Recent content by Laurefindel

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...

There’s a few editions we played and decided to go back to a previous iteration, but oftentimes, some elements of the new edition were kept. For example, we went back to 7th Sea 1st ed but kept the short, curated skill list of 2e. I like TOR 2e as a system but 1e fit the themes better. If I...

On an individual basis, there is little pertinence (until you decide to make the trip). On a macro scale however, our lives are very much linked to Japan and Tokyo even if we're not aware of it, because Tokyo is a place that can be visited, traded with, corresponded with, influenced by, etc...

I have a hard time getting behind this. True, I have never been to Tokyo, and Japan is one of the least familiar cultures for east-coast North Americans like me. All I know of it is from movies, the odd documentaries and articles I've seen and read, and second-hand knowledge from friends who...

Ah crud, I didn't realize I was replying to a four years old post… thanks for the detailed answer though, I’m gonna give it a good look!

raises hand I left Rolemaster about 25 years ago (something standard system?) What are the highlights in changes/updates/evolution of the game?