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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...

At our age, I would argue an emphatic "yes!"

Tomorrow night I’m checking out a strong/power lifting gym to get back under some iron, maybe some rocks too.

I really like the old Shadow World supplement 'Eidolon: City in the Sky' as a city book, and that while I never played or owned...

Isn't that Saint Rows IV? Maybe? Depending on what of the GTA V experience you mean specifically. I preferred Saint Rows III, though, it...

Both of those things were more likely due to how assassins work, though. I think a good option would have been to give the assassin...

NPC revenge is great and makes sense in the fiction...but care must be taken. The dice made it work for the narrative you were hoping to...

yeah i think this really puts into words why this whole thing left a sour taste in my mouth. this wasn't an encounter, it was a set piece.

You don’t have to use actual assassin stat block! So long as they use hand crossbows and wear black they will do the job. Since the role...

Because the logical choice for assassins is to mind metagame concerns closely? You don't send sneaks at the party if you don't want the...

So, it then becomes an element on the "wandering damage chart". I don't know if it acted logically in this situation. If the...

Ok to make a point. I'd be really careful about this shoot and scoot stuff as an ongoing tactic. The players should be able to come...

This is kind of my issue with using assassin type powers against PCs as well. Suppose that they were aware the NPC they scried was an...

Balance issues aside (a single PC downed in one turn by an ambush is fine), what did you want out of the encounter, and what did you...

As a one time thing for a campaign, fine. Wouldn’t repeat that same exact scenario though.