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I took the comparison to AW at face value. After some searches and being previously aware of Bear World, I would say comparing BitD to AW is False. So, without wasting time and money on AW, I can't do further comparison. Well, I didn't 'compare' BitD to AW, I said it was an offshoot. If and how muc...

As a player, I like it when an adventure sets up a problem and then presents you with options on how to solve it. This sounds super basic, but in my experience so many adventures just fail on delivering something for the players to hold on to. It doesn't have to be super clear-cut or explicit, rumor...

For a while now my PF group has tried the Short Rest mechanic from 5E, expanding it slightly to grant one HD and one spell/daily resource or class mechanic back. So far it's working pretty good, and I noticed that I can now structure adventures differently because the group doesn't set up camp as of...

Why are you talking about Fate? Blades is an Apocalypse World offshoot.

I'd say Numenera/The Cypher System qualifies. It's basically another murderhobo-simulator, but distances are handled quite abstract (immediate/short/long distance). I'm not a big fan of the Numenera setting as written, but I've used the Cypher System to run a gridless Shadowrun game with satisfying ...

Interesting...but why the heck are they outsourcing this card game, when they have the MtG department one floor over? Set in the FR along the sword coast, of course. The only section of all their IPs they bother to use. Its the same with Paizo... if there's a new game or thing they make, you can be ...

Not a fan of trating all knowledge skill the same, but I'd definitely combine Know Direction, Knowledge (nature) and Survival into one skill (maybe call it Wilderness Lore again) because goddammit are those skills redundant, and frankenstein Knowledge (local) and Knowledge (geography) into something...

Oh, Scarred Lands! Consider me hooked. A few years ago I had a brief interest in the setting because I bought three Player's Guides (Clerics and Druids, Fighters and Barbarians and Wizards, Bards and Sorcerers) for next to nothing. They were somewhat interesting, but also super confusing, and I coul...

I think this is why E6 was/is somewhat popular, since 3rd level spells mark a point where people enjoy a wide range of iconic, magical abilities but aren't able to destroy the setting within a single session. For the most part, anyway.

Wow, that is an awkwardly written feat... Prestigious Spellcaster The transition into a spellcasting prestige class is less difficult for you, and because of this, you gain 1 additional effective spellcaster level from your prestige class levels. Prerequisite: Favored Prestige Class with selected pr...

I think he's referring to Esoteric Training, which isn't a feat but a membership reward for being in a magic guild or something. The character is supposed to pay fees, pass exams and accumulate Fame points to unlock these advancements, which is of course totally bonkers when you talk about raising c...

Yeah, the PFS errata/nerfing is a string of shitty decisions that have brought us nothing but anger and confusion. The worst part to me is that Paizo still denies that PFS has any role in their errata policy, which is laughable because anyone who suffers through 20 minutes of browsing their messageb...

AH, how would you then deal with the 'knowledge is dangerous' trope, if tomes become mere tools for the investigators? I think I agree with all your above points, but that is the first question that jumped into my mind because CoC - from my very limited perspective - loves to fap to the lure of know...

And I wouldn't be surprised if that is indeed intentional on Paizo's part because encounters with level-appropriate critters tend to be so very boring, especially if the party operates with sufficient WBL funds.

What happened to the creature descriptions? I want more disturbing MERP insights!

I'm pretty sure that ring was hit hard with the nerfbat because it also used to have five (?) charges per day. Fucking errata.

How is being staggered worse than being dazed? At least you get one action, plus swift and free actions.

Maybe Sorcerer and Oracle with some work to even out the choices. Oracles do not need "work" in the level range of 6-10. Really, no. Between the incredible SADness, the favored class bonuses and a lot of generally useful revelations, this class can more than hold its own. Sorcerers on the...

I play a CAGM in my game in the Giant Slayer. With a moderate amount of optimization, my damage is 33+3d6, per hit, and I usually land 3 hits with haste. What level are you guys at? I think the Slayer would be better as a Fighter, and I think the Ranger would be better as a Fighter - IMO. Maybe the...

Given a similar level of optimization, is a Fighter significantly superior to a Barbarian that's not raging? Against better judgement I had wandered onto the pathfinder reddit and found some upvoted comment on how once the barbarian is out of rages because having a dozen fights in one day is totall...

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Seconded.

Sorin the vampire planeswalker. He has a lot of resources but tends to be detached so he'd have a good reason to be drawn to this planescape. Can be bargained with. Sounds good. If I keep Avacyn, I might even consider a pure MtG pantheon of some sorts. David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars. ??? Err...

Well, for playability's sake I wouldn't want to introduce more than 5 deities, because honestly, when was the last time you really needed more than that for an adventure? Also, I'm very hesitant to plug real-world names like Buddha or Nietzsche into a planescape-ish d20 game. So far I was thinking a...

Say you'd run a d20 game within a planar city run by a trickster deity, and citizens have been abducted from all over the universe for one reason or another, and that said trickster deity is powerful and bored enough to also steal some other deities "to make things interesting in his realm"...

I dimly remember playing an Achtung! Cthulhu scenario a couple of years ago where we were commandos infiltrating a castle, somewhere in Eastern Europe. The handouts and character sheets were glorious, and it was pretty cool as a scenario (we still lost, but who cares). Now, looking at the product pa...