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OK thank you fine folks. My best friend mentioned he'd backed the project and so I think he's fishing for a game. I'll take a look.
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I think all good Goons love the random tables. Sine Nomine books are S-tier resources. Every Goon has a different tolerance for "rescuing d20 and D&D stats". I get hyped if I know my GM has access to Sine Nomine books, I'd be nervous about playing in a Sine Nomine game for too long.
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Does anyone know anything definite about Morrus’ attempt to upgrade 5e?
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The guy who runs ENWorld trying to fix 5e? It's definitely going to suck.
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Halloween Jack posted:The guy who runs ENWorld trying to fix 5e? It's definitely going to suck. I'm not so sure. Like, it's still going to be 5e and not convert those of us who dislike 5e, sure, but from what I understand the team that's doing the work is a bunch of people who are already familiar with 5e's problems and are very good about finding ways to fix the math/missing content. It's likely going to be like Pathfinder 1e - not a huge selling point to return to the game if you didn't like it in the first place, but a very nice upgrade if it's a system you have enjoyed in the past.
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Arivia posted:It's likely going to be like Pathfinder 1e There are a zillion versions of D&D. I don't know why people feel like they have to play Official D&D, or a hack thereof.
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Halloween Jack posted:Yeah, like I said. Because it's fun? I play D&D* because I genuinely enjoy it, and so do plenty of other people. D&D can be the wrong game for a lot of ideas, and it can be badly designed, and it can be the giant fish in the pond that blots out the sun, but that doesn't mean D&D can't be fun and enjoyable. It's an elfgame, it's legitimate to enjoy the game where you explore a spooky dungeon and stab a dragon a bunch. Not sure why you need to sneer at that. *Well, right now I'm playing Swords and Wizardry (so OD&D) with a bunch of 2e stuff and other things added in. But it's still pretty much D&D.
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You misunderstand. I'm saying that with all the versions of D&D out there, why would you want to play one designed by Morrus or, even worse, Mike Mearls?
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Arivia posted:Because it's fun? I play D&D* because I genuinely enjoy it, and so do plenty of other people. D&D can be the wrong game for a lot of ideas, and it can be badly designed, and it can be the giant fish in the pond that blots out the sun, but that doesn't mean D&D can't be fun and enjoyable. It's an elfgame, it's legitimate to enjoy the game where you explore a spooky dungeon and stab a dragon a bunch. Not sure why you need to sneer at that. Very true Halloween Jack posted:You misunderstand. I'm saying that with all the versions of D&D out there, why would you want to play one designed by Morrus or, even worse, Mike Mearls? Also a good point, if you're going to use an official D&D version as the basis of your game better to use one of the less busted and weird versions
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Halloween Jack posted:You misunderstand. I'm saying that with all the versions of D&D out there, why would you want to play one designed by Morrus or, even worse, Mike Mearls? Because you started with and like that edition and have a bunch of WotC books but are frustrated with the internally not working great or missing parts? We're not talking about an edition being critically The Best, it's just The Edition That People Already Like Playing But A Bit Better.
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What are some fun co-op board games for two or more people? Looking for stuff to play with my wife. edit: I don't mean two player only, but some games that are technically 2+ players need at least 3 to work well. PookBear fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Oct 22, 2021 |
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Any of the Pandemic Legacy games or Gloomhaven are some of the best games on the market, but are arguably best at 4. As in very good across the board but some people find exactly 4 to be even better so if it’s reasonably practical you might want to get that number.
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Speaking of Blades in the Dark supplements, it looks like there's going to be one for Dagger Isles: https://www.bigbadcon.com/events/beyond-doskvol-developing-within-blades-in-the-dark/
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PookBear posted:What are some fun co-op board games for two or more people? Looking for stuff to play with my wife. Spirit Island is fantastic. Sentinels of the Multiverse is great but kinda pricey.
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fool of sound posted:Spirit Island is fantastic. Sentinels of the Multiverse is great but kinda pricey. I'd almost suggest just sticking with the Steam version of Sentinels which does a lot of the annoying work for you.
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PookBear posted:What are some fun co-op board games for two or more people? Looking for stuff to play with my wife. The board games thread is high traffic and good at these sorts of recommendations.
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Dawgstar posted:I'd almost suggest just sticking with the Steam version of Sentinels which does a lot of the annoying work for you. I don't think I would ever want to play the physical game against Matriarch or Wager Master. Plus isnt there supposed to eventually be a re-release with new art and all those rare alternative hero cards supplied in the box?
