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I did 3 books for it: Vornheim (which got high praise here at the Den) Red & Pleasant Land (4 Ennies) and the revised Death Frost Doom. LotFP itself is mostly like every other B/X clone except twisted a little toward a horror atmosphere and power levels (PCs are more fragile than Basic, magic is...

I'm just going to zoom in on this because it shows you can't be trusted: If you don't nail things down, at least in terms of your own group, you're playing Calvinball, and while that seemed like loads of fun when I was a kid, I sure as hell don't want to play D&D that way now. You've conflated: ...

Prak, you made a bunch of mistakes. First, it's ok to take my monsters and use them in your game but my game isn't "magical tea party". Second, I'm not apathetic to crunch, I just leave it open because: writing crunch is trivial for my D&D of choice, there's no need to tie the creature...

When you ask people on this forum questions, they don't answer them. FrankTrollman has, in fact, actually advised people not to answer questions as apparently he thinks honesty is some sort of trap. (That person went ahead and answered questions but eventually refused after a while.) Once someone do...

just putting this here so my signature's here.

carry on.

#Joylessly. @Zak S. So the people who don't enjoy your game, you're happy to kick those assholes out, but funnily enough everyone who plays in your game enjoys it so you don't have to. Because. People. Who play in your game. But don't enjoy it. Stop playing all on their own. Find such people. Find ...

each new element costs at least a few seconds of out-of-game-world time. That's a resource drain. "…and I am wearing my fancy pants" is more seconds spent talking about your character you don't care about. It's a drain on everyone talking about stuff you stacked on your dude just to get a...

Zak S, why are you still here? It's clear you're not convincing anyone that you're right. So why stick around? Again: a question I already answered--and asking it shows you aren't reading, I am not here to convince you of anything--I am here in case some poor soul from outside the forum stumbles on...

The issue with that is (1) the "fancy pants" example demonstrated that the benefits stacked, so still no reason to not use a kazoo; Incorrect: there's an obvious reason--each new element costs at least a few seconds of out-of-game-world time. That's a resource drain. "…and I am weari...

"Playing out the scene" of the character playing the instrument is not necessary: I might not know how to play a kazoo, but my character apparently does, and so I should just be able to say, "Bob plays the kazoo for the king." And dice ensue. You don't have to play the kazoo, bu...

That would be the "rules" you publish in your book which lets be honest not only sounds like a piece of shit that just rants about supposed rules lite philosophy Yeah, no. So you haven't read it. Your loss. You don't know what you're talking about, as usual. Happy 4th. Or are they the pub...

It's weird you think there's some kind of moral imperative that my rules to be easy for some guy who calls himself PhoneLobster online to reference...The rules are all over the place. That's not a crime. I think it is weird, and impossible for 100s and 1000s of people to be playing by rules they ha...

People who are making the other players at the table sit through a scene where they play music despite the fact that they don't even enjoy playing music just because they want a bonus in some future roll are taking away a resource from the other players (time) and providing no fun in exchange. So t...

when someone actually wants to know any of the rules that I intend to gotchas them with after they say something, I don't tell them. Lie. Hey Zak S, would you care to address the obvious contradiction between calling people who your rule doesn't work for awful people, and your repeated insinuations...

Now, I'll be honest. I don't even remember whatever bonus you're all still arguing about, but if said bonus happened to be clearly better and more cost-effective than any other similar player option in the game (which might or might not be, again I can't remember/don't know/don't care)... then yes,...

As part of my credentials I'm trained in Human Resource management and a bit of systems design. As such, I operate based on how things work and how people behaves , not on how I think things should work or how I wish people behaved in a perfect world. . Then you can surely see how it's better to de...

Anyway: my rules, they are spread out a lot of places: Translation : "You cannot actually find my rules anywhere." 1. All the posts tagged "rules" on my blog, and ones tagged "useful things". Newer ones generally supercede older ones. Translation: "I have mentione...

Which rule? The rule about the instrument. Yeah, all the games I run, not all the games I play in Demonstrate you have some legitimate and honest specific question that needs to see my notes and I'll get them. Right now you could just be being a dick. I ask because if you had made a change to the r...

Okay, Zak, here are some questions and requests: Anyway: my rules, they are spread out a lot of places: 1. All the posts tagged "rules" on my blog, and ones tagged "useful things". Newer ones generally supercede older ones. 2. 3.5 for spells at home, AD&D for spells in onlin...

Leress, even if the resource exists, shitmuffin is never going to tell you where to find it you gave him his fucking answer and he is still dodging the request I gave him the answer already, dumbass. The exact answer. You're so wrong you went back in time and were wrong before you even typed your c...

There could be a lot of reasons: can't afford the instrument don't want it and can tolerate the loss of advantage the bonus could not stack with what they already have. That is just off the top of my head. The first and third reasons aren't the case. So it's the second " don't want it and can ...

Because you implemented the rule in one campaign for one party and they already have a face who uses the rule, so no benefits arrive from additional people obtaining instruments. Nope. 3 players at least (in 2 separate partes) have used it, but none of them are there all the time. Because your play...

There could be a lot of reasons: can't afford the instrument don't want it and can tolerate the loss of advantage the bonus could not stack with what they already have. That is just off the top of my head. The first and third reasons aren't the case. So it's the second " don't want it and can ...

Do you think the rule is broken, Leress? I would need to see it in context with the rest of the rules. Currently it looks like something that anyone who wanted to be a diplomat would always get. So then how do you explain the existence of players who want to be as charming as possible ("want t...

Question for Zak: Is there a place I can look over the rules for you game in particular, because since there is no way to "fix" the violin rule without first looking at all the others as a whole? Do you think the rule is broken, Leress? I would need to see it in context with the rest of t...