What a coincidence this came across my feed, I just started playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance yesterday!
I almost ragequit in the first few hours but it’s pulling me back in
What a coincidence this came across my feed, I just started playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance yesterday!
I almost ragequit in the first few hours but it’s pulling me back in
I love that you used the Skeleton artwork from the 1993 Monstrous Manual
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I’m not sure how to feel about the fact that I immediately recognized it
I agree 100% with your sentiment about the quality and depth of supplemental books having sharply dropped off! I don’t know exactly where the turning point was for me… sometime around Tasha’s Cauldron and its variant rules for racial traits, maybe… but I definitely lost interest in anything new that they put out. I saw how thin Spelljammer and Fizban’s Treasury were, and thought… “that’s it?!”
If you don’t mind indulging me, could you elaborate on what you like better about GURPS? I tried to get into it, but was quickly put off by its extreme granularity. Character creation boiled down to (and I’m paraphrasing),
You can be literally anyone or anything!!! …as long as you meet the budget for points. However, this is a setting-agnostic system, so make sure you check in with your game master to see if your concept is actually allowed in their game. Also the primary attributes, skills, and point values of various traits could all be quite different than the default presented here because, again, they might not make sense for the setting of your game. So maybe your game master should hold your hand through character creation. But anyways, here’s a three-mile-long list of things you can spend your points on, go nuts!
The foreword also said something along the lines of, “here’s the most important rules, you can ignore the rest of this book and still play GURPS just fine” …but that sounds like the same thing you’re complaining about with D&D? That it leaves SO MUCH up to the game master to decide.
In D&D 5e, personally I appreciated having only the basic rules in the PHB. I felt that combat was complex enough without having called shots, flanking, speed factor, and lingering injuries presented as the default. But when we were ready to increase the complexity, we were quite glad to have all of those additional rules written up in the DMG in a modular format.
Likewise, when 95% of the game is focused on combat, social interaction, and exploring dungeon-like environments, I don’t see any need for the basic rules to include a fine-tuned granular system for downtime activities. “You can create 5gp worth of any item per day using the appropriate set of tools, given that you are proficient, and it costs you half that much in raw materials.” Boom, that’s super simple and it gets the job done for the majority of players who are interested in crafting during their downtime in between the actual adventures. For those hardcore outliers who desire a more fleshed-out set of rules for tools, Xanathar’s includes DC’s for a range of tasks to do with each tool, a list of specific components that are included in each kind of tool kit, and at least three examples per tool for how you can apply it in conjunction with a skill OR use the tool in a special way. It’s a lot more detailed than just “consider giving the player advantage and maybe an added benefit IDK.”
I know you’re frustrated that it’s buried in a supplemental text rather than the core rulebook, but I don’t know. Should the PHB also have the specific rules for large-scale army battles? Maritime navigation? How to play dragon chess? There’s only so much you can fit into the basic rulebook…
Edit to add: I hope I’m not coming across as combative. Your criticisms are definitely valid, and I think it’s a case of different players valuing different aspects of the game. I am genuinely interested to hear from someone who’s played GURPS and stuck with it; there has to be an elegance to the system that I haven’t had the opportunity to see, and I’d love to hear your take on it.
I mean, last I checked you have the option to be proficient with various sets of craft tools, but the system doesn’t actually explain what that actually does mechanically.
Chapter 8, “Between Adventures,” “Downtime,” “Crafting.” Page 187 in the 2014 version of the Player’s Handbook. It tells you exactly how long it takes and how much it costs to create items using artisans’ tools. I concede that it’s pretty generic and would benefit from some refinement, but it does explain what you can do, mechanically, with your proficiency in artisans’ tools.
(If the 2024 version of the Player’s Handbook removed this guidance then I’m not sure what to say, except that I don’t personally consider that version to be “5e.”)
