Recent content by SteveC

This is something that a lot of experienced GMs out there may say "duh" about, but I steal how PbtA does scene play and the Conversation. I think it was a game of Dungeon World with an excellent GM that sold me on this way of playing. First, I break the game into scenes where there's something...

I think there are two answers to this question. The first is what the OP asked: is the game better for them leaving? From my understanding, the books that have come out up to now have been influenced by both of them. So the answer is, we won't know until we see what's next and what doesn't have...

I think it can be a great idea based on what kind of game you're running. If you want to have an environment where the players explore it and you put in a lot of description, I think it can be great. If it's just "everyone roll perception" then I don't see the point. And a fully descriptive...

I still have my 3E era Traveller rules, and they weren't awful. I just don't see the need for a 5E version, but I understand that these versions do sell, so I hope people enjoy that. You have to make a living as a company, right?

On the balance issues, I pretty much agree with Blue. On the issue of dragons, there are plenty of stories of them being defeated by humans, so I don't consider it unreasonable. One of my favorite quotes is: "Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that...

It's been my experience that people in the "5E does everything" camp are either designing a game system (where 5E versions sell much more!) or don't have experience with other systems. It's sort of the "when all you have is a hammer, everything is a nail" situation in the second case. I played...

We did a test campaign when Demiplane was the only option and it was one of the reasons that the game didn't really succeed. I don't think any of the other players liked how clunky, for lack of a better word, it was. I have the Foundry game system installed and have made characters as well as...

This is so strange to me. I've seen an Acquisitions Inc live play years ago, and the players in it have really changed over the years. Lots of drama behind the scenes. Still, it will be fun to check in and see how they adapt this to Daggerheart.

That's odd. I'm not sure what the issue would be with the dread domain. Did I miss something and the word "dread" has new connotations? I'm not trying to start anything but I admit to not being in the know about that. I'm just doing an adventure in Barovia, and the DM is all over talking about...

That's really interesting. I wonder what the new campaign frames will be. Thanks much for sharing!

I'm playing a Bladesinger right now, but it's the 5.0 version. I looked at the changes (and Treantmonk has an excellent video where he goes over all of them) and it looks like the school got a little better. The one issue, as he points out, is does the level 14 feature allows you to piggyback...

I am playing this right now and I believe we are just heading into Death House. As a survey of popular settings and universes, it's been fine. It does feel very condensed but we've been having fun with it. Especially enjoyed the Eberon adventure because I've never played in that world before. I...

I love conversations here, but this is a good point: you will get a huge variety of opinions on what exactly a particular topic in RPGs is. I've been in the hobby long enough to know that the fundamentals of RPG topics have been widely debated for decades (I started seeing them in the 70s! when...

I guess if we're talking discussion of various 5X issues, I'd agree but ... I'm not even sure EnWorld has a regular build commentary. I'm still using 5E, so I don't keep up with what people are saying about builds at the moment, but I definitely looked at the best known folks on YouTube before...

That's the big question. I know I've done it both ways and I like how they are dropping three episodes at a time. And the first one at least had a lot of content, so I didn't feel like I didn't get much for it. I remember watching Ted Lasso after the first two seasons dropped. I watched them in...