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I try to at least give the game a go by RAW before I start making house rules. I figure I should give it a try as written to the best of my ability so I have an inkling of how it's supposed to work.

And the fundamental difference between the portents and doom of this Threat that's going to intersect a bunch of their priorities and a chain of events set out (under the presumption that the PCs are going to somehow interact with them) is what exactly? You're characterizing the plot set out as...

This all kind of underscores the fundamental uselessness of the whole "play to find out" statement as a practical matter. As if any RPG can't lay claim to that statement. Whether it's no prep or extensive prep, RPGs have pretty much always been about playing to find out what happens, what the...

I bought Alice is Missing today. The latest episode of Ludo Narrative Dissidents podcast is about it and it sounded intriguing.

Wedding crashers slay every guest

I think it's kind of a bizarre position as well since they're really effective at giving different classes different feels. They're not particularly elegant and, for a designer, that may chafe. But functional trumps elegant, as far as I'm concerned.

Well, that was another thread shot straight to hell.

Marvel 1602 was really good. If you can find it in a used bookstore or some other way that doesn't give Neil Gaiman any money, I'd recommend it.

If the people giving it a bad rep online weren't participating in the community, that would be true. But fact is, they are. And though they may be avoidable through my effort, I'm not really nostalgic enough for the OSR values of play to go to that effort.

I don't think there are broad swathes of media I refuse to partake in - like it's something that's anathema to me. I played Magic back in fairly early days and had some fun for a while, but then stopped and haven't significantly gone back - so it's not like I refuse to play collectible card...

Catherine O'Hara has died at 71. https://people.com/catherine-ohara-schitts-creek-star-dies-71-8659396

In the end, they may be a wash as far as complexity. But in my experience with both, PF1 has a longer onramp of lower to increasing complexity than PF2 that I found a lot easier to manage.

Is there a good reason the GM curation vs Player PC choices conversation has polluted this thread now?

Well, that pot is most assuredly cracked. And I'm not at all surprised.

US public schooling is constantly caught in a nasty social dilemma because it's publicly funded out of everyone's tax dollars, has a mandate to serve all kids of virtually all abilities, but is also subject to every individual's private agendas and interests - particularly, keeping their own...

Solo was, like, 3 movies squashed into one in order to hit all the important story beats in Han Solo's life because who knew if they were gonna get a sequel.

Between this and customizing monsters, I kind of expect one of the follow-up publications to include some of these options and gameplay dials for game customization. And how many people made use of the Fix menu option in their SSI D&D computer games? It automated casting all the healing spells...

The only comic book I still buy regularly is Usage Yojimbo. Stan Sakai's narratives are always top notch. I do, however, still buy the occasional trade paperback compiling stories from days gone bye, but even then I don't buy very many of them. I did drop a big chunk of change on Marvel...

I see it's one of these kids of days. Must end in a Y.