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"A different thread is something I'll likely do later on, after I look at some of the suggestions people have offered throughout this thread. For now, my short elevator pitch would be something like Ptolus, but either fully embracing magi-tech (airships, machines, and such) OR closer to...

There's no way to sugar coat it, I struggle with the Discord user interface. I find it unintuitive and frustrating, and the new (to me) updates that have been added have made the experience even worse for me. A lot of the features (such as the search function) don't even seem to work on the...

The last thing I've heard about Fantasy Flight Games's Star Wars game (Edge of the Empire, Age of Rebellion, Force and Destiny) was moved under the umbrella of Asmodee. However, I haven't heard anything after that. (Likewise for Genesys.) The Asmodee store shows that you can buy some of the...

Over on the SJ Games site, they are celebrating 20 years of GURPS 4th Edition. To celebrate, their store is offering discounts/sales on a variety of products: https://warehouse23.com/?_gl=1*1dhw7bn*_ga*MTMxMzE1NjY1MS4xNzI0MjQ3Mjg1*_ga_BZNY1LRRWR*MTcyNDI0NzI4NS4xLjAuMTcyNDI0NzI4NS4wLjAuMA..

Based upon playtests, different visions for classes, and etc... How has the playstyle changed from 5E to 5.5E? It appears that there are some very different mentalities and visions behind how the Bauer Edition of the game has been designed and put together. How does that manifest in play...

Short and sweet because I don't want to spoil anything: I highly enjoyed the movie. The look, feel, and tone of the movie was a vast improvement over the previous film. I don't know exactly how to explain it, but the film just felt right. Despite looking visually cool (and having an okay-ish...

I've seen advertisements for the Fallout Game produced by Modiphius. I have no experience with the system. Do you? If yes, what do you like about it? ....dislike about it? What's your overall opinion of the game?

How do the mechanical changes to the game (and how classes, monsters, spells, and etc) work change how the in-game world of a 5e game functions? For example, does a larger list of "common" magic items mean a world in which magic items are more commonly assumed? How do some of the changes...

I was in a discussion with a friend about the Plasmoid racial features. In particular, plasmoids have an ability to squeeze through small openings and an ability to create limbs (arms and legs) for themselves. Druid Wildshape indicates that -while in beast form- you retain racial features and...

Short Version: I'm 3 episodes in, and I'm enjoying it thus far. Further Thoughts: I grew up with the old movie. Newer TV shows which retread old stuff aren't always good, so I was unsure what to expect. I have been pleasantly surprised. Storywise, the show is keeping me engaged. The show is a...

I highly enjoy the Mount & Blade games. I enjoy the scaling nature of the game: starting with with a handful of brigands or farmers and then building upward toward political power. I also enjoy that combat feels more visceral (even if it is still video-gamey sometimes). Plus, I find things...

I was surprised to find that there's not a thread for this. Season 2 of the show is now available. I haven't yet started season 2. I'm working my way through Season 1 again before starting Season 2. Something I noticed while re-watching Season 1 is that there are a lot of dialogue hints to...

The group I usually play D&D with has been talking about going back to 4E. [I'm sure someone will ask/comment, so: Despite "problems" we had with it, we feel that the few of us who are more experienced can tweak it to fix those problems (by rewriting parts like I've done or working in pieces...

Normally, a 5E character only gets 1 reaction. Most of the time, that is fine. However, I am of the opinion that there may be aspects of the game which may benefit from allowing more than 1. For example, creating a front line to protect squishy party members is difficult to do when a character...

After a certain point, I've found both that 1) fights start to drag and 2) even considering rpg tropes, it starts to be hard to take some things seriously. HP bloat should be reduced in D&D. High level monsters become big bags of hitpoints. This slows down combat and the flow of play a lot...

How does a Tortle's natural armor interact with classes which modify armor calculation? For example, the monk class says (when not wearing armor) "AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier." The Tortle entry says you have a base AC of 17 and that Dex does not change this...

For a while now, my primary group has been playing other rpgs more often. Also, for a while now, I have had the feeling that D&D combat seems to take a long time to work through one encounter. However, it really hit me how slow it was (or at least seems to be to me) after the group recently...

In most RPGs, healing magic fixes everything, without a lot of questions asked. It just works. However, while sitting at home today, I started to consider whether healing magic is painful. Sure, it heals the damage, but (I think) that also means that it puts bones and such back into place. How...

Recently, one of the players in the online group created a Warforged character, using the UA version of Warforged. The rules appear straightforward, but I want to make sure I am understanding everything correctly (and type things out for a bit of a sanity check). While in Heavy Plating Mode...

First, to prevent starting from a miscommunication: what do I mean by "low fantasy"? The common literary definition does not quite fit what I want. I prefer something similar to the definitions found in GURPS Fantasy. Regarding "High Fantasy" "If fantasy occupies the middle ground between myth...