Xanathar’s Guide to Everything also has an extensive section in Chapter 2, beginning on page 78, that does a great job fleshing out each type of tool proficiency and providing novel ways to use them. I highly recommend that if you’re interested in crafting.
How come you never fired your weapon in the office before? It’s called a desk pop. We’ve all done it.
Possession and dissemination.
Also, the definition of “POSSESSING A SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD” under New York Penal Law § 263.16 specifies “any performance which includes sexual conduct by a child less than sixteen years of age.”
Yes, he hasn’t been convicted of anything, but the accusation is that he shared sexually explicit images of a child who was 15 or younger.
What does ODST mean? Google says “orbital drop shock troopers” but that doesn’t sound right in this context?
EDIT: It’s a Halo video game? I don’t get the joke
He empowered people to recycle 625,000 of their own batteries. This wasn’t waste cleanup, it was waste prevention. His nonprofit organization provided battery recycling bins and signs in visible, convenient locations. People otherwise may not have known where, how, or even why they should recycle their batteries.
Literally every adventure where we have to enter a potentially dangerous castle/mansion/tower. We’re going to climb or fly up to a higher level window because obviously if there’s a trap or ambush, it’ll be at the front door.
combat should be an RP experience.
I agree with you.
The Three Pillars of Adventure: Combat, Exploration, Social Interaction.
These are ALL “RP” and they should all be performed in-character and creatively.
It’s Mr. Mertle’s impossibly strong mastiff, Hercules. But the goblins only know it as “The Beast.”
What lies? What “dirty work?” They’re not giving the kids a script. The assignment is to either make an educational video about why young people shouldn’t use THC (do you not agree that minors shouldn’t use THC?), OR share a personal anecdote about how marijuana use has affected them or someone they know.
You say it sounds desperate, but to me it looks like a way to catch kids’ attention and get more young people thinking about this. Submit a skit, get a gift card, be engaged in the conversation. Maybe learn something new. What’s so exploitative about that?
Is it automatically “propaganda” to suggest that there’s anything unsafe about marijuana or that kids shouldn’t use it?
I’m pro-legalization (because criminalization does much more harm than good) but why are you all acting like this is a bad thing? Especially considering that the campaign is specifically advocating against YOUTH consumption of marijuana? We can all agree that children and adolescents shouldn’t consume marijuana, right? Just because it shouldn’t be criminalized doesn’t change the fact that weed is a habit-forming drug that impairs memory, concentration, and reflexes. It absolutely CAN be dangerous.
This is so cute!! I love li’l Karlach with both horns intact!
For those who are curious like I was:
As a vegetarian, eggs are actually a significant component of my protein intake. They are (were) cheap, they’re extremely versatile, they can be fried, scrambled, poached, hard-boiled, made into egg salad, used in sauces, used in baked goods, their taste is neutral enough to combine with an endless variety of other flavors…
One thing I’ve noticed is that the price of the free-range pasture-fed eggs I’ve always purchased has only slightly increased, while the price of the factory-farmed eggs has skyrocketed. Hmm, it’s almost like chickens have more resistance to communicable diseases like avian flu when we prioritize their health and don’t pack them into an extremely cramped barn or cages…
Of course, I would sooner go without eggs altogether than buy the factory-farmed eggs. When the free-range eggs were sold out a few weeks ago I bought a plant-based egg scramble substitute. It wasn’t very good, but it’s always worth it to try something new.
I have a lot of respect for those who have the self-discipline to be vegan. I’ve tried to reduce my dairy and egg intake and it turned out to be a lot more difficult than quitting meat.
My pizza is hot to go for all guys, gals, and nonbinary pals 👍
I love a crust with a good strong yeasty, sourdough-like flavor if that’s what you’re describing. How was the texture?
The pie looks great!
How did you get her to offer to join? I don’t mind spoilers, I’m already a few playthroughs deep
Of all the things for the AI to mess up, I wouldn’t have expected inconspicuous typos. “A” instead of “an,” “orld” instead of “world”