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It makes me sad, but I'm not backing this. I say that as perhaps the biggest fan of Warhammer Quest, and a big fan of Shadows of Brimstone (which uses updated rules but basically the WQ system). When I saw "Pathfinder Quest" I thought ... an update of the classic game to Pathfinder tropes...

I am so far out of the loop on LitRpgs so I was thinking this was a book that "the kids" are into. I freely admit to being clueless on them. The thing I have noticed, because I do look at these rankings every now and then, is how there's some LitRpg book typically at #1 ... that I've never heard...

I absolutely don't want to take us down this road again, but Amazon Canada still has sales ranks. When I checked earlier and D&D PHB 2024 was #2 in gaming books and Daggerheart was #3. And their ranks in books were about 200 apart. Take that for what it's worth.

One of the things I really like about Draw Steel was something Matt discussed in the recent video about the different classes. All of the classes have magical abilities. He said they were thinking about a weapon master character, but rolled it into the Tactician because they didn't see what a...

We have had multiple threads and thousands of posts about the good or bad sales for D&D. Other games have the same discussion at a much smaller scale. Do I care about it? Heck no! I regularly buy games where you might be talking dozens of sales. My local group says "you want to run what? Never...

You may be right. I think it's important to let people know what you're doing as part of game design. I don't think that anyone is going to stumble into Draw Steel with the expectation that it won't require a good deal of engagement, and I think the start of the Heroes book does a good job...

What you're saying is so true! I've written about this before, but a player in one of my games just doesn't seem to take the time to learn the rules. He's a great guy but it's such a challenge to get his character going. The group played 13th Age before I came into it, but he played a simple...

I pretty much pick up any of the books I see from people I know from online, so you have at least one person buying today. :)

I wrote about this in the Lee Gold thread, but as a kid I subscribed to Alarums and Excursions. There were discussions about this back in the 70s. It is strange but when other games came about, and D&D gradually changed over the years, it became more of the game I wanted to play. And games...

I was just going to post about the "convert from 5E" guide. They are really trying to make inroads with the more classic gaming community.

That was high level 3E combat. I wonder what levels you're running at and how many players. I have run up to level 8 and played Pathfinder Society adventures up to only level 6, but ... I'd say wait times are 3-5 minutes at most. And with Society games, that's with some people who are less than...

From reading about the Grey Mouser, it can be an effective weapon against pretty much any enemy. Edited to add: the Mouser did encounter a dragon, but he tried to steal from it rather than fight it.

That's good to know. There was an epub kindle version you could get through Amazon, and I watched a review of the game using that and ... it was horrible.

For what it's worth, I always do that too. I think B1 is "the forgotten module."

It might be helpful for others but I was thinking of my DM for my group who only has the base D&D system. Good to know they could run the set with just that. Thanks so much!

That sounds great. Could you run this with just the base D&D module, or do you need the PHB etc? As an aside: I love the work the Foundry folks do. If you're designing for a VTT I highly recommend looking at what they do. It's normally the gold standard.

I haven't played a Thaumaturge yet, but I've seen them in play at lower levels. I play a rogue, and I have a lot of options in combat, but the one I need to do each round to be effective is "attack an opponent who is off-guard" much of the time, I do this by moving into a flank position. So...

I thought this might be useful to people, but I didn't want to make a whole new thread. There is a Foundry module available for the Starter Set. This will let those of you who play online try out the set. Here's the link. The set is $20. I haven't purchased it, so I can't comment on the quality...

I am with you that the Caves should certainly be run with a less than absolute black and white morality system. I've had a paladin risk losing their abilities for not killing non-combatants such as children, but there is a fair bit of the notion that it's good versus bad. Here's from the...

I think that hit points (and by this I mean escalating hit points, not static ones like in BRP) are like a good soup or stew: they are made up of a lot of different ingredients. You have your physical durability, your luck, your fate, your plot armor, your endurance, your fate of the gods ...