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Interesting to see the negative response D&D 5e hacks get #ttrpg design spaces.

On the one hand, it's just a distaste for an, at best, flawed system.

On the other hand, a lot of the time 5e Hacks are pretty poor, due to the lack of experience from the hacker.

P.S I am one of those 5e hackers 😬

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Roll 20 for ongoing D&D, Foundry for any new stuff

Based on two great other nuances, here's a take:

TTRPG sessi are actually "happenings" in the post modern art sense

they're single artistic expressions exclusive to time

Had a player state they're "enjoying the new #ttrpg game but they're more excited about our 6 year long campaign sessions"

To me this is pretty obvious, but I wonder what would the opposite mean?

I wish the new game was AMAZING but new rules, world, table and campaign needs time.

Am I wrong?

"Doom running on GURPS"

Ooo, so they're game engines?

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy (last saved =/= bsst)

It's so funny how 90% of problems with #dnd be solved with:

Make it harder than you think your players can handle.

Considering adding "Near Miss" vs a "miss", akin to Partial Success and Full Success in our #ttrpg

Miss is <= 5 to the DC, as usual, you miss.

But a Near Miss is >5 and may add a condition, such as Off Balance or Distracted.

And this works both ways! Now a Miss won't always be missed opportunity

I'm Bringing Accuracy Back — Prismatic Wasteland Into the Odd famously jettisoned the “roll to hit” aspect of D&D derived combat. How can accuracy, specifically reducing an opponent’s accuracy by means of sand in the eyes or otherwise, be re-introdu...

If you ask someone how Into the Odd has streamlined their games, they will probably mention removing the "to hit" roll and just rolling damage.

I blasphemously ask the question: can we re-incorporate accuracy and missed attacks with Into the Odd without turning it into a major slog?
#osr #ttrpg

Designing levelling up as a built in sequence in our #trrpg

There's a narrative step lead by the players, followed by a roll to determine a boon tied to a background character moment, leading to actual skill selection.

Ties in with the current adventure and player background.

Not unique, but fun!

Ooo sick!

Ran a CoC a few weeks ago, always a romp

Our own d20 hack and long D&D 2014 campaigns

Hbu?

The issue with rolling dice for fun in a #ttrpg is "bad rolls", even with "failing forward" can feel like lack of control.

The irony is good rolls are also due to the same lack of control, but it doesn't feel that way!

Great my most successful post was a historical meme with minor effort.

Maybe I am just a shitposter and not actually made for #TTRPG design 🥲

Nah, must be grand design!

Drawing of big round face with big eyes and lines for nose and mouth, cropped from a bigger drawing

Me when this is my most successful post

I'm sure Onfim would approve

Holy crap! Is this an omen! ARE THEY THE PROPHETS?

me sowing v me reaping

A scan of two peope drawn by a child, one is bigger than the other as they stand side by side, the left one arms raised, the other staring intently

Great meme format right here let's go Onfim

Still here, just too busy to post

will soon

hope your are well, play games!

only one way to find out!

What time increments are you documenting? Daily? 😂

Metal dice are just to show off and roll that final roll of the campaign (on a roll mat!), nothing else.

This year was huge for us.

Not only did we continue with our epic campaigns, on year 6 now, but we kicked off a new campaign in our new game, started running CoC, and got our hands on dozens of new games!

Our 2026 will be great for #ttrpgs!

Hope yours is too!

Merry holidays! Enjoy cosy days reading new TTRPG or fiction books and spending time with loved ones and eating a lot of food.

I'll be spending my time writing and designing also!

I'll post the top 5 #TTRPG s I want to play/run in 2026 that I haven't yet, because realistically 10 is not happening 😅

1. Brindlewood Bay
2. Dragonbane
3. Memento Mori
4. Household
5. Delta Green

Great thread to learn of new game!

I like it! The dice measure the state and collapse it upon revealing an outcome, observed by the people playing.

The crazy thing is, this isn't that much of analogy, it's kind of exact to how things work with probability.

Agree! Death is a very boring failure state, but it's still valid, especially if chosen as the more desirable failures state vs something else (i.e the noble sacrifice!)

Also it's a buffet failure state to be captured and forced to listen to the antagonist monologue lore dump!! 😫