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"Just resurrect me when we reach the city!" But a game still needs to be fun, and not a camping simulator. Most people want to play Tie Fighter or X-Wing, not an Airbus in MS Flight simulator... There are of course that do want to have the complete simulator experience, but at this level, I...

But doesn't difficulty directly translate into more effort and time? Thus more cost by needing a more skilled person who requires more time. While more brainpower required doesn't by itself translate into more time, in other fields (like IT) it translates to more 'moving parts' that do require...

I honestly think that's a bad analysis of the situation, both are available and supported in the market. You mentioned PF2e, but also things like Shadowrun are crunch heavy. A lot of the crunch heavy games are older, GURPS, WFRP, The Dark Eye, etc. But I would also call Lancer crunch heavy...

The closest to that is the Tau in 40k, though still labeled an empire and led by a particular 'caste'.

Something like Shadowrun had a death spiral mechanic, where you get more penalties as you get damaged (physically and mentally). Something like D&D (5e 2024) might have hit points, but there are so many other factors that influence those hit points. Besides being to heal hit points (during...

Is it me or did you not include the official licensed Dragonlance products from 3rd edition? Or the officially licensed products for Ravenloft for 3rd edition?

That's some pretty cool artwork!

The only thing I trust McDonalds to do is to as quickly leave as it arrived... ;) 🍔:poop:

Eberron is weird, but not weird enough. Let us start that back in 2002-2004 when Eberron won the WotC 'Fantasy Setting Search' it was both interesting and problematic, because WotC HAD a ton of cool and interesting D&D fantasy worlds, which they didn't do anything with during the 3.0e and 3.5e...

An RPG is not a poker game. Poker is a relatively simple game, there is imho no way to dislike how a game of poker is being run, you either like the game or not, you like the people or you don't. With a pnp RPG you can like the game, you can like the people, but you can dislike how the game is...

I'm currently DMing Undermountain, I use (passive) perception to find secret doors, investigation to actually open them. Theoretically they could use strength to open the door, but as most secret doors are stone, they would need a hammer or portable ram to do that... Not to mention the noise. I...

For those wondering, there are still quite a few $1 D&D items being auctioned. The highest priced item is currently a $5750 woodgrain D&D box. There's also some original art from ICE and Palladium products. (No, I'm not the seller!)

One Bag of Holding!?!? I carry two! Started with one, I kept chugging the corpses into it (and cleaning it a lot with prestidigitation), after filling up the bag with some sketchy 'souljuice' it's gained sentience... It now wants the really exotic and tasty corpses for itself (eats them)... So...

This is how most adventures start with a talking horse call Ed... This is why most Americans drive a pickup truck or SUV... Absolutely zero respect for logistics! ;)

And let's not forget how heavy good walking gear is, things like clothing, hiking boots, a good jacket, heavy duty compass, sturdy knife, etc. Individually these don't weigh much, but undress a Scout and besides their backpack, there's a small mountain of stuff on the ground... Or heavy that is...

I remember in the 2000-2010 era (somewhere) on the forum some people were discussing parsing pnp RPG rules into a universal XML like format (for use in digital RPG tools like character generators, proto VTTs, and the like). That never happened (at least not on here that I read at the time)...

To a certain extend it is an aesthetic, just like Steampunk is in most cases. But it's also a label, and labels only work if used consistently. Just like you wouldn't place Star Wars or Star Trek under the 'Hard sci-fi' label. I think the Cyberpunk label/aesthetic is fairly narrow. Cybernetics...

No, you're not reading it right or I'm expressing myself poorly. I'm not looking at a particular RPG system, I'm looking for a framework where I can parse how any game is built. So: Game1_____Edition2_____Game2 Initiative: Roll 1D6 highest goes first_____Roll 1D6+Dex highest goes first_____Roll...

Technology isn't dismantling democracy, it's people, it has always been people. That they now use electrons instead of muskets doesn't really matter. Centralizing power in individuals and corporations isn't exactly new either. People: The Kings/Queens, Emperors, Popes, nobility, Guild leaders...

The problem: In a nutshell, I'm 'old' (49), and have been into pnp RPGs for 35+ years. Some of the games are as old or older as I have been playing them. At a certain point all the different editions start to melt together into a hodgepodge of rules. D&D is a good example, in D&D 5e 2014 we...