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    Sequel game systems?

    They also made Shadow of the Century, which takes place in a dark future 1980s in the same setting as Spirit of the Century.
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    Fabula Ultima Hardback & Bestiary Vol. 1 Kickstarter

    How modern do you need it to be? My favs are pretty old. My recommendation would be: Final Fantasy 6 (ATB) Chrono Trigger (ATB) Golden Sun & Golden Sun: the lost age (Turn based) Final Fantasy Tactics or Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (Strategy) Tales of Vesperia or Tales of Symphonia (Action RPG)
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    Fabula Ultima general thread [+]

    To some extent FabU feels like a "greatest hits" collection of good mechanics from a whole bunch of RPGs, but they all mesh pretty well together rather than getting in each others' way.
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    D&D 5E (2024) 2024: Is disabling a trap now automatic?

    Note that this is true in 2014 as well, and there is an example of play in the DMG of just that: " Foiling traps can be a little more complicated. Consider a trapped treasure chest. If the chest is opened without first pulling on the two handles set in its sides, a mechanism inside fires a hail...
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    Fabula Ultima general thread [+]

    Yep, its a very common trope across JRPGs for the Player to get some scenes that still remain a mystery to the Characters.
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    Dungeons & Dragons to Release Lorwyn: First Light, a New Digital Expansion Based on Magic: The Gathering World

    Yep, and for me "dndbeyond exclusive" means "basically doesn't exist". If I can't own it, I don't want it.
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    Fabula Ultima general thread [+]

    I have! Try to let the players really run with the worldbuilding segments - listen to how they answer questions and try to incorporate those into the villains' goals and the scene dressing. Blair and Cassandra have the biggest ties to the story.
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    Fabula Ultima general thread [+]

    Fabula Ultima is inspired by classic JRPGs - specifically games like FF6, FF7, Chrono Trigger. The game tries to emulate the stories and vibes that comes from those games. That is - heroic stories featuring an ensemble cast of protagonists with simple but clear personalities, and clashes...
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    Fabula Ultima Hardback & Bestiary Vol. 1 Kickstarter

    They deserve that and more. It's a really excellent game.
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    Fabula Ultima Hardback & Bestiary Vol. 1 Kickstarter

    I wish a product like this existed for every ttrpg. Its an absolutely fantastic little tutorial.
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+]

    If you combine Shadowdark with The Monster Overhaul you'll have enough materials to run fantasy games for a lifetime.
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    Fabula Ultima Hardback & Bestiary Vol. 1 Kickstarter

    They dramatically underpriced their stretchgoals - they've torn through them nearly all of them in less than an hour. With the fact they're looking for a May '26 delivery date, I hope they are careful not to overextend themselves with stretch goals. The only thing stopping me from running a...
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    Dungeons & Dragons to Release Lorwyn: First Light, a New Digital Expansion Based on Magic: The Gathering World

    If this had been a physical book or a PDF I'd buy it. I'm not paying to lease it on D&Dbeyond.
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    Pathfinder 2E Skill feats shouldn't give you abilities that normal people have

    Instead of retreading the exact same conversation that tons of people have had about pf2, here's a relevant, short video from the lead designer of the system on the subject.
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    There's A New Edition Of The Cypher System Coming

    If you already don't like Cypher, the new edition won't change enough to change that. If you're on the fence or already do like it, I think the new edition will bring lots of welcome improvements, from what I've seen.
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    There's A New Edition Of The Cypher System Coming

    Changes to how damage works, better tools to get started quickly in most genres, generally cleaned up rules language and ability text. Probably not, the roll system is the same. No, the character progression will be the same. The only change is that you'll get more things to choose from, not...
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    D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door?

    The 2014 DM's Guide gives reasonable guidance on handling secret doors, Page 103-104. Added some Bold/Italics to highlight important lines. No int in your group? Break down the doors! "Secret Doors A secret door is crafted to blend into the wall that surrounds it. Sometimes faint cracks in...
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    Tell your overdue Kickstarter story

    Crazy to me that he just basically disappeared. Esp. since he'd put out lots of stuff successfully and been active in the community up till then. Same thing happened with Gio Lasar (Dice kickstarter) and most recently with J.D. Maxwell (Grimwild kickstarter)
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    Name an TTRPG You Really Like But Have Never Played/GMed

    Earthdawn has some seriously interesting system and setting stuff going on. But ultimately, its another pretty dense fantasy game and I own lots of those already. It's not worth the effort getting into. Savage Sisters looks like a really excellent storytelling game but requires everyone to be...
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    There's A New Edition Of The Cypher System Coming

    The all in contains tons of good stuff, and the Predation book being added is going to make it even better. Especially if you don't own most of the Cypher Revised PDF stuff - they're fantastic resources.
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