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In post 773, McMenno wrote:

In post 768, Randomnamechange wrote: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

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

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

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

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

In post 779, Randomnamechange wrote:bards are clearly the best

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

i make the game entertaining

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

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

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.

thank you mcmenno I am aware

Anyone here ever played games Powered by the Apocalypse?

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

anyone interested in a d&d 5e play by post campaign?
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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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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)