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Managing a table of ten players is less like storytelling and more like air traffic control. In the heat of my weekly library sessions... -
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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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TTigris reacted to Argyle King's post in the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting with
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I wouldn't. I would build a new setting that was built with how 5.5 works in mind. For example, 5.5 tends to assume commonplace magic... -
DEFCON 1 reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread Wes Schneider is the product lead for Ravenloft: The Horrors Within with Like.
Nah it is just for players who want the story to do that work while the game engine itself remains enjoyable to engage with. You arent... -
SSteady Vane replied to the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode.I think I have seen it before as "combat as spectacle". I must say I think theater is perhaps a more generous term however.
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TTigris replied to the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting.Because the point of Urban Fantasy is that you have Fantasy Elements added to a normal Urban environment. Not having in a fantasy...
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nyvinter reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting with Like.
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SSteady Vane reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode with Like.
I’ve seen the “Combat as War vs. Combat as Sport” framework come up a lot in TTRPG discussions, and I think it’s a very useful...
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Arilyn replied to the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode.Yes, I agree completely. Games like Daggerheart and a lot of superhero games embrace this style. I think this might also cause some of... -
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-youtube-found-liable-in-landmark-social-media-addiction-lawsuit-174554287.html .. There was a... -
Fenris-77 replied to the thread Why I Hate Skills.No one with the same background will ever have identical skills because the player is always interrogating the background based on... -
UngainlyTitan reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond launches its character 'quickbuilder' with Like.
It isn’t linear; you pick all of the options at the start and then push the button to generate the character. If you’re using the... -
Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode.I think you're totally right in identifying that as a separate category that gets rolled into "Sport," which I've always found perhaps... -
Stormonu reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode with Like.
I’ve seen the “Combat as War vs. Combat as Sport” framework come up a lot in TTRPG discussions, and I think it’s a very useful... -
Marc17 replied to the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting.More like a small Silk Road type city that blatantly exploits trade traffic in order to just survive. They canonically have no animal...
