Draw Steel General Thread [+]

[AdmundfortGeographer]

The graphic design/layout work is really not that excellent though is it. Colors in the callout boxes and some use of bolding/italics/etc would really help.

I had criticisms there. For instance the first encounter lists Malice on the 1st encounter sheet. I thought that means I get to use it!

Maybe?

Because in the 2nd encounter it unlocks Malice as a thing the director gets to use so beware. Huh. Whoopsie?

The players asked if there could be an undo button. ¯\(ツ)/¯ I guess an editor missed it.

 

[zakael19]

I had criticisms there. For instance the first encounter lists Malice on the 1st encounter sheet. I thought that means I get to use it!

Maybe?

Because in the 2nd encounter it unlocks Malice as a thing the director gets to use so beware. Huh. Whoopsie?

The players asked if there could be an undo button. ¯\(ツ)/¯ I guess an editor missed it.

At least in the version I'm looking at, Malice shows up on the encounter sheet for D1 where the adventure says to describe it to the players. The Guard encounter has no Malice shown.

I'm talking more about general formatting though, as others have pointed out regarding the lack of use of colors and other methods to show emphasis and break text up (Dolmenwood's books are an excellent example of this).

 

[SteveC]

Hm. Is anyone leaving the current edition of D&D for Draw Steel? If so, why?

It is one of the games I'm pitching to my online group. We did a mini-campaign of Daggerheart with the playtest and decided it wasn't for that group, but perhaps Draw Steel may be.

Why are we doing it? Our main campaign is 5E and the group really isn't feeling it, and hasn't for a long time. We're looking for alternatives at the moment.

The thing keeping us from making a lot of changes is that the player skill is really variable. I personally don't think one of the players could actually deal with the mechanics of Draw Steel, and it would be rough on the GM to have to help manage their character in addition to their own duties. Currently we sort of do it as a group effort.

 

[Morrus]

Hm. Is anyone leaving the current edition of D&D for Draw Steel? If so, why?

Why do people have to "leave" one game for another? They're not spouses. You can play more than one game. Or alternate them, or whatever. We have a rotating GM/rotating game table.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Why do people have to "leave" one game for another? They're not spouses. You can play more than one game. Or alternate them, or whatever. We have a rotating GM/rotating game table.

While true, some groups do one game at a time and that's it.