Recent content by martinlochsen

It is a very well designed game IMO. On the surface, there is nothing special about it. All the rules seem familiar and nothing revolutionary (except maybe the real time torches). But I think what makes the game special is how all the design choices work together towards supporting the intended...

It really is an excellent game

Yes. It would absolutely need someone leading it. Some experienced designer to actually design the game, just that the shape of the game would be based on surveys. Ideally a team of three or so experienced designers would be best probably

Wall of text warning: I still think what we need is a ruleset that everyone can get behind. Everybody knee-jerking their own SRDs won't help. We already have many of those. We need an Omni-srd with support from the large majority of companies in the OGL-sphere. To achieve a game like this, it...

To me at least, it seem like the biggest problem in th OGL scene is that it's so fractured. Perhaps if everyone was pulling more in the same direction, it would have a stronger force. They wouldn't necessarily have to scrap their other games either. That market would still be there. I don't...

So the main point of my idea was the part where there was extensive surveying and playtesting (like what was done prior to 5e) to try and make a game that as many people as possible could get behind. I do realise there are games in existence other than d&d.

Yeah, I'm not in the industry so I'm just dreaming here. Just throwing out an idea, that's all. I would most definitely support it if it happened though. Kickstarter, physical copies, MICROTRANSACTIONS. You name it. I'll pay. :D

It would be cool if the entire OGL community just got together and started a project to create a new game. It would be based on a long playtest/feedback process to be sure to have as wide support among players as possible concerning rules and systems and such. It would be headed by an...

Yes, I remember something similar being debated in regards to the dmsguild. I guess that's why they do it, but in principle though, it gives them a lot of power over someone else's creation.

Well yes, that was my interpretation too. But like, if Pathfinder 3e was released under the new OGL? I mean... WotC would have the right to do anything they wanted with it? Even printing and selling their own copies of the game. I know nothing about this stuff definately not a lawyer, but that...

I think this part is the worst, actually: "You own the new and original content You create. You agree to give Us a nonexclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, sub-licensable, royalty-free license to use that content for any purpose." If it means what I think it means.

It's a Lancejammer book in FIVE DIMENSIONS!

Great news! Congratulations to everyone at Paizo.

If you go to their website, you can actually try it out - both from dm and player side. Foundry Virtual Tabletop • A Standalone Virtual Tabletop Application. There's also an addon that lets you import content from dndbeyond. That was what sold it for me - not having to buy all the content three...

From the preview, I think the game looks absolutely awesome! I mean, some people will like turn based, some people prefer more action-oriented games. I like both. I don't get how "it's turn based" could be an argument that essentially means "it's crap". Two different types of games, with their...