Recent content by Reynard

Well, what I am talking about is a much more traditional Urban/Contemporary Fantasy setting. That is, Earth as we know it, but with magical stuff in the shadows. I don't think advancing the Realms (or whatever) to some analog of the 20th century is quite the same genre. And I make that statement...

I spent 10 minutes making a character and it was pretty smooth. the only thing is it does not actually tell you how many experiences or cards you can have at 1st level. not a big deal, but since there is a wizard i can of expected it to block the add button after doing 2. The attacks, checks and...

People keep saying stuff like that and I do not see why.

GIVE US A GM SCREEN!

Preferably with similar ::ahem:: vibe to her GLOW work...

I have not had a chance to open it up yet. Stupid work...

For those that partake, Daggerheart is now (finally!) available on Fantasy grounds. Yay! I am looking forward to getting to play more DH!

[not this thread] Do you even realize you are being terribly rude and pretentious?

I mean, I think ShadowMusk would be an indie rpg if he and a small team made i, even if they spend tens of millions on art and marketing. It would be weird to put an upper budget limit on the meaning of "indie." How would you decide what that limit was?

That is more aetherpunk or magitech, IMO. Contemporary Fantasy is usually set in our world, with magic stuff.

Sure, and nothing stops indie developers from doing something very traditional, or traditional developers from doing something experimental. In TTRPGs there is also the question of what constitutes an indie developer. Is Kobold indie?

Again, anyone who goes into dungeons looking for loot is certifiably insane. Completely bonkers. Nutso.

Here's the new trailer: I must admit, this one sells me on the movie -- even Momoa's Main Man.

To use video games as an example, there are "indie" video games of every conceivable style, genre and level of quality. "Indie" doesn't mean anything from a gameplay standpoint. Same with TTRPGs -- but, for some reason, we have decided that "indie" roleplaying games must have x, y and z qualities.

The rest of your post was mostly about combat vs non combat detail and depth. That is a wholly different issue. "Mini games" and "switching modes" allows a game to include elements that are important to play (or at least important to the designers) on their own merits. Forcing games to use the...