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Except if you're looking at whole pool of dice what you essentially would be doing is looking for a 2 or better or a 6 even if you're adding the number. Because you're looking at a whole group of dice so you're going to do the math to say "I have a +4 so I need to find 2s". Cutting out the...

Fewer spell slots - a lot of the full caster issues come at mid-levels and are because of just how many spells they can sling out. With cantrips and the ability to cast ritual spells without a slot they don't need nearly as many slots as they get. I think that and more curated spell lists would...

I actually just started reading it last night and so far I think it's much better. Both in the layout and the organization - I feel like everything is much more straightforwardly outlined as to how to actually play the game. If they keep that for the core book I'll be happy.

Yeah, this took a while for my players to get used to. I started calling it a full refresh instead of a day just to try to set expectations. Arc is a better term imo.

If the rumor is that they're adding a new game mechanic time unit to replace "day" in terms of healing/power recharging then yes that rumor appears to be true. The 2nd edition preview document that they sent out after the kickstarter announcement to folks who had done alpha testing uses the...

Dark Horse is actually going off with the Middle-Earth Enterprises & Friends group. But Edge, Fantasy Flight, Catan Studio, Days of Wonder, and all the other tabletop studios they've acquired are all in that boat.

Why would you do that instead of just cancelling the product? Or even leaving it at FFG and keeping it in print but not doing new development? It doesn't really make sense to spin off a new company if you want it to die when you can just kill it whenever you want. Edge attempting to spin up an...

Except that they are still involved with "Embracer" in the sense that Wingefors is the reason Embracer was Embracer and he's still going to be in control to a large degree. They're only "not involved with Embracer" in the sense that after this Embracer no longer exists in a technical sense...

Excited isn't the right word for me. Interested but not excited. I'm more excited for the 2nd edition of 13th age which is also looking like an iterative rather than major change. Somehow despite not playing it at all in the last 20 years I'm for some reason much more excited to see that an Ars...

I'm just hoping for more clarity in the rules. The core book feels as clear as mud in spots and a cleaner presentation would be helpful. And also black text on white paper would definitely help with the presentation. So I'm happy to see that's on their list. I get what they were trying to do...

Huh. A friend and I were brainstorming "IP" that hadn't yet been made into a licensed RPG and "Planet of the Apes" didn't cross either of our minds.

Been waiting for this one since you first started talking about it. These previews look just up my alley!

Back to the Future? Not the most elaborate cosplay but Marty's ski jacket with no sleeves look is pretty recognizable. If you wanted less recognizable I'd suggest Madmartigen from Willow.

IIRC Atlas did at least one for each of their games except Ars Magica. There was even an Unknown Armies/d20 dual stat - The Ascension of the Magdalene.

I'm not a lawyer, but this feels like something even a mediocre lawyer should have gotten right. Am I wrong about that?