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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... -
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Mannahnin reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with
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So far, so good. But the problem is that you see niches as a single thing each class does. This leads to rather stale classes and... -
Zzakael19 replied to the thread City Supplements - What do we like?.As somebody running a game using the NCS right now, it has nowhere near the scaffolding of, say, Doskvol to really bring the city to...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Let's Talk About Core Game Mechanics.Green Ronin's AGE system does this by checking for doubles on its 3D6 roll and seeing how many points the "stunt die" gives you. -
ZBlank space is one of my core design goals for Ashalom. I want to provide lots of cool ideas and evocative detail, but I don't want to...
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Mannahnin reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
i don't think there needs to be less classes, and i don't think there's (much) conflict over niche identity for the classes that exist...
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Mannahnin reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
You're coming at this from a completely different direction than I am. :) I'm not thinking (and don't really care) about players...
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Distracted DM reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread World of Warcraft: Midnight with Like.
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Mannahnin reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
I'll try. The whole point, i think, of a class-based system with adventuring groups or parties is that it somewhat encourages or even...
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The Firebird reacted to HatWearingFool's post in the thread AI/LLMs Ryan Dancey & AEG Part Ways Following AI Comments with Like.
I’m saying that why would you expect the same plan that didn’t work countless times before to suddenly work now? If creatives/knowledge... -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread Let's Talk About Core Game Mechanics.Usually that sort of thing is a question of potency, not skill, and you can bake it in outside the skill system. You also, of course...
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Whizbang Dustyboots replied to the thread World of Warcraft: Midnight.I think there's a lore catch-up questline now that gets you through all of those in a fast forwarded fashion. -
Mannahnin reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Well, it depends on whether you consider "niches" desirable. Traditionally it so in groups of any size you don't have redundant...
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Mannahnin reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
From the perspective of giving every class something unique, I kind of get it, the problem is if you have more than 3 or 4 classes, it...
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ZThe book as I have it laid out right now will have 20 city-connected backgrounds, 10 wards, 50-60 locations, 30+ factions, somewhere...
