Apropos of Nothing: How I feel about DST
I know this is random, and I owe you the final two reviews on the last Pyramid issue (sorry to +Christopher R. Rice and +Steven Marsh ). But this is too good to pass up
I know this is random, and I owe you the final two reviews on the last Pyramid issue (sorry to +Christopher R. Rice and +Steven Marsh ). But this is too good to pass up
This is an issue that could be a lot of fun. Dungeon Fantasy is full of entertaining tropes, some used for amusement, some for simplification, and some for the one true purpose of absolute and total mayhem. Ahem. Sorry. But Alternate Dungeons takes this and attempts to come at you sideways. I strongly suspect, given…
Some who come to this space may wonder: “What in hell is he talking about? Roleplaying game? Isn’t that kinda kinky?” Well, yes, if you do it right. Kidding, kidding. Mostly. But more seriously, for the moms out there who have wondered what their offspring was wasting their time with for the last 30 years…
We started off looking for potions. Didn’t see any. Went down the stairs this time, then wandered down a slope. Kicking in a door gave us another hallway, but the other direction led to four giant scorpions. Killing them netted over 2,047 gp, and four pieces of jewelry (250 gp each, for 1,000). Continuing on,…
I got to thinking: How did the Standard Array come about? I figured they did some sort of simulation. Take 4d6, drop lowest, sort them in order, and take the mean, median, or mode of each row. I wondered, though – what that would look like, and how much variation would there be. I mean,…
A retroactive (and oft-repeated) introduction: After an actual-play hiatus where I was mostly writing and playtesting for GURPS. I was invited to play in a Pathfinder game, and after a few sessions, it was time to buy the book and learn the rules! I decided to try and read the Pathfinder rules cover-to-cover and see…
Based on a long-standing “I should probably see this, because I enjoyed the Sly movie well enough, played the RPG once, and love Karl Urban in just about anything” desire to watch this one, I was finally nudged over the edge by a recommendation on G+. So I watched it last night. Dredd as played…
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That's actually really good…I'd watch that. Also, as someone with insomnia I feel that way all the time…"What time is it?!"
I agree. While the title of this article is a contemptible lie (that would be slavery, I think), the actual article is an excellent overview of why the thing is not only ridiculous, but actually harmful.