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February 1983. As we step into a new year of gaming Ian Livingstone wonders what might come next. With Treasure Trap starting (or at...

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Lately, my Saturday afternoons at the local library have become the third pillar of a massive...

I was counting earlier. I think they got to 40 classes in Pathfinder 1 by the end. Pathfinder 2 will be at 29 after these two playtests...

Oh dude, I'm not talking about all your posts at all. Just a specific kind of post.. Like I said, this isn't an attack, I'm just trying...

So in your game the players decide the consequences of their actions?

I'm of the opinion that what's good for the goose, is good for the gander. If NPCs can do it, PCs should be able to do it as well. If...

Heck, back in the days when I did contract editing, there was at least one case where I had an engineer at one company read my edit copy...

Who said I refuse to let it influence behavior? I mean, penalties on rolls certainly influence behavior. And that’s before we even...

I’m a fan of initiative-free combat systems, but this isn’t how I’d prefer to handle it. Rather, I’d say just resolve combat actions the...

To be fair, I get likes too. I'm not alone out here.

Jousting lances are, but lances used in war are not. They're not designed to shatter on impact, though. And actually, historically in...

We are talking Fantasy where how real Powers grant real power and whether it can be taken away is an arbitrary decision that is entirely...

Regular cavalry lances rip through the target, heavy ash poles, pretty gruesome weapon.

I know you don't, which I didn't really get until now. Your posts about your own opinions usually read as you dispensing fact about how...