Recent content by Reynard

I am a proponent of playing a game as written at least initially. However,not all games have all the subsystems one wants. If I know I want to include domain management in my Shadowdark campaign, there is not a domain management system in that game. I have to bring in one I like. Or, as we see...

RPGs are and have always been rooted in DIY. Game masters are, if not designers, basically modders. It should not come as a surprise that they mix and match subsystems and house rule stuff. And that is the path to "actual design" (whatever that means). Scolding folks for not doing what the...

My problem with the Cosmere RPG is simply that I think Stormlight Archive is a terrible RPG setting. Maybe when the Mistborn RPG comes out I will give it a look.

TIL that New Orleans has a big St Patrick's Day thing. This is our first time here and we chose to come after Mardis Gras to avoid the crowds. Oops.

It is really, really hard to "suck" in Daggerheart. I would suggest players to be proactive and not worry about the possibility of failure. Anything you do moves the game forward.

That isn't inevitable. It does require that players actually be engaged and willing to fail, tho.

I think you are missing the point: in the setting, all of the human characters are members of the superhuman sub-race of Numenorean descendants. No one besides Sam in the story qualifies as a "normal person" -- and this is important. Because Tolkien was telling a story about (among other things)...

Possibly. I don't have any particular skill at assessing the pulse of the hobby. But I do see enough people overly (IMO) embracing sulimulation and especially immersion to not feel like Micah is too much of an oulier.

I think Lanterns looks great. But I would also be 100% behind an animated saga running about 5 seasons culminating in the Sinestro Corps War.

That last shot was clearly intended to be a coup de gras. Aragon interrupted it though,but the fight went on too long snd Bormir failed 3 death saves. The GM was nice and have him a dying speech though. Then the player was like "Im going to play Bormir's brother Faramir. Same stats but, uh, dad...

I don't actually think ot is particularly niche in a field of the niche. Everyone has a specific playstyle. Few are more niche than others. It is just that Micah is not shy about stating his preferences, which I think is refreshing in its way. I feel as strongly as Micah in the opposite...

Looks like someone is trying to make fetch happen.

Nah, they just have Advantage versus Corruption and Sam only had to make the one saving throw

Just a gardener that saves the world.

I run it sometimes at cons when I want to do real EpIV style stuff. But generally I prefer Savage Worlds.