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3. …the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

I vote “typical, but in the upper quartile”

The only reasons i see to use the term “GMPC” over “NPC” are bad ones

In 2Es defence, if i was invited to play both it would be the campaign concept and DM that would swing it, not the system.

Id play 1E over 2E because im already houseruling the bits 2E improves, rolling my eyes at the bits 2E makes worse, and ive made my peace with the 1E flaws that 2E keeps. And I dont care for Forgotten Realms. Also : for the record: my 1E has just 3 books. ive already got the FF and MM2...

I guess what they mean is “the party has powers/weaknesses a b c so im designing the antagonists with countermeasures/powers x y z”

id think about why a TPK happened. Was it because retreat was tactically impossible ir narratively unsatisfying?

IMO vampires are not sexy, they are vile. They only appear “sexy” to charmed victims. Also they wear setting-appropriate footwear, they dont have a portal to a late 20th century shoe shop.

just look at the vamp on the left’s shoes

it is what covers are for the bloodmoor cover is atrocious.

“Robilar’s Orcs”

What use is it if the punters are just buying player-facing splatbooks that make the game overcomplicated and only encourage more splat? The industry is not the hobby. The answer is : players itching to GM. “How” is the issue.

CYNIC -n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.

You should add : Orc, Copyright Lawyer

Meh, im just gonna buccaneer it

Or: why does wotc make paths instead of sandboxes?

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pish to modules and settings. gimme mini sandboxes.

Seems to me that the fundamental problem with the hobby is that the most popular, market-dominating rpg is just too damn complicated. With perhaps a catch-22 that you have to suffer overcomplexity to understand the virtues of simplicity.

Vancian casting is good Rolemaster power point casting is good The half assed compromise that is spell slots is garbage