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  1. TheAlkaizer

    2022 RPG Resolutions

    First Resolution: Try new systems I've mentioned quite a few times how during the first year of the pandemic I compensated my inability to play TTRPGs (in person) with buying systems and studying them. I put my purchases on hold for now. 2022 is the year I'll dig through and play these...
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    Root: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, A Review

    The tabletop game is one of my favorites and I fully agree that the art has a very huge part in the game's success (at least in getting it picked up the shelves). I didn't back the Kickstarter but I've been keeping an eye on it. I'm a bit torn, because I have little interest in PbtA system, but...
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    IN REMEMBRANCE--2021 AD

    It's hard to explain why, but as a french Canadian, this hit really hard. We were all proud to see a french canadian in Hollywood, and I've received several calls from friends and family saying how horrible it is. Along with Denis Villeneuve, they both became symbols of french Canadian cinema...
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    RPG Evolution - Looking Back on My Goals for 2021: Ouch

    I'm still at time in my life where things move so much from month to month that I hardly ever attain the goal I set myself at the start of the year, but I end up in a different and unexpected place with plenty else to show.
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    D&D 5E (2014) How complex do you like your character creation process?

    There's absolutely some benefits to having a very simple process. But for me the process of 5E is way too streamlined and uninteresting. The reality is that the players have almost no say in their skills and they barely increase over time. There's a bit of you made these choices during character...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Check Out The Full Monsters of the Multiverse Cover Art

    Someone told me the book was merely a rearrangement of the bestiary parts of Volo's and Mordekainen's and not a brand new monster books. How true is it?
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    D&D General "Red Orc" American Indians and "Yellow Orc" Mongolians in D&D

    It's not the same in every country. A few generations ago, in Canada (or at least the french-speaking part of it) the common term people used moved from Indians to Amerindians. Nowadays we use the term First Nations or autochtones which basically means Indigenous in English. It's just...
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    D&D General "Red Orc" American Indians and "Yellow Orc" Mongolians in D&D

    The fact that the study of indigenous cultures is still called that in the US is in itself a problem.
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    D&D General Why are so many D&D articles *garbage*?

    It was one of my first thread on ENWorld. The vast majority of popular YouTube channels about D&D are really bad. I also found very few articles worth anything. The world of blogs is really good though, I found several dozen great blogs about TTRpgs.
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    Review of Junkyard Blues for M-Space

    Anyone has experience running M-Space? It looks interested, but the previews are pretty limited on DriveThruRPG and I have a hard time finding some reliable information as to what type of sci-fi game it is and what to expect.
  11. TheAlkaizer

    Nominate your MOST ANTICIPATED RPG of 2022

    I'm very curious about the next WoD releases. I just hope they really improve the editing and layout of the books. I thoroughly enjoyed the content but I found it near impossible to peruse effectively through it during play.
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    Nominate your MOST ANTICIPATED RPG of 2022

    I'd like to nominate Orbital Blue by SoulMuppet Publishing (KS Link). Backed the Kickstarter, saw a preview. But I haven't received my copy yet! It'll likely become available in 2022 if I had to guess. I'm very excited.
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    The TTRPG Revival of PC Bases, Strongholds, and Communities

    Forbidden Lands does promote the use of a Stronghold with things to improve, their cost and a list of resources. There's also tables to roll on while the PCs are away.
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    D&D 5E (2014) How crunchy is D&D 5E

    That's true. But when you sit down with a player to have them choose a spell, they still face 5, 5000 or 5000000 options that they, theorically, have to go through to make a well-informed decision. It doesn't add rules, but definitely adds weight. It's a matter of perspective, but for me, if you...
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    D&D General 5E Survivor: Named Dragons - BAHAMUT SHINES!

    Bahamut 13 Chronepsis 4 Cyan Bloodbane 13 Dragotha 15 Sardior 15 Tiamat 20
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    D&D 5E (2014) What If Ranged Wpn Attacks Used Wisdom?

    I'd argue that none of the ability scores is intended to cover the actual senses. The closest you'd have to that would be to be proficient in the Perception skill. Ability scores don't need to cover everything. But I'm not saying this because I don't like the idea of using wisdom for ranged...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What If Ranged Wpn Attacks Used Wisdom?

    I'm not so sure about that. First of all, the proficiency bonus goes to +6, which is higher than the modifier of a maximum of +5. Secondly, we have to take into consideration that D&D characters are not regular people just being good at something. As soon as you move into high ability scores...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What If Ranged Wpn Attacks Used Wisdom?

    Wisdom is not your senses per say. It doesn't mean you have better eyesight or a better hearing. It's closer to a natural awareness or good intuition. Or at least that's how it's presented.
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    Too much prose in RPGs?

    I fully agree. This is why I don't buy premade adventures. Most of the time, it's a neverending stream of prose of things I don't care about and you have to read dozens and dozens of page to get a few nuggets of useable material. I think separating fluff and lore from the actual content is a...
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    The Stakes of Classifying Games as Rules Lite, Medium, or Heavy?

    They're not rules. But I definitely consider options when I evaluate the weight of a game. The rules of Starfinder are not insanely more complicated then 5E. But considering it has two books and half worth of options for weapons, armors, etc; and it has several hundred feats. It absolutely...
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