Draw Steel the MCDM RPG!

[Nikosandros]

In a D&D-style game, isn't this mostly about the GM's narration? Perhaps in combination with the use of clerical and paladin spells.

I don't want to derail the thread, but I don't think that a D&D-style game is appropriate for such endeavors, IMHO.

 

[Nikosandros]

Whether there actually is any divine intervention is also far from clear, so one less reason for an actual rule… people believe things without them actually being true all the time

Indeed. I was just musing about a game that would actually account for this beliefs being true.

 

[pemerton]

I don't want to derail the thread, but I don't think that a D&D-style game is appropriate for such endeavors, IMHO.

I don't think AD&D is all that good a fit for it. 4e D&D, on the other hand, can be (in my experience).

I don't have a good enough handle on Draw Steel to know which of those two versions of D&D it more closely resembles.

 

[Queer Venger]

draw steel?!?!?

Really? that's it??

What if I want to draw wood?

 

[mamba]

What if I want to draw wood?

you don’t bring wood to a steel fight

 

[Queer Venger]

you don’t bring wood to a steel fight

but my wood is harder than steel! ;-)

 

[tetrasodium]

For those that have played it is this game more or less complex than 5e?

5e hides a lot of it's complexity from players by dumping responsibility for hiding its complexity from players onto the GM, that makes it hard to answer a question like that.

Different in good ways that feel more engaging for both sides of the gm screen. There were a few videos posted earlier covering character creation & actual play. I wouldn't call it "complex" & it doesn't take much to grok enough for folks to get rolling.

 

[Anonymous3]

I started watching gameplay from the playtest and it looks really fun and easy for both DM and players. Not sure if the groups or the mechanics but it definitely felt really fast paced. The DMs really had an easy time finding cool stuff to use without significant prep - they are were reading the monsters cards as they turn came up.

When questions came up they were resolved easily through quick searches of the books.

I am not familiar with the classes at all but the thing that really stood out for me is that the players and DM had stuff to do almost all the time. It felt really actioned packed with everyone completely glued to what was happening so that they had an opportunity to use an ability.

 

[Distracted DM]

I've started saying "draw steel!" Instead of "roll for initiative."

 

[Zaukrie]

I've started saying "draw steel!" Instead of "roll for initiative."

I think a few phrases like this is a great idea!