Recent content by Laurefindel

Without going all AK47, early firearms generally run into the problem that their historical rate of fire is nowhere near the number of attacks that D&D characters can have per round, especially considering fighters. So firearms in D&D either go the way of re-fluffed crossbows and hit a rate of...

To be fair however, with melee combat and slow-velocity projectiles, its easier to visualize and differentiate between an attack that misses and an attack that hits but fails to deal sufficient damage to kill or impede the target significantly. The least "dodge-able" and the deadlier the attack...

That Fomoria book looks like a work of art in its own. I mean, all Mork Borg are, but this one is less "metal" and more to my tastes. I'm considering getting a physical copy.

Well, it's already more precise than just plain "fantasy", but I agree that it's broad. I also agree that 5e is no longer medieval fantasy and since that edition is what's being discussed, I'll drop the whole thing and stop derailing. As for guns, I think Warhammer Fantasy makes a great use of...

I disagree with that. I'm going as far as saying that D&D was Medieval Fantasy up and until 5e, and only 5e24 really, consciously moved away from medieval, and even then, it still is closer to medieval fantasy than anything else. Yes, even Dark Sun and Planescape. You can refine those genres...

That's still combat-as-sport, obeying a doctrine of "let's see who will win this fight!" "We shoot them full of arrows from a position of advantage as they are resting or negating their ability to fight back" is combat-as-war, obeying a doctrine that combat shouldn't seek to be fair, balanced...

I don't like guns in my default D&D fantasy mostly for immersive reasons, and expectation of genre. I continue to say that guns add a strong flavour to a setting however, and disproportionally impose their own genre over other categories of weapon. Personally, I find it much easier to envision...

The fact the RPG is an all-caps acronym makes the irony even more delightful (and intentional, I'm sure)

Even if you make extra sure that only female characters are visibly wearing tights?

The discussion was unavoidable because it relates to the underlying question of what we think a system should do or measure to. Also, answering "no" and leaving it at that is not really participating in a conversation, and i'm pretty sure you didn't mean to make a thread only for those who...

I love the pastoral faux-medieval feel. I was starting to fear this was irrevocably out of style nowadays.

No, I don't have a Litmus test setting. I'm with @Bill Zebub on this: if a system designed to do X is generic enough to easily do Star Wars, it already lost my interest (which I guess is a litmus test of its own). Now, a game system can have many qualities. Being "generic" is not one of the...

I'm in a minority here, but characters having abilities and differences based on their home or adopted region is my preferred way of dealing with "species". Games like Legend of the Five Rings, 7th Sea, and The One Ring do it well, but they also have a much narrower scope, deal with a single...

Our last L5R campaign started with FFG, then changed to the Rokugan d20 (the 5e version) and finally reverted back to 3e (with bits of 2e Burning Sand converted on the fly)

Im surprised no one mentioned 7th Sea 2e yet. Most RPG have you roll skills and tests as you go along, with consequences happening as the scene unfurls. 7th Sea 2e does it all backwards. The scene is described, along with goals, consequences, and opportunities. Players then decide on an...