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The Incapacitation tag is working as intended then. You simply aren't meant to be able to use control effects against higher level foes.

In their announcement NG stated they will no longer be printing any of the versions of the corebooks besides the two new tomes. Once vendors are out of stock of what is currently printed, they'll be gone for good.

I hope the changes to the Knight removes the "Suicide Geas" the class comes with. The knight must always fight the strongest foe in an encounter in single combat - if any of their allies help them they will lose their class abilities and become a fighter. That, combined with "Preference for...

Relevant XKCD That said, I am looking forward to the starter set, I think that will be very helpful since right now the GM guide for OSE is like, 2 manifestos, 6 blog posts, and a long youtube video.

Penalties are only meaningful if they cannot be mitigated.

The biggest problem with ranged attacks being too good came from Feats - sharpshooter removed all penalties to ranged attacks (cover/disadv), and crossbow expert allowed ranged to outpace melee in damage. This problem persists in with the 2024 versions of the feats. Generally i think its...

This is a classic case of where the group should be using their judgement in how they interpret the rules. PF2 has some great advice on the subject: "Sometimes a rule could be interpreted multiple ways. If one version is too good to be true, it probably is. If a rule seems to have wording with...

I feel like the only reason Two Little Mice haven't been sued yet is that they're not big enough for the corporations they're copying to bother going after.

The issue is that RPGs are such an inherently diverse medium that there cannot be a one-size-fits all answer of X number of books. The point at which, say, Draw Steel, Cypher System, Runequest, Ironsworn, and Honey Heist are going to feel complete are entirely different, due to the completely...

Also agree it depends on the game. I would consider a game complete when the published material available for the game gives the GM the tools they need to run a game fully across the scope of what the game intends. If you cannot play the game as intended without a supplement, then the game is...

The project isn't going to deliver anytime soon. Consider how you're feeling about it in 10-14 months

BRP just got a new edition a couple years ago which will be getting more expansions/splats. Runequest's latest edition is 7 years old and still getting new publications for the immediate future. Same with Mythras, which is technically within your 15 year limit, just barely. I'm not aware of...

This thing is horrific. There's a Young and Ancient version of it floating around somewhere but I can't seem to find it

Unrelated to anything Has anyone gotten any of the Unnatural Selection stuff to the table in actual play? Seen mixed reviews of it online but the negative reviews seem more focused on potential imbalance than actual results of using it.

An 8 month delivery schedule from KS end date was a pretty ambitious goal, given not all of it had been written yet. I'd estimate we won't see physical deliveries until next april at the absolute earliest.

The result is an absolute boatload of money. Wide audience = lots of purchases. Even if they create gameplay problems in the process, D&D fans who actually care enough about those problems to notice them are more likely to buy product and complain than abandon the brand and play something else.

Most people who play 5e don't follow any news of any 3pp coming out - they're extremely unplugged to the RPG scene outside of (maybe) new WotC products, sometimes. The bulk of the 5e audience plays the game without buying much of anything. Also, its kind of irrelevant if there's tons of 5e...

Both Mearls and Crawford have clarified that the first reading is the correct one, multiple times. Yes its not the best rule in a lot of cases, but that is what the rule is. The design intent is that it should be hard to prevent resting. Note that 5.5 CHANGED the rule, but the end result is...

Yep, and you can still do time-pressure-attrition as a treat if you do a few low-stakes encounters back to back. Its pretty good stuff.

Very cool, thanks for sharing