according to Wikipedia, he left in '96. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ward_(game_designer) And, yes, TSR was bought in '97. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSR_(company) So, if we say he meant 1987, the timeline works...