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I wonder how you feel about incorporating indie mechanics into trad games to start broadening the minds of your players? 5E does have failing forward as an optional rule - "yes, you can open that locked door, but if you miss the DC, it will take a long time or do something to alert the guards&q...

I guess I'm not seeing the math? as it stands today, a shadow attacks you and drains Strength. in the +1/+2/+3 world, you have to automatically reduce by 1 or 2. And then you have to roll percentage dice or high/low on a d6 to determine which. in today's D&D, you have a chance for the 20 Strengt...

I'm not sure what you mean by "Why have ability damage and not just have ability score damage"? looking at long jump results, attempts seem to be within a half meter of each other, so the static number feels reasonable to me. seems simple enough to make the base a simple DC - say, 7 or 8 -...

did Shawn really just recommend getting rid of 3d6 ability scores? I'm not feeling it, and in fact I think we should have more uses, or at least more examples of ability damage. (your strength score is used for jumping distance with a running start, halved if standing) ability damage from modifier i...

the last book I read was a re-read of "Good Omens" in anticipation of the series. I've been toying with a re-read of the Dresden Files for when "Peace Talks" comes out, and we need to get another copy of "The Wee Free Men" because I want to re-read the Tiffany Aching bo...

I'm enjoying the West Wing Weekly (one of several podcasts) but I'm starting to suspect that at least part of it has become a chapter in the epic prank war between Josh Malina and Bradley Whitford detailed in this twitter thread: https://twitter.com/nocontxtww/status/1 ... 5321462784

I'm half-Murphy and that namesake law seems to plague my life in TTRPG. I roll badly. Even when I'm rolling well, I tend to roll badly when it counts. I rolled so poorly in our Masks game that my character's failures became the de facto storyline. It's gotten to the point that I find myself unwillin...

Because it came up on tonight's broadcast... I remember watching the show back when it started, but then I moved in with Deb, we got married, that whole thing. I recently started watching last October. I've watched it straight through twice and am on season 6 with Deb now. It won 26 Emmys, though sa...