Recent content by Reynard

I think the core of Daggerheart would make a great Star Wars game, but i also think that you would need to do a lot of work creating classes and domains that really capture Star Wars. Doable, but not easy.

More seriously: the kind of historical accuracy that castigates Sam Gamgee for talking about poe-tae-toes is not something I think us worth worrying about. So much about our conceptions of Medieval Fantasy is just plain wrong that I can't be bothered to worry about when potatoes, tomatoes or...

Only if they are gnomes.

Earthdawn has an in-fiction explanation for every D&Dism it embraces. It's glorious.

I understand the theory, I just don't think it works most of the time.

(NOTE: the following little rant is not really focused at Micah; Im just using the quote as a jumping off point) The funny thing about "realism" in D&D is that it never seems to come in the form of PCs behaving like human beings. Characters Penny pinch at the inn despite having just come in...

But is that desirable in a game where combat is the main mode of play? I'd argue not, based on experience with lots of different systems. Death spirals by way wound penalties and similar almost never improve the experience or create the kind of play folks imagine they will, in my experience.

The best Star Wars game is SWADE (Savage World Adventure Edition) right out of the core book, plus the Vehicle Guide. You can use the sci-fi companion, of course, but you don't need to. Everything you need is in the core rules.

Cool! Maybe you'll be among my vict-- players!

We aren't talking about realism. That's not necessary for something to be in the fiction. Hit Points are damage, but they are action movie damage.

Right but every time the previous blows landed, there is a very high probability that the fiction was about getting hit: bruises, blood and the whole bit. I have never seen in 40 years, running for literally hundreds of people,a table that did not describe hit point damage as, well, damage 95%...

Yeah. I had a dad who was 20 years Army, then I joined, then I ended up in the construction sector. Eric's Grandma is the only thing reigning me in at this point...

Gotcha. I misunderstood. I thought folks were worried about fan conversions.

The goblin doesn't stab you in the luck. Yes, yes, there is a handwavy explanation about hit points being everything but meat, but we all know they represent injury -- even if it is John McClane kinds of injury. It's disingenuous to try and wink-wink that away.

I don't understand how converting monsters would be a problem. Wouldn't access to those monsters in one's system of choice increase the chance people who wouldn't otherwise have bought the thing do so? Wasn't that the whole method behind the 5E Kingmaker bestiary?