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I've been having a blast playing an Alien RPG campaign. Its mostly been rather low-key, with the environment itself being a major enemy. But I feel that the faster than light aspect of the game isn't really needed. So I was thinking about role-playing in the solar system. I know of two RPG...

Inspired by the mention of romance games in TTRPG Genres You Just Can't Get Into -and- Tell Me Why I'm Wrong About X Genre I Don't Like I want to ask about the rules for romance in romance TTRPGs. I have played out romance in games not dedicated to it, in fact it is a common theme. I've read the...

Are there any character sheets for Blades in the Dark that are significantly different from the original one? One of my players have dyslexia and the standard sheet is very hard for them to read. I think the main problem is the boxes for things like Xp and stress becoming a blur.

What action would people say governs the use of Cannons in Blades int he Dark. I'm starting a swashbuckly campaign, including ships with cannon and small cannon used on land to breach doors and walls. What actions would be used with them? My current answer is that it depends on how you are...

In Blades in the Dark, when you use special armor to resist a consequence, do you announce you use the special armor before or after making the resistance roll? If you do it after, when you know how much stress resisting costs, the ability is a lot better. This is my first time starting a poll...

Associated with the thread on use of AI in RPGs, that thread is mainly about a gamemaster using AI as a resource. But another thing that might appear in the future and might already be here, anyone has actual experience with AI as a gamemaster? I've seen people mention it as a writing prompt...

I've been running a summer campaign of Blades in the Dark set in the default setting of Duskvol. The PCs run a hawker gang set on the hulk of a wrecked leviathan hunting ship, gradually turning it into a nightspot extraordinaire - well, that is the goal. The Nightmarket district is dominated by...

I had a thought in relation to Blades in the Dark, and I wonder if it has been thought over by others. The idea is to replace bonuses and penalties to effect with more or fewer dice. So if an effect would normally have great effect, it now gains +1d, and when acting against someone with higher...

An offshot from another thread. The super games I've tried never really worked well. I haven't played a lot of them tough. Champions, Mutants and Masterminds, Dream Park, and a really old one where your character was supposed to be yourself (with stat estimations) plus superpowers. All of them...

For Blades in the Dark players, a pretty straightforward question. Does your character suffer consequences when you do the setup action? (p 134 in my book) Does tier apply? Setup is described in the Teamwork part of the rules, and all the other options there have special rules, so maybe setup is...

Continuing to delve into BitD. We gave up our trial run of Candela Obscura and are now on Princess World - Frontier Kingdoms session 2. But that's not what I am going to talk about. I had an idea for something I found hard to do in any other game that might work in BitD, and that is doing a...

I'm feeling really presumptuous now, working outside my experience. I've only played a few sessions of BitD, but I am considering it for my Greyhawk campaign as it moves into the baroque. My players are used to games like DnD where spells/powers play a very important feature, and I am...

I've recently had the chance to try out Blades in the Dark (hereafter BidD) and Candela Obscura. Just a single session of each so far. I would describe the later as mechanically kind of Blades in the Dark 1.1. I like the lack of an action economy in these games. There are no turns, instead there...

Has anyone looked at a 5E version of TSR 9238 FRC1 Ruins of Adventure? I have a PDF of the old adventure, and the presentation sucks, so it would be a lot of work to do it right. I would place it in the World of Greyhawk city of Highport - north coast of the Pomarj, where the A1 starting module...

Hi, Possible spoilers. I try to keep specifics out of my post, but I suppose replies may bring up details so if you are spoiler-sensitive, I advice you to look elsewhere. I am currently prepping the Candlekeep Mysteires: Mazfroth’s Mighty Digressions adventure, and find it has a tricky ethical...

I'm trying out 5E, and it feels that for reasons of symetry, proficiency bonus should be added to Armor Class. I can't find a mention of this in the rules. How is it?

Archetypes in PF2 are groups of feats on a theme. But if I want to design PF1-style archetypes, that actually trades class abilities (not just feats) for other abilities, what should I call those? I guess this thread will also discuss if such old-style archetypes for PF2 is a bad idea, nad...

Paizo is having issues with their website. That means that right at this moment, you can get the playtest materials without the annoying name tags on every page. http://paizo.com/playtest No idea if this will hold, or how long.

I'm interested in specific things in PF2 that people miss or don't like. I'd rather this be a list of peeves than a debate about the relevance of each. While I overall have a positive impression of the game, these flaws are serious enough to make me not buy or play PF2 unless they are fixed...

Reaper Miniatures have launched their fourth Bones kickstarter. Bones are rubber miniatures that are cheap, easy to paint, and less fragile than metal. The kickstarter makes them even cheaper...