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  1. JConstantine

    What Is Your Favorite Linear Adventure/Campaign

    Back when I first decided to try my hand at GMing, I went looking for any and all advice, and Matt Coville would bring up RHoD repeatedly, so I went looking for a 5e conversion. I recall a thread on GitP that I was going to link, but there's been more since then, which has been collated in this...
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    Tell me about Star Wars: Edge of the Empire

    I have several thoughts on this. Firstly, as I mentioned previously, it doesn't have to fall to the GM alone; players are encouraged to pitch suggestions for the dice results, so don't be afraid to draw on them (it's not to the taste of every group, but it's an option). Secondly, as also...
  3. JConstantine

    Tell me about Star Wars: Edge of the Empire

    Why, yes there is! One for each game line, in fact: Under a Black Sun (EotE), Operation Shadowpoint (AoR), and Lure of the Lost (F&D).
  4. JConstantine

    Tell me about Star Wars: Edge of the Empire

    While I pointed out the difference, I disagree that they're incompatible. I don't think it was strictly intended by the designers (they probably wouldn't have split it into 3 game lines otherwise), but, mechanically, it's fine; absolutely nothing breaks. In my group, we started out as EotE...
  5. JConstantine

    Free League Announces Anime-Inspired Twilight Sword RPG

    Well, it broke 700k, so Patrons are unlocked, and overtime mode is currently still going. I wonder if 2LM will ever join the $1M crowdfunding club.
  6. JConstantine

    Tell me about Star Wars: Edge of the Empire

    FFG's Star Wars is one of my favourite RPGs, and I think the proprietary dice get an unfairly bad wrap. It's quite possibly the quintessential neo-trad RPG, blending typical trad elements like attributes, skill list and mechanically detailed gear, with the tiered success common to narrative...
  7. JConstantine

    Free League Announces Anime-Inspired Twilight Sword RPG

    2LM are currently live for the final stretch: The tracker is funded, Patrons are the next stretch goal @ €700k, and almost certainly going into have entered overtime mode.
  8. JConstantine

    Free League Announces Anime-Inspired Twilight Sword RPG

    Dero got funded quick. Status cards are also unlocked. Valid point. Forgot it was Way of the Blade, not Sword, and axe is a blade, so you're probably right.
  9. JConstantine

    Monsters alongside humanity

    ...has got it going on? She's all I want And I've waited so long Grendel, can't you see? You're just not the troll for me I know it might be wrong But I'm gonna slay Grendel's mom
  10. JConstantine

    Monsters alongside humanity

    @TheSword opened with referring to The Witcher, and the stories revolving around monsters tend to come in one of two broad varieties: The first is "monster-as-menace". Some monster is a terrorising a local village and its surrounding environs, and needs to be dealt with. However, it's often a...
  11. JConstantine

    Monsters alongside humanity

    Examining the human condition through the eyes of a monster is exactly my goal with Vampire: The Masquerade (V5 especially), but that's probably a bit of a cheat (same could be said for the rest of WoD and CoD games), so I'll skip that. What I like about many situations in The Witcher is that...
  12. JConstantine

    D&D General Eberron: What Existing Studio Would You Want To Make A Game (+)

    Coincidentally enough, I was thinking a Total War version of The Last War given their various Warhammer instalments.
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    D&D General Eberron: What Existing Studio Would You Want To Make A Game (+)

    Perhaps. I didn't touch Deadfire as I bounced off their not-quite-D&D house system with the first game. They seem to want to focus on their own IPs and not touch licensed properties, though. If we're pure wish-listing, maybe that doesn't matter.
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    D&D General Eberron: What Existing Studio Would You Want To Make A Game (+)

    I'd really like a classic isometric RPG for Eberron, but, sadly, I can't think of any studio I'd really consider up to the task these day. A couple of alternatives though: 1. A noir investigation with a protagonist Inquisitive (if not player-created, then Abraxis Wren), made by the team at...
  15. JConstantine

    Making Modern Communication Work in Horror Games

    There's various ways to incorporate modern technology into horror, depending on what subgenre of horror you're aiming for. With telephones, sure, you can have a mobile/cell phone run of battery or lose signal at an inopportune moment, or a storm knock out the power for landlines, but active use...
  16. JConstantine

    Free League Announces Anime-Inspired Twilight Sword RPG

    Interesting. The icon for it very prominently includes an anvil, but I would imagine crafting and repairing basic weapons and armour to be available to everyone (like cooking), so I'm guessing its feats will include things like repairing for free/reduced cost, increasing durability of items...
  17. JConstantine

    A Steampunk Request for Suggestions Thread

    If we're being accurate, Eberron is best summarised as "industrialised magic". While it's certainly not steampunk, "magitech" and "aetherpunk" miss the nuance of Eberron's approach. I've only played Final Fantasy 7 and 8, so I can only go by what I've read about 6. Eberron and FF6 are...
  18. JConstantine

    A Steampunk Request for Suggestions Thread

    Both can be purchased on DMs Guild: Embers of the Last War bundle and Oracle of War bundle. I highly recommend Exploring Eberron and Chronicles of Eberron. The rest are situational. Eberron Confidential is essentially just a collection of Eberron specific secrets to use as plot hooks. Dread...
  19. JConstantine

    Free League Announces Anime-Inspired Twilight Sword RPG

    The Zelda series is obviously the single biggest influence, Breath of the Wild in particular, and that game has an ESRB rating of E10+ and PEGI 12. Different parents can be more or less permissive than official age ratings, so making the game appropriate for younger audiences may just be a...
  20. JConstantine

    Free League Announces Anime-Inspired Twilight Sword RPG

    The latest live stream went over the basic rules:
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