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This still gets me EVERY TIME.

Oh, sure, I was just responding to @Micah Sweet regarding 2E vs 3E broadly. I think I want to use the new Marvel Multiverse game, mostly because it reads pretty good and it gives me an excuse to try a new supers RPG -- which are the best kinds of RPGs. Always.

I had a long running supers campaign (mostly old school Champions players) that transitioned from 2E to 3E and many of them were frustrated with the limitations on building characters. I don't think it is a problem for most players, but these guys were tinkerers.

Character generation in 2E (especially with the Ultimate Power book) is significantly more robust.

I finally landed on the game series I want to run for RPGCon in Marlborough MA in April: C list supervillains (something like the Flash's Rogues Gallery) just trying to score, while avoiding both superheroes and the higher tier villains trying to force them into their diabolical plans. These...

Instead of having x per short rest, you just pay a hope to use it. That's probably too general a rule because some short rest abilities are more powerful than others. If you are using DH's spotlight rules instead of D&D's initiative system, I don't think that works. The problem with Hope in...

I usually default to SWADE for my weird ideas.

So if you wanted to use Hope and Fear in D&D, what about powering short rest abilities with Hope and using fear to power monster recharge abilities plus the usual initiative thing? Would 5E mostly as written work with Daggerheart's initiative/spotlight system?

I do not recall anyone ever playing one in one of my campaigns pre-5E.

I have never had a player whose tiefling character was such an outcast. I think people mostly like the aesthetic.

Has any half elf since Tanis been an outsider?

For my own part, I don't usually use a torch timer (though I still "attack the light") nor do I use always-on initiative (because it is a PITA). But I adore it for lots of reasons, not least is how eagerly it incorporates weird fantasy.

Just to be clear, I don't have a problem with SD being the "5E lite" it seems to be, or people hacking it in all kinds of way. That is cool. it just occurred to me randomly that the whole "torches, darkness, death around every corner" bit is not actually the core of what makes SD popular.

Dunegons are definitely important, as you can see by each Cursed Scroll (since there are always dungeons in addition to the exploration stuff). I would be interested to hear what you think is "shadowdarky" about Spelljammer.

Examples would be helpful.

How does stuff like this happen?

This is from a recent email update from Arcane Library: ---------- "2025 was a BIG year for The Arcane Library and Shadowdark: There were 84 crowdfunding campaigns for third-party Shadowdark projects (more than any RPG other than 5e)." ---------- I love Shadowdark. it is great fun. But I...

Unfortunately, while I love the aesthetic and vibe of Numenera, I am not a fan of the system.

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