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I'm uncertain what you think I've done or what line you think I've crossed. But that's illustrative of the point of this interaction we're discussing in the game. A thinks B has crossed a line while B is unaware that there was a line or that they crossed it. So, should the behavior of A be...

Exactly. The world is treated as a real place, not a power fantasy theme park for the PCs. The NPCs act like real people, they don’t fawn over the PCs. This is one thing that’s making me more interested in this campaign, not less.

Yes, and? Brennan has stated multiple times that the PCs don’t have plot armor and that the world exists independently of the PCs’ level. The super-powerful NPC are super powerful, regardless of the PCs’ level. Here be dragons. And Marisha poked it. Nothing arbitrary about it.

Could be. Some were also friends and family. I'm also fairly thorough when bringing people into a game. I want them to know what to expect, so I have a several page document with my referee style, house rules, expectations, etc. Some might not have read it, sure. But I tuck a cookie or two in...

Ah. Then we fundamentally disagree about most of that.

Yes, that’s true. I’m still curious why you think it’s a bad thing to do or a bad tone to set in a live play.

All over the place. I’ve run 5E for the better part of the last decade in person, over VTTs, play-by-post, etc. Easily 200+ different players over that time. I’ve run several large West Marches style games, so that’s probably a low estimate. The vast majority only cared about maximum power, i.e...

Why? We’re still talking about a certain character death from C2 several years ago. It’s a great way to get people talking. It‘s no different than any other long-form TV show at this point. They‘ll have 100+ episodes at 4-5 hours each. They have plenty of time to get a new PC into the action.

I have. Met them in droves when running 5E. It‘s one of the many reasons I quit running it. The players pushed to rest as often as possible and refused to push through. Town invaded? Don‘t care. Prince sacrificed? Don‘t care. If they couldn‘t start every fight as close to full as possible they‘d...

Killing characters early to establish tone is a time-honored tradition in storytelling.

Yeah. I didn’t mean it is Eberron with different proper nouns. But it feels really inspired by Eberron. The last war, picking up the pieces, the houses, the feeling of another impending war, the pulp action, possibly noir intrigue, etc.

Damn. I know I can be…a lot…but damn, at least I’m not that bad. # I didn’t want to get out the big guns, but I need homes for these kittens. Free to a good home. Near Portland, OR. No. The photo is not altered. They are just that damned cute.

At a guess, it'll be three games a month so each table plays once a month.

AD&D came out in 1977-1979. Let's say 1979 for ease of use. That was 46 years ago. So in another 36 years we'll be able to check in with the 5E cohort to see if this holds water.

Representation still exists outside of the designated month of celebration.

A lot more extensive list of films than I imagined. I knew some of these were theirs, but damn. So many more that I love. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangerine_Dream_filmography

Honestly, it feels more like Eberron with the names changed than anything else. Maybe that's just me.

Dragonbane. WFRP 2E. WEG Star Wars d6.

Just announced today. Another Kickstarter for Dragonbane. I'm not familiar with this setting, but judging from the reaction from long-time fans of Drakar och Demoner, this is a big deal. It appears to be a line of dark Nordic myth and fantasy setting books...