The Gaming Den

What can I say, I love unintentional pleonasty.

youtubers wrote:don't put down walls because they get in the way

walls wrote:

Speaking of awful RPG youtubers, are there any that are actually good? Instead of gross dudes who ramble about some philosophical game design concept they don't understand?

Assuming you mean simultaneous gunfights and hacking, I think the desire to emulate that is what drives people to make all the "cinematic" RPGs. I guess generally speaking that's also a movement to action economies that are more abstract and narrative?

I mean, this supplement is really 95 percent ass, and not the good kind. This weird OSR attitude where small HP and bullshit traps equals "tactical" and "gritty" gives me a goddamn conniption. I mean, if I ask two friends if they want to play Cops n Robbers and as soon as they ag...

One thing I thought of in my heartbreaker was an alchemical development that strengthened healing potions but spread a contagion with more and more stocks of potions and alchemy labs becoming contaminated. A cyberpunk setting could have all sorts of novel vectors like organ and cyberlimb replacement...

Dark Obelisk Adventure Path's terrifying layout wrote:g1BbEri5h

JigokuBosatsu's eyeballs wrote:AAAIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

A good Lovecraft example is Detective Malone, protagonist of "The Horror at Red Hook". The story really seems to want us to think that Malone's pre-existing mental health condition is "being Irish."

I remember that cheezy Deadliest Warrior show testing the lethality of a Spartan shield and the result was that it was like being hit in the face by a car going 40mph. That sort of puts it into perspective when Captain America hits someone with his shield, increasing his body count over the years to...

No! There shall be no actual tavern tales in Tavern Tales!

I know we all like to rubberneck when games have weird and/or shitty primary resolution mechanics. Here's one I happened on and while I'm not sure that I like it yet, it's... interesting. My one disclaimer is that overall it is very foofoo, but has enough mechanics for us to dissect. Actually, secon...

We've had a couple discussions (the Fallout comment above jogged my memory) about this and the main takeaway that I got was that specialized perks like "Gnollslayer" and "Born of Fire" are very cool but not if one PC has to kill 1000 gnolls or spend a year in the Valley of Fire. ...

What is the actual origin? All I have ever thought of was Lillian Gish.

Petition to have Arcanists titled "Bonjovis".

"Hi welcome" is a specific sarcastic greeting that is deprecated here. "Eat a barrel of cocks" remains acceptable, I believe?

OgreBattle wrote:Conan, Link, Naruto, Cu Chulainn, Golgo 13, James Bond, a Calladooty guy, Sony Sad Dad, Mom with Toddler Under Car, Aragorn, Team Rocket

That's one hell of a fighting game roster there, friendo

Yeah, it's not the best Hammer or Shaw Bros but it's pretty fun. And seeing Peter Cushing do "kung fu" is worth it on its own.

That's the Hammer I was referring to... I'm guessing you haven't seen the majestic glory that is Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires?

Sir Aubergine wrote: the fucking Hammer Brothers monsters

Is this a reference to the critters from Mario or is it a reference to the Hammer/Shaw Brothers classic Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires?

I'm fine with it either way.

True, I'm glad some of us are old enough to remember being skeptical about Mr. Mom playing Batman.

Sunwitch wrote: "using the terrain as a gamelan ensemble"

I'm not saying Using the Terrain as a Gamelan Ensemble is going to be the title of my next album, but

wait, that's exactly what it's going be

One book I read that was trying to explain Superman's powers scientifically (they mention Hulk in this context as well IIRC) came to the conclusion that Supes and Hulk are functionally godlike energy beings constrained only by their self-image as humanoids, thus explaining the variability in powers ...

Drow being chaotic sounds like an artifact of Moorcock's "Chaos" which was always kind of paired with the whole "secluded society of depraved nobles and magical skullduggery".

Perpetual disclaimer: I know this has been discussed throughout the history of the Den and I have already considered things like the Same Game test. Searching for "playtest" is an exercise in futility even if you have a brain that is fully neurologically functional. So I ain't gonna do it...

I would like the hours of my life back that involve Kender, or Gully Dwarves. Or Raistlin. Or Dragonlance.