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Given the recent news about Greyhawk, I guess I won’t be moving to 5e.

Recently, I came across a game where the character would develop low numbers for their attribute bonuses (like 1-5). Task resolution was d20 + bonus vs. TN for anything that was active. For a reactive (saving throw), you would add 10 to your bonus, and want to roll a d20 lower than that...

This doesn’t answer your question, but I think what you have here is an opportunity for an amazing campaign instead of a one room puzzle. Each statue needs the proper object. The search for each object becomes a quest in its own right (the objects are not in the room, they must be found and...

Debate or not, your response quoting my post fits the criteria of what a straw man fallacy is, do with that what you will. Representation does matter. How a person or people are represented matters more. If in the process of representing a person or people, their voices are simultaneously...

That’s not what I’m asking so this is a straw man fallacy. We are not discussing “all or nothing” representation throughout the industry. We are discussing this particular instance. As for the mini itself I don’t care what it is, I wouldn’t buy it either way. As for the issue of...

It was your posts that really got me thinking about it. Thank you.

Initially, I considered rules-heavy vs. rules-lite as the basis for comparing the g to the rp. Then I considered narrative vs. simulationist. One might argue that a narrative-centric game might focus more on the rp than the g, but.... imagine playing a game like FATE (which is a rules-lite...

Separation of player vs character? With 3rd person: "My character does x." You're removed from the character itself and focusing on the game aspect. With 1st person: "I do x". You're taking on a persona and focusing on the role-play aspect.

I've given this some thought. I don't like the formation of the question, for the very same reasons you point out in the OP. Perhaps, rather than separating the RP from the G, a better way to view it is the ratio of 1st person vs. 3rd person. No matter what rules/mechanics you're using, 3rd...

I do wonder how many women feel that this is a victory for representation vs. non-women who think it is. I’d tend to lean with whatever the consensus from women is (I know it’s impossible to get that data.) If the consensus from women is “yes, we feel represented”, then great! I’m glad they...

I really appreciated some of the love and respect that was given to 4th in the video.

Not so much for the content (although it’s good and I’ve used that too) but I was really impressed with the format of Dragon of Icespire Peak from the D&D 5e Essentials Kit. It serves as a clean, modular template for creating and managing maps and locations, NPCs, hooks, and sequence. It’s...

I’m sure there are channels out there that are obsessed with hating D&D and/or WoTC. Polarized people are gonna polarize. But naming your channel in a way that lets people know you’re not a D&D focused channel is not the same as “shitting on D&D with mouth foaming rants every chance we get.”...

That all makes sense to me and still doesn’t seem like it’s disparaging D&D. Given that D&D is the biggest/most popular rpg out there, it makes sense that a reviewer might show the contrast between how HP or Armor works differently in one game compared to D&D — and I still don’t see that as...

I agree with and am confused by your comment lol. I wouldn’t want to see “here’s a review on [game] and how it compares to 5e. That’s just apples vs. oranges and pointless. But unless I missed something no one is really doing that. The name of the channel is “notDnD”, which is an instant way...

Why? I don’t see how that is problematic. Especially when the focus is rpg content other than Dungeons & Dragons. Or another way to say it: “instead of D&D” or “what to play when you’re moving on from D&D” is not the same as disparaging D&D.

I don’t think they owe anybody anything. They create the content they want and if there is an audience for it great. I think what we need are more influencers that want to create nonD&D content. Ironically a channel that does that very thing got called insulting by someone on this site for the...

A new, simple, universal toolkit game to handle several genres. I’m not expecting someone else to create it so that’s what I’m working on.

Sorry to raise a thread from the dead, but it’s been over a year, any updates on this?

The game that currently has most of my interest is the one I've been creating for roughly the past year. But, the journey of designing a game has led to a LOT of research. I'm revisiting D&D 4th, d20 Modern, discovered the Elephant and Macaw Banner, Goblin Slayer (despite how one might feel...