Recent content by Thaumaturge

After the Cypher 2 campaign ended they sent out a link to sign up to be notified for their next campaign. Looks like it’ll be an update to Numenera. Thaumaturge.

The overtime mechanic on Backerkit is pretty great. Also, they can now at least round to $1mil. Thaumaturge.

This matches my assessment. And I think it’s a good strategy—making your existing base happier and tweaking things to lure in those on the fence seems better than throwing out everything and hoping to make everyone happy. Thaumaturge.

They’re keeping the core mechanic the same. But refining aspects like armor and damage. PCs will now have power trees where they can select from a menu of powers as they advance. There’s a pdf with a preview of the updates on the Backerkit. Thaumaturge.

I think MCG knows that if they can get people to back, that all in pledge will get more and more tempting. Getting someone to increase their pledge is, perhaps, easier than getting someone to pledge at all. Thaumaturge.

I appreciate reading your takes, as I haven’t at all kept up with how other RPGs crowdfunding efforts go over the years. MCG focusing on backer numbers for stretch goals messes with my ability to see how things are going, too. I understand why they do it, but I end up just focusing on how...

What they are saying is that the character creation rules are the ones getting the big overhaul. The damage done by monsters requires a “one sentence instruction” to update. Charles Ryan said it takes “about five seconds” to update a monster. Then if the monsters are compatible, the...

In my games I usually make the difficulty known ahead of time. The only times I don’t are when the PCs are experiencing high levels of confusion or obfuscation and I want to communicate those feelings to the players. Thaumaturge.

Have you read any of the design emails? They have some good indications of the coming changes. For those who haven’t, one of the big changes will be a wound system instead of damage coming from ability pools. That ought to address one of the most common issues I see people talk about with the...

I’m looking forward to this! Thaumaturge.

I get that what you’re saying is technically true but releasing an adventure almost four years before the video game isn’t exactly a brilliant marketing ploy. Thaumaturge.

There weren’t big tie ins to either Baldur’s Gate 3 or the movie. I think they have disadvantage on opportunity attacks. Thaumaturge.

I’m just posting so history knows I was here! Thaumaturge.

To really regain trust WotC needs to release the SRD under ORC. But that seems so unlikely as to be impossible. Thaumaturge.

I haven’t made it through all of the pages, but MyLawyerFriend has a breakdown of this version of the OGL, including notes on what is good and what needs improvement. Thaumaturge.