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I have played a lot of 5e. I find very specific skill systems breaks immersion for me. Splitting hairs about two closely related skills does little for me. I do like the more generalized approach in shadowdark I have just found. I am X background and when someone wants to do something X...

Watching the interview with Luke Gygax describing the meeting with WOTC sure makes it sound like a legit release… I am intrigued especially by comments about making it more challenging.

Epic…the dopamine that keeps us coming back

I had mine personalized! Not up for grabs :D But me gouging the cover an hour later is a good lesson. I covet treasure and it rusts! No, the treasure was playing and knowing already I can GM this in like a week. F-ing elegant and fun! We had a “guns of navarone” scenario. Get in, bomb the...

You don’t. I got it an was excited and then scraped the front cover with a minis case. as much fun as I had playing, it was still good for me to hear the comments about her design choices and clear understanding of the game’s pitfalls going back decades. She is not a fad—-she gets it. This...

So stoked…first I got to play for the first time. Secondly I bought the book and cursed scrolls. Lastly I went to a Q&A with Kelsie. I was blown away by the play. Fast, consequential…lean but flavorful. I had to admit my biases too. I admit to wondering what a younger designer would bring...

First game is in the tank… That was fun as hell…the gm was great so I wonder if it will always be that good…a blast…

Bought the book and a magazine…play tomorrow!

Looks like I will get to play at Gary Con in a few short days!

Had the same thought this AM. Will only due 3d6 psychic damage to me. I may as well dig in and prepare to work longer anyway.

Spot on—-curious less anout hopes and more about what to expect. I wondered if folks thought less crunch more story…but so far sounds like mostly more of the same. If it does stay the same I wonder if they will change flavor at all. I kind of lost hope for a bit rougher. I just don’t see...

I think a new edition of D&D is inevitable. As opposed to discussing that possibility I would ask: What do you think it will look like based on current trends? I am recently super interested in shadowdark…but have a feeling that is not the direction D&D will go. I have not looked at new...

I am laughing out loud! Hysterical!

I like the distinction for clarity. I like to be clear in online discussions and otherwise. It’s not about segment ing the player base for negative reasons. It’s for clarity. When I talk about a 5e character I don’t want 5.5 options recommended. Whatever. My group chose an option, I know...

In my experience, people get bored. In our youth when we could play frequently, someone would say I would like to play X…usually after things had been stagnant a While. Maybe a few weeks break in time and then “let’s play evil guys/good guys/theives/holy rollers” whatever. Someone usually...

Yeah. If you drill down most people would not be big fans of many companies but are not willing to part with parts of life they enjoy. I find it bizarre that some people walk around not caring about corporation X but struggle against rpgs specifically. No judgment. I just don’t think most...

I hear you…I think starting max hp is a fine idea for your preferences…or at least half or something. I may look at swords and wizardry too…though did really like the quick start rules a lot. I really liked the talents and spell failure rules along with the equipment slots. I still like 5e...

I don’t have a problem with the rules as written. I rolled a character with a 4 dex…and was going to play him as an overweight but strong fighter. No problem. I don’t have a problem with a penalty like o intelligence rolls either. What I don’t want is to roll 3-4 intelligence and ‘in...

after thinking about this further: I am ok with 3 strength meaning nearly bedridden weakness or 3 int meaning just shy of my Chihuahua’s comprehension… IF I am not rolling for stats without mulligans or some way to mitigate this. In theory I am not against the old Gygaxian 18 int is...

Well in fairness…D&D has had labels and specifics about being able to speak and write and lift and son on… But I did not see such a thing in my reading of shadowdark. It may only be because it is so succinct…or the creator did not want people on the sidelines. But yeah, I hate number being...