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  1. BenjaminPey

    Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs.

    I wouldn't say Legend in the Mist is rules-light, it's rather dense in rules and mechanics, and Daggerheart even more so. What LitM is, that D&D or PF are not, is fiction-first, ever working on a (mostly) unified roll without any subsystem (where numerous spells in DnD use subsystems), and...
  2. BenjaminPey

    Roll for Effect or Intent?

    I vote "for intent", though I'm more familiar with the "conflict resolution" naming. I've nothing against task-resolution, it suits some gameplays, especially in the OSR and FKR spheres, where the main point is very often to choose the (or a, rather) good action, in order to achieve the desired...
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    Legend in Mist general [+]

    I was mainly speaking of story tags (the tags added to a scene or a challenge) VS statuses. The PCs are made of tags (called Power tags), be it nouns or adjectives. Statuses are not here to stay, they are here to track, well, statuses. Temporary statuses. Players can add (temporary) tags or...
  4. BenjaminPey

    Legend in Mist general [+]

    So, about tags and statuses: tags are for things (nouns, if you will: bad weather, slippery rock, keen eye for liers), statuses for transient states, that you can evaluate on a gradient (adjectives, in this framing: ill-3, joyful-4, pleased-1). It's not really a problem if you can't decide in...
  5. BenjaminPey

    Legend in the Mist - What are your thoughts?

    There's already a thread about it here: https://www.enworld.org/threads/legend-in-the-mist-anyone-using-it-and-or-have-thoughts.714968/ I played the heck of City of Mist, the first game of these guys, and some with LitM already. The game works really well, even though I still think City of...
  6. BenjaminPey

    D&D 5E (2024) Rate D&D 2024

    One star in Amazon is "the box was damaged" and five star is "order delivered in time", so not worth a lot.
  7. BenjaminPey

    D&D 5E (2024) Rate D&D 2024

    I have four boys, three of which eager players.
  8. BenjaminPey

    D&D 5E (2024) Rate D&D 2024

    Well, I did. I am a simple guy with many kids and many things to do, I play a lot of different games with a lot of different people of all ages, I just want something that works out of the box. I'm not particularly interested in the delicate intricacies of system mastery and DnD monsters are...
  9. BenjaminPey

    D&D 5E (2024) Rate D&D 2024

    I voted 8. The highlights for me are the better organisation overall, most of the changes in the classes, the monster manual (almost all of it; these monsters are simply better for me, less complicated to run, less complicated to choose, better as threats, more diverse; simply better) , the new...
  10. BenjaminPey

    Legend in Mist general [+]

    There's a solid fanbase already established. It won't get to DnD's or even Pathfinder's or Daggerheart's highs, but it will flourish all right.
  11. BenjaminPey

    Legend in Mist general [+]

    City of Mist is a super hero game, kinda (and in my opinion their best game), you should take a closer look. There's a free sample somewhere on their website. It's the "ordinary people, extraordinary powers" vibe, and it's awesome.
  12. BenjaminPey

    Legend in Mist general [+]

    Yeah, it's really not like Daggerheart. The only thing in common may be the spotlight mechanism, common in PbtAs: the npcs don't have any turns, they act in between spotlight to pose threats, and only inflict consequences when their threats are ignored or in case of a miss or a mixed success...
  13. BenjaminPey

    Legend in Mist general [+]

    I've run City of Mist, extensively. It was a previous iteration of the Mist engine, very close to what LitM is, and I have followed LitM's developpement very closely. It's a great game, with a very solid gameplay loop and a stellar character evolution (about the same as CoM's). It has strayed...
  14. BenjaminPey

    D&D 5E (2014) Alternate Covers of Upcoming Forgotten Realms Books Revealed

    I found the existing alt covers drop dead gorgeous, frankly. I wouldn't say they miss the mark on these ones (and the market seems to agree). These ones are a total success too, though. Distinct, singular but unmistakably dungeony. I'm sold.
  15. BenjaminPey

    D&D 5E (2024) Here's The Covers of BOTH of November's Forgotten Realms Books

    That's not AI art, at all. It's very strange to suggest it, in fact. (It's Valindra, by the way, a lich elf.)
  16. BenjaminPey

    What do YOU plan on doing with Daggerheart?

    You're kinda describing the Mist engine in Son of Oak's game, City of Mist, Otherscape and Legend in the Mist. The last one in particular may be to your liking, as it is the "fantasy version" of the Mist engine (City of Mist is urban fantasy, "ordinary people with supernatural powers", and...
  17. BenjaminPey

    D&D 5E (2024) Sage Advice Compendium Updated To 2024

    P. 236, a big bold title : One Spell with a Spell Slot per Turn On a turn, you can expend only one spell slot to cast a spell. This rule means you can't, for example, cast a spell with a spell slot using the Magic action and another one using a Bonus Action on the same turn. So there's no rule...
  18. BenjaminPey

    Most influential RPG

    Blades in the Dark (Forged in the dark games) Dream Apart/Dream Askew (Belonging outside belonging games) For the Queen (descending from the Queen games) Brindlewood Bay (Carved from Brindlewood games)
  19. BenjaminPey

    Planescape Best Planescape Book across editions and 3rd party publishers?

    Oh, totally agreed. The Planes of... in pdf, despite the unusable maps and the degraded quality, constitue a very solid and complete set for any planar shenanigans. As I was saying in my first post here, they are quite hard to beat in this regard. I was specifically making the comparison...
  20. BenjaminPey

    Planescape Best Planescape Book across editions and 3rd party publishers?

    It's true, but the DM's Guide to the planes in the original box set was pretty slim in this regard and not really usable by itself (hence, the three other Planes of boxes). If you need it, the information you'll find in there are more or less exactly the same as in the DMG 24, minus the...
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