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Coolness Averted posted:I don't think I would ever want to play the physical game against Matriarch or Wager Master. Yeah, there was a second edition that was successfully Kickstarted a while ago. The Definitive Edition. It's coming along but I can't imagine it won't be choked by the shipping hell that like everybody's been suffering.
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Is there a good option for a more low-to-the-ground medieval fantasy adventure game? Like still the typical loop of "hey go wipe out some goblins for our town" and stuff but a group of ne'er-do-well PCs would still find themselves in trouble if they started throwing their weight around a typical fantasy village? Like where the power scale is something more like the film The Magnificent Seven?
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Nehru the Damaja posted:Is there a good option for a more low-to-the-ground medieval fantasy adventure game? Like still the typical loop of "hey go wipe out some goblins for our town" and stuff but a group of ne'er-do-well PCs would still find themselves in trouble if they started throwing their weight around a typical fantasy village? Like where the power scale is something more like the film The Magnificent Seven? Beyond the Wall, Knave, OSE; most B/X derivatives are lower-powered. Arivia fucked around with this message at 05:17 on Oct 23, 2021 |
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Oct 23, 2021 04:07
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Nehru the Damaja posted:Is there a good option for a more low-to-the-ground medieval fantasy adventure game? Like still the typical loop of "hey go wipe out some goblins for our town" and stuff but a group of ne'er-do-well PCs would still find themselves in trouble if they started throwing their weight around a typical fantasy village? Like where the power scale is something more like the film The Magnificent Seven?
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Nessus posted:Brancalonia.
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Nessus posted:Brancalonia.
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Did I miss something, or did four goons in a row just recommend a 5E setting?
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Yeah, I wrote a Let's Read for it some time ago.
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PookBear posted:What are some fun co-op board games for two or more people? Looking for stuff to play with my wife. The new Arkham Horror board game (the third edition) works surprisingly well two player too.
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CitizenKeen posted:Did I miss something, or did four goons in a row just recommend a 5E setting? I haven't had the chance to play it, but I think Brancalonia's encouragement of campaigns wrapping around level 7 also dodges some of 5E's real bullshit. And you could use the setting in FATE or something, too. Nessus fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Oct 24, 2021 |
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Nessus posted:Hey, sometimes the ask fits something perfectly. I love the flavor of the setting but I really wonder about the extent to which even a modified 5e is a great option for grimy street-level heroics.
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Nehru the Damaja posted:I love the flavor of the setting but I really wonder about the extent to which even a modified 5e is a great option for grimy street-level heroics. you didn't say grimy in your original post though, you said you wanted something that's thematically low power where the PCs don't quickly outmatch entire towns. brancalonia doesn't have lingering wound tracking or whatever, but it definitely fits the "if the barkeep gets mad he can actually throw me out of the inn and the sheriff can chase me out of town" idea you originally stated.
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And it has a KickStarter for a new expansion book too!
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Nehru the Damaja posted:Is there a good option for a more low-to-the-ground medieval fantasy adventure game? Like still the typical loop of "hey go wipe out some goblins for our town" and stuff but a group of ne'er-do-well PCs would still find themselves in trouble if they started throwing their weight around a typical fantasy village? Like where the power scale is something more like the film The Magnificent Seven?
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drat I didnt knew KDM had Himbo minis https://twitter.com/HBJohnXuandou/status/1451416766362521603?t=0_6MscLiyrL-_9hPQ2lc-w&s=19 e: spoilering because sexy dudes Plutonis fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Oct 24, 2021 |
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Nehru the Damaja posted:I love the flavor of the setting but I really wonder about the extent to which even a modified 5e is a great option for grimy street-level heroics. It sounds like you just want warhammer fantasy roleplay.
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fool of sound posted:It sounds like you just want warhammer fantasy roleplay.
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Or you could take, uh, Warlock! and marry it to Barcalonia's setting if you wanted an OSR agnostic setting take on Warhammer.
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It's Brancalonia, you Bretagnan dogsNehru the Damaja posted:I love the flavor of the setting but I really wonder about the extent to which even a modified 5e is a great option for grimy street-level heroics.
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Halloween Jack posted:Yeah, like I said. Maybe Arivia is wrong to compare it to PF1E. It sounds like it's rooted in a very different motivation. PF1E was a backlash against 4E's attempt to iterate a better version of 3E. The ENWorld stuff sounds more like it's an attempt to iterate a better version of 5E. Every version of D&D is either Official D&D or a hack thereof. Play the one that satisfies you the most or make a version of one that satisfies you the most. It sounds like the ENWorld version is an attempt at the latter.
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