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So I got some interesting requests for my next D&D game. - Level 5, 3.x D&D - Have some boats and underwater stuff - More encounters with regular monsters than leveled NPCs - The PCs are insurance claims investigators working for a large company The immediate thing that springs to mind is a ...

The real point is the adventures and supplements--the game was originally just a pretext to publish weird high-production-values modules. The adventures have a lot of variety-- Kenneth Hite did Qelong, which is a cool southeast-asian sandbox, Dave Brockie from Gwar did a full-on grossout adventure ...

A lot of new ideas in the trailers for the upcoming Zelda game. Hopefully the open world has at least as much content density as Wind Waker, I want some incentives to use those new exploration modes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rPxiXXxftE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxMykkb1qy8 EDIT: http:/...

Damn, really? Okay, I'm buying that book.

Anyone have a particularly huge level of experience with Path of War? I mean, there is probably quite a few stuff that ain't worth it, but is it solid otherwise or not? All I know is that I got a character that dips heavily into the Martial Training for Solar Wind with my Archer Cleric. Does decent...

I've played too much C'tis, it's time to try something new. Maybe Pythium, I've never really bothered with communions before.

Ok. The link to your game is: http://www.llamaserver.net/gameinfo.cgi?game=Pandamonium Settings are Map: Realm of Rampaging Roaches Mods: None Middle Age Independent strength 6 Score graphs off Hall of fame size 15 Research on Standard Magic site frequency 60 Events set to rare Story events on Start...

Sounds like an interesting game, but I don't think I have time to relearn how to build a gestalt character and also make something that contributes in a party of optimized Tome characters. Hope you have fun!

[The added thing that kobolds being good at machines bullshit would do is that the build crews, or the guy leading their build for the strategic turn determine what buildings they can build based on their background culture/knowledge. The equivalent in your case would be having access to kobolds op...

@Frank Put that way, I can definitely see the value of making land units a consistent size. My game's not focused on tracking specific units of wealth and supplies, but if it was then having some consistency to the outcome of conquering a settlement to boost an empire's income would be nice. I am st...

The argument that hexes can look pretty ugly is a fair point. I run MTP fantasy strategy games for my friends sometimes, and nowadays we usually use a Dominions-style map and divide things into provinces. In a game where you're playing Dungeon Lord, I figure that trying to totally dominate the surfa...

I'd be willing to give it a shot. I can commit to two or three posts a day, usually, and I'll try to let people know in advance if that changes.

Even the barebones version of Kobold Fortress won't be ready for a while. But are prospective players of Kobold Fortress interested in the conquer/clear out the dungeon in PC mode/transition to Dungeonbuilder mode with a half-formed ruleset that they discover as they go through the paces? Depends o...

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Dungeon HR notices would be fun to write.

In a computer game like Divinity: Dragon Commander, you can get away with shifting between different granularity levels. Tabletop makes that more challenging. If you're going to have adventurer PCs dungeon-delving, base managers customizing the stronghold, AND rulers issuing mandates for what the la...

I've seen a couple games where the MC generates a dungeon, then gives the players control over one of the factions inside it. You could probably save a lot of work by just taking an existing megadungeon, then giving the players the goal of taking over the whole place while fending off adventurers. I...

If I was playing somebody in charge of a dungeon, I'd spend basically all my time setting up outrageously flawed deathtraps and puzzles. Then I'd gasp in awe when the heroes somehow think to just climb over the waist-high fences trapping them in the Doom Room.

Charm? Enslave+Gift of Reason? Seduction?

If Pathfinder stuff was on the table, this combo would be totally hilarious: 1. http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/artifacts/major-artifacts/skull-soul 2. http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/artifacts/minor-artifacts/runewell-amulet 3. http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/artifacts/major-artifacts/r...

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Undertale is out. It is really good, and I highly recommend playing.

Don't have a lot of free time for the next couple days, but I might able to run something in a couple months, or play a character in a game where I only needed to post once or twice a day.

Pelagia can get a pretty nice discount on Capricorns in coastal provinces. Don't know about the soldiers, I was more interested in all atlanteans getting a 5 gold price cut. Including angakoks, who were already pretty nice.