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@doppelgreener And for that to be meaningful, "other games" can't just be D&D-likes such as Pathfinder, 13th Age, Dungeon World. We need diversity of experience and perspective. rpg.se won't change if its users only think of "other games" in terms of deviation from D&D, and have never heard of design spaces like SWORDDREAM, No Dice No Masters, Forged in the Dark, Belonging Outside Belonging, or Rooted in Trophy.

@MarkWells "Et tu?" is just a corrupt record? It was actually "A two!?" Because Caesar rolled a 2 on his DEX save.

The bulletin's back!

@ThomasMarkov I still have no idea where my manners are. Where are people looking for theirs?

As is ever the case, scheduling RL games has a DC of 30+ ... sometimes.

"The GM can fix it" still means it was broken.

For other readers coming along: the SE Code of Conduct was invoked and has been changed a few times in recent years--if you haven't taken a look since you first joined, it may be worth two minutes to skim. I will point out that nothing in that document or the voting-meta that it links to mentions an expectation of commenting on downvotes, as was asserted above.

Update: grandma liked the pesto

I thought some here would appreciate this: I ran some RFS recently and both players failed rolls to calm down some bystanders. Both then took some variation of Cause Panic, and those skills were used to panic the evil minions into abandoning post :D

Don't beat yourself up about having stayed within the boundaries drawn for you; you were never supposed to notice they existed.

y'all are the best

How to test for "unconscious": hit with axe. If they don't wake up, it's not sleep

Happy Thanksgiving, givers of thanks!!!

The Strix wrote a twitter thread about "a concept of player agency that every GM needs to know: VOLITIONAL CHOICE."

@GcL "This is true because shows work" is great for all stacks.

@ColinGross The DC of scheduling a regular D&D game for 4 adults is "Impossible", +5 per additional adult

@vicky_molokh All right, I see my 5e RPG proposition was met with some people roping me into TTRPG writing, and the kickstarter has gathered the required 5 stars and almost reached the 10-star stretch goal. So now it's finally published for the star-backers.

We had a recent meta tag disc., should the kids die as well?

@Someone_Evil It’s that community check-in time of year.

Sunrise & Sunset by BESW. A tool for calibration and reflection: questions to ask before we begin and before we part ways

Please remember that we accept a plethora of playstyles here and we all enjoy different games differently. We can all talk about the things we love, but focusing on what's wrong with a system and denigrating a system someone may really like isn't necessary. We can have discussions about problems within a system, but crossing over into badwrongfun is a blurry line. Just please be aware that your statements about another system you dislike may impact someone's enjoyment of it.

@NobodytheHobgoblin And also with you.

Please only use flags to indicate that a message is spam or is something an average person would consider to have malicious intent, be offensive, or be harmful. Disagreements will happen and if you want to stop discussing/debating/arguing with another user, withdrawing from the conversation is the best action. I've noticed a high amount of invalid flags here. Not going to call out any users.

From MSE: How might the Staging Ground & the new Ask Wizard work on the Stack Exchange network? Check out the linked posts and share your feedback.

The RPG.SE 2021 Moderator Election is live!

Looking for playtests over the next week: Walkies with Grim by BESW. Please give feedback in doc comments, here in chat, or on Discord if you know me there.

The Guides of Mechafauna Valley (early access) by BESW. A roleplaying game about co-existing with a prehistoric technofuture

Yes, your fonts did change, the changes are detailed here! This meta post offers a user script to revert these font changes.

I haven't dropped the news yet here btw, but I'm now officially FINALLY a Master of Science

@doppelgreener that sounds like a... Bag of Schröding

"Wizards of the Coast Freelancer Quits Due to Hostile Work Environment," tor.com article by Stubby the Rocket. Also references the statements by Lawrence Harmon and Zaiem Beg.

I locked it because you were reapplying an edit you'd been told not make, and we're not interested in edit wars

Yeah, it's okay to like flawed stuff; otherwise we wouldn't be allowed to like anything because humans are all exceedingly messy. It's what we do with the liking, how our expression of it can improve the world or fail to do so, that's the big reflection.

Azgaar's Fantasy Map Generator A free open source web application for generating interactive and customizable maps.

Because middle of the dungeon level ups where the warlock says “oh I’m also a Paladin now” make zero sense when the character has done no engagement with the divine before hand.

"The TTRPG Charity Bundle for Afghan Support is live! Until the end of October, you can get 73 RPG products in a whole swathe of genres and systems for a mere $20 and support vulnerable people in Afghanistan!" (From Twitter)

On RPG.SE Meta: Checking in: do we need any updates to our Citation Expectations meta Q&A?

That's about 13.6 punches.

I think there's a cart and horse problem here. D&D classes are generally packages of mechanics relevant to combat and exploration. Fluff and narrative stuff is mostly interchangeable. It may be more useful to consider what you want the character to do, or maybe browse existing options and see what seems fun to play. Then add the fluff afterward.

But back when FaceBook was still just a creepy stalking site for university students, I already couldn't find any D&D forum that wasn't okay with regular displays of intolerance, bigotry, and general hostility so long as it masqueraded as "jokes" and "room culture" and avoided specific words (and that would harass users who spoke up about it).

another homebrew Paladin

As for how to run it, I've been letting players decide how much control they think they have and letting their choices dictate with Dominate

Project Bezoar by BESW. A solo game about helping people in the wake of Unusual Tragedies

I just bought two itch bundles - Bundle for Ukraine is HUGE and has video & tabletop: TTRPG bundle has less, but more focused. Some overlap, but good cause.

And I'm going to follow that up with a polite request. Please don't make a habit of double checking and following up on mod actions. We take action where necessary to the best of our judgement. Please trust that if I do something I had a good reason. I'll try to be as transparent as I can, but having to explain or justify everything I do doubles the workload of mod activities.

This list of TTRPGs in the Racial Justice & Equality bundle HAS PAGE NUMBERS.