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So what is Your essential mechanism? Is it a coin toss? I understand that you defined a situation, but You didn't specify which one of the mechanisms you mentioned is your preferred one.

If I want to kick in a door I use a strength check. If I want to push/shove an opponent I use a grapple check. Same thing, my character just practiced one (grappling) a lot of times so s/he has an advantage (skill bonus). - My character is a talented and experienced actor, so when s/he tries...

Concrete MECHANISMS please! I am not asking about freeform.

None of those are mechanisms. I would call them design principles.

I understand that there are many different TTRPGs, many different style of playstyles etc. But in your opinion, what are "essential" (whatever that means for you) mechanisms that your games (usually) have to have? For me: Perception check Ability checks Skill checks Combat mechanisms...

What does the + sign or [+] sign mean? And where does it com from?

Same.

seems working just fine for me! (I am using dark mode). Looking forward to a ranked-poll thread about D&D settings. :D

This. :) Came here to mention exactly those three. ;)

This. And familiar settings (Eberron, FR, etc.) and monsters (i.e. kobold, goblin).

Favorite: Ptolus Top 3: Eberron & Forgotten Realms (+ Nentir Vale is part of my FR). Top 6: Golarion, Ars Magica (Real World- Mythic Europe) and Freeport. I recently started reading the Star Wars FFG books and was surprised how good and useful the campaign materials were. (After reading several...

Could you link to a review? Pretty please. Yeah, we are neck deep in Kingmaker and all my players want to do, is to visit Brevoy and find out what happened to House Rogarvia and plot and plan against the other houses... I have to remind them constantly, that until they manage to get a noble...

Thank you for the replies! :D Anything welcome, even other systems (like Warhammer Fantasy RPG, OSR etc.). Blight looks interesting. Bard's Gate looks even more interesting, I might have to look for more info (reviews, previews, reddit, google search etc.). We kinda did that already with "The...

Could you recommend - third party - long adventures (or adventure paths) for D&D or Pathfinder? The only three I am aware of are Ptolus, Chains of Asmodeus and Empire of the Ghouls. My group loves game of thrones style roleplay (intrigue at high court), but anything that is centered around...

May I recommend Bud's RPG Reviews on youtube. He reviews mostly Call of Cthuhu and Delta Green, but he made reviews for D&D, Runequest, Warhammer Fantasy and OSR, among other.

Give the players an item with permanent sense trap? They know it's there, they just don't know how it works, what it does or how to disable it? It makes sense in the world and it makes sense at the table. Win-win?

Yes, but some are EXTREMELY poorly balanced. The kingdom builder rules (for example) both for 1e and 2e are abysmal, horrible, awful, terrible. The Circus management rules from extinction curse looked fun, varied, thematic and interesting. I didn't try them, but they look like a lot of fun. The...

I rephrase it: I am disappointed in the Pathfinder APs (the ones I know), so I am branching out to other games. I was thinking about giving them (Pathfinder APs) a last chance, so I started looking for unbiased reviews, but Paizo "cannibalized" their "journalists", and everyone is working for...

I bought Age of Ashes, we played it, but I rewrote huge chunks of it and didn't finish it at the end, overall I was very disappointed, I also bought Agents of Edgewatch although I like the idea, after reading it I realised that it is not something my group would like to play. I was just looking...