Lets Talk Pen & Paper RPGs (All systems welcome!)

[randomidget]

i'm thinking a beholder as the boss before they hit 2nd level atm

what does your party look like

if it's all mystics they might take it down

currently have a rogue and a monk.
also 3 complete newbies and 3 who havent played since 1st edition

[McMenno]

that's good, rogues are the best class. tell the others to make rogues as well

[randomidget]

rogues are mechanically good but kinda boring imo
other than for forging identities

[animorpherv1]

I'm sorry menno meant to say monk, not rogue.

[randomidget]

monks are cool, but bards are clearly the best
i play for style and exploration of the setting, characters etc, and bards are basically built for that

[McMenno]

bards are clearly the best

then your players should be glad you're dm'ing instead of playing

[randomidget]

i make the game entertaining

[AniX]

All classes can have style and all classes can explore the setting and characters though.

[SleepyKrew]

had a deadly encounter (still don't fully understand the encounter difficulty stuff, but I understand that this is a big deal kinda) and we managed to keep everyone, including npcs, alive
I didn't even lose half my health because having wings is op

[McMenno]

how many encounters did you have beforehand? (after your previous long rest)

because 5e is designed around "adventuring days" of 6-8 medium/hard encounters per long rest (with two short rests inbetween). but a lot of DMs eschew that and instead have one "big" encounter per day, which will usually be "deadly". which in that case, might be a bunch of a misnomer. like, for a four player first level party, "deadly" can range from four goblins to ten tarrasques.

[SleepyKrew]

thank you mcmenno I am aware

[Irrelephant11]

Anyone here ever played games Powered by the Apocalypse?

Specifically curious about reviews for Masks: A New Generation and City of Mists

[SleepyKrew]

anyone interested in a d&d 5e play by post campaign?
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[Brian Skies]

So, Pathfinder 2 Playtest was released and the content is free to download.

I'd like to run at least Part 1 of the Doomsday Dawn playtest adventure. I was wondering if there was anyone on here that would be interested in trying it out (3-5 players to make it work).

As far as potential Dates/Times (Pacific Time), I'm currently looking at the following:

8/24 Friday 6 or 7 P.M.
8/25 Saturday 7 or 8 A.M
8/25 Saturday 6 or 7 P.M.
8/26 Sunday 6 or 7 A.M.
8/26 Saturday 6 or 7 P.M.
8/30 Thursday 7 or 8 A.M.
8/30 Thursday 6 or 7 P.M.
8/31 Friday 6 or 7 P.M.
9/1 Saturday 6 or 7 P.M.

[animorpherv1]

Man I want to but those times just don't work for me at all.

[James Brafin]

I need help to play testing a system I’m developing. As well as other things involved with that. :p
I’m storing everything on my Drive, here’s the link:
[URL removed, PM if interested]
If I garner enough interest, I’m toying with the idea of creating a separate thread for testers and such...
Older members will probably recognize the name. Yes, I DID get the concept from Roll to Dodge, although a lot has changed. It’s borrowed lots of ideas from GURPS.

[Claus]

I haven't checked on this thread recently, but has anyone ever played the "Powered by the Apocalypse" systems?

My group has been playing "Apocalypse World" for a few months now, and it has been a blast, and I am getting ready to GM "the Sprawl" (cyberpunk) in the short future.

Would love to talk more about it if there's interest.

[Irrelephant11]

I have never played PbtA systems, but I have been reading into them and I am OBSESSED
Masks/Monster of the Week are the two I'm most interested in trying

[Claus]

The game is very interesting. One skill that the GM needs to learn is to not "close off" scenes on failures. A dice roll must ALWAYS move the story forward somehow -- if a players miss a roll and you just go "you can't do it", the game grinds to a halt very fast.

[Irrelephant11]

Yeah, I love the narrative focus, and the way it encourages on-the-spot creativity from the GM as well as from the players. I also think the better-known PbtA games capture their genres perfectly, and I think the system has shown it's well-suited for adapting to do just that
How's apocalypse world? I haven't actually looked into much beyond glancing through the playbooks

[Varsoon]

I'd also really like to play Monster of the Week.

[Irrelephant11]

Anyone tried a PbtA play by post before? Idk how well it would work, but it sounds fun

[Panzerjager]

Yeah...you tried it. Game died and dm disappeared.

[Irrelephant11]

Lol that was a DND play by post
I’m curious about Powered by the Apocalypse games

[Mr. Flay]

Orbiting has run several Monster of the Week games for two different groups of players, of varying RPG experience. It is hellaciously fun, easy to pick up, and the narrative/"say yes" focus is greatly appreciated.

AW/Dungeon World itself doesn't really appeal to me, but several of the offshoots do (Monsterhearts, MOTW, Spirit of '77, Worlds in Peril, etc)