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Almost all rpg rules limit what a GM can do, whether things like how many hp a PC has before can be taken down, how spells cast by or against DM controlled characters etc work, how AC works, how classes, subclasses, levels etc work. But a GM can then house rule any of those if they want. I...

Bit of an update on some books read ? (Not going well on keeping things updated, my goodreads updates have been poor this year, maybe only 20% of books read). Finished the Fifth Season, a strong book that has led to me already starting the next one. Quite a bleak world/ cultures, especially...

Possibly also depends on circumstances. With my current role playing group where we've been playing on and off together for 20 plus years across various systems and winnowed out the couple of people who didn't suit the overall group (one as a player, the other as both player and DM) we tend to...

Feels to me if can't use prior work as inspiration, then presumably a new moral rpg would not have: Classes Levels 6 attributes A percentile roll under type system A d20 resolution system A 2d20 or 2d6 resolution system Advantage/ disadvantage Feats Metacurrencies And a whole list more. And I...

I guess from my perspective, if you don't care what Micah said, why did you jump in on a response to Micah? As it stands by choosing to only read the one line response without without the context of what it was replying to, is why you thought it was attacking a preference when I dont think...

Just started reading the Fifth Season by N.K.Jemison, been on my to read list for a while but also found out been mixing it up with A Memory Called Empire, so another one I'll have to read at some point too.

I think mainly suggesting near systems (e.g. for DnD, A5E or lord of the rings 5e or ToV) that may address the issue, some rules supplement that may address it (like Up in Arms addresses some issues for WFRP 4e), or even complete other systems that may meet overall needs better, say Dragonbane...

But isn't there circular logic at some point here? 'I think this rule is an issue, and ideally should be changed' 'It isn't a problem as can be house ruled away, dnd is flexible so rule doesn't beef changing' 'My DM won't allow us to house rule that' 'That is DnD, the DM has the power per the...

Like only certain classes can wear certain Armour, rather than allowing a mage to be in full plate even if with some sort of trade off.

I enjoy dnd, and the type of games you look to like to play, so dont get me wrong, but ones we've tended to accept in past that look to just be for genre or narrative sort of purposes (or perhaps game balance, but hard to determine sometimes): Hard Armour limits (and even dnd novels allowed this...

@JiffyPopTart my attempt to reply to your message didnt go well, so tagging you instead sorry. For this example to hold true, I think we would need to see other foes in the movie also shot in lethal location but not killed. There were other foes he had to work harder for, due to not being able...

Not sure if fits bill but I always enjoy David Attenborough's ones, whether autobiographical like Life on Air, or his reading of his various Life series novelisations of the TV shows. Once saw him in one if those 'in conversation ' things at a theater which was great.

True. Though there is at least one poster I find who tends to state that their opinions are backed up by facts, but others opinions aren't based on facts and thus are objectively a worse opinion.

I can't easily rewatch Alien3, and don't have good memories of it. I have good memories of Resurrection though and happily rewatch it every few years. Went through a bit of an Alien watch through with my eldest, though we skipped 3. I just couldn't put her through Newt and Hicks dying off...

I think Ezekial is threadbanned so can't respond. Regarding your example, in dnd 2024 most dragons dont have dragonfear now.

Fair enough. I can follow this argument / chain of logic better. Did feel like I was missing something :) But yes, the new superman is a good example that people dont always know what they want until see it, and so surveys etc can lead to wrong direction. I agree that sales doesn't equate to...

Some Audible notifications can be funny. 'J R R Tolkein has released a new title'. Has he? Impressive

We played 4e for a couple of years before ultimately bouncing off it, but minions was one of the things I liked. Yes, if try and treat statblock as universally true, it will create that disconnect and so can understand it breaking immersion for some people, but for us it meant we could within...

Just so I understand, the proof that the directors etc were right to ignore what people said they wanted is the financial success of the new Superman film, but the financial success of 5e can't be used as proof that the designers of 5e were right in their approach?

Dmg 2014, calling forgotten realms out by name: Even if you’re using an established world such as the Forgotten Realms, your campaign takes place in a sort of mirror universe of the official setting where Forgotten Realms novels, game products, and digital games are assumed to take place. The...