Recent content by payn

Sorry to hear about about Buddy. My mother's pup Bentley passed away a week ago. He was 14, so had a pretty long life to for a doggo.

I find this goes for an untold amount of gaming topics. Folks like what they like, but have never thought about it on a conceptual level.

Can you expand on why HP totals are an issue? First thing that comes to mind is that HP totals are the new AC with BA. You show improvement by getting hardier and having more staying power. My play throughs of 5E had fights go by very quickly, unlike other editions. I didn't see HP bloat as an...

Im guessing its less too much in one place, and its too much in multiple editions/systems. Hopping around before you get a good feel can just restart the mental load clock. I have PF1 nailed down, but I have also been playing it for 20 years. I look at similar systems and I do have a moment of...

I'll admit I actually laughed out loud when I saw your post about 4 hours of content. Could be 4 min and I can tell from titles it amounted to nothing but bollocks.

There was a time I worried it was wasted effort. Though, I have found that if you dont get to the adventures, you have planned for them so you can at some point, with some group, you will. So, dont see it as wasted time, but future prep for when you need it. That said, I generalize my prep in...

Its actually a pleasant drinking fountain once you eliminate the click bait like the videos posted here.

Of course, the entire purpose was to hear folks take and have a discussion about it. Not discover some line in the sand to fight over. So far, the threads been pretty good.

Im in the similar boat and marked rarely. I do like playing, but nobody has staying power as a GM to complete a campaign. My track record is flipped when I am the GM.

See I dont see 1st anymore RP than 3rd. "Conan attacks the goblin" and "I attack the goblin" are essentially resolved the same way with game mechanics in most games. Now, if you want to say a game that has a simple resolution mechanic that is used frequently could be less gamey than a complex...

I can see that, but its the opposite for me. 5E game part isn't interesting enough.

I see what you are saying now, but still disagree with it. I think that is a separate discussion on role play itself.

Cant say I agree. I dont understand how 3rd person is game, and 1st person is role play? Could you expand on this idea?

The question isn't removing the G, its how much G is too much G.