Wow.
That's quite... wow.
Not sure what to say, here.
I mean, I'd kinda assumed that the legends of how awfully terribad this thing was were hyperbole, but... damn.
Thanks for throwing yourself on a grenade for our sake, I guess.
FATAL review?
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Yep. I kind of figured that most reviews were blinded by the socially bad parts, turns out the game is socially and mechanically terrible (though I will admit I think some mechanics are salvageable).
Cuz apparently I gotta break this down for you dense motherfuckers- I'm trans feminine nonbinary. My pronouns are they/them.
Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.
FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.
Personally, I'm quite partial to his idea of rolling dice as a resolution mechanic. Most of the actual results need retooling, of course, but the dice themselves seem solid.Prak_Anima wrote:Yep. I kind of figured that most reviews were blinded by the socially bad parts, turns out the game is socially and mechanically terrible (though I will admit I think some mechanics are salvageable).
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My real complaint with the game is the fact that chargen is massively involved for a game that supposedly is fairly high-casualty. (Or am I adding that feature in mentally? The complexity kind of makes my brain hurt more than the gorn).
In this moment, I am Ur-phoric. Not because of any phony god’s blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my int score.
I actually don't know what the casualty rate is in the game. One thing I didn't look at in depth was LP versus average damage. Though honestly I wouldn't be too surprised, because it seems far too easy to die from things that aren't even combat. But, taking a look, the average human (seemingly meant to be the most common player race) has 20 LP, and a simple axe does 3d10+2 damage before ability modifiers. Then there's always creative use of alchemical items, like grappling someone to force them to drink a Philter of Dragon Lust (draws all dragons within 100' to the drinker, and drives them to impregnate them), assuming you can figure out how to make alchemical items, because I certainly couldn't find what allowed it.Count Arioch the 28th wrote:My real complaint with the game is the fact that chargen is massively involved for a game that supposedly is fairly high-casualty. (Or am I adding that feature in mentally? The complexity kind of makes my brain hurt more than the gorn).
Cuz apparently I gotta break this down for you dense motherfuckers- I'm trans feminine nonbinary. My pronouns are they/them.
Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.
FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.
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Here's what Something Awful had to say about FATAL.
Here's something oddly coincidental: The In Denial FATALite Prestige Class
He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
I was wondering how long it would take for that to find its way here...
Everything I learned about DnD, I learned from Frank Trollman.
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DSM wrote:Apparently, The GM's Going To Punch You in Your Goddamned Face edition of D&D is getting more traction than I expected. Well, it beats playing 4th. Probably 5th, too.
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Nice to see my Ubermensch crack made it in, though.Mister_Sinister wrote:I was wondering how long it would take for that to find its way here...
He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!