Recent content by michaeljpastor

Exactly. Backgrounds are woven not picked. They just traded bioessentialism for classessentialism. Other companies are approaching species the same way, atomizing it to its basic components. Atomizing the Background elements promotes the narrative, and describing why they are a part of...

Those persons of a certain age may remember the joint venture of DC Comics / TSR in the 80s, Gammarauders, a comic book with the rules of the game in the letter column section.

Open Source as a concept was very big at the time, and given the similarity of software to RPG systems, I would think the idealism of the movement also contributed to the creation of the OGL. Not denying the olive branch aspect, but I posit it wasn't the sole reason

'Nuff said. You confirmed everything that I've suspected based on the video previews and reviews I have watched thus far. Thanks for such a thoughtful review.

When you look at the success of Dr. Who as an IP through the years, I don't understand why anyone would have doubts of the possible success of something like this. Dr. Who wasn't exactly a pearl back in the day. And Modiphius doesn't disappoint.

Can my ballet or tap shoes be my spellcasting focus?

Dance vs. Swords (esp. if paired with Swashbuckler) is my big question.

I know that I'll be asking for a homebrew/skinning ruling for that. Dancing feet, blades and jazz hands all the way!

I hope so too. Would be nice to see it more decoupled from Wild Shape as the only reason to pick it. I don't have a lot to work with to create my dream subclass of Urban Druid.

No. Artistic interpretation and accusations of maliciousness are not the same thing. And the last I'm saying on the topic.

delete this please. hit backspace too far.

Comic books take the opportunity reinterpret artistic (both writing and illustration) intent (or lack thereof) all the time. This is no different. Entire swaths of continuity have been built over a single (ambiguous/incorrect) panel (why was Shadow Woman white instead of blue in the Hall of...

No I wasn't. Please stop telling me what I meant.

No argument there. I have never responded well to false accusations though.

Only one person asked for a clarification and identified themselves as a non-primary English speaker. The rest were attacks, and none asked for a clarification. The rest has been arguing about grammar.