The Gaming Den

I thought asteroid eaters were mostly found in the Belt. You could put out some kind of mine with a large radius "magnet" (probably cavoritic engine) that attracts itself to passing ships; maybe tuned to ignore any mass around it at the time it's set, with a radio-signal off-switch akin to...

I was mainly thinking of space-bourne "land" mines, as they'd need homing features to be a threat unless you use waaayyy more resources to get enough density.

Do humans have the tech for the equivalent of heat-seeking (or Azathoth-field or whatever) missiles?

How are you unable to one-shot a baby? What does armor do for protection?

When performing an Odic Calibration, you can generate an in-depth profile of individuals who have been present in an area. Currently, there is no standard of what this profile would consist of, and as such I'm seeking to establish it. [*]Name: The one they most commonly go by [*]Species and Native c...

Older, better designed systems people should look at for the idea of a mechanic where a single check is made for an entire conflict.
[*]Children of Fire
[*]Amber

https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/c/curse-terrain/ This spell throws down hazards across a huge area, but I can't tell what the incidence rates should be for the hazards. Can you cast Greater and choose only one hazard, like "forest fire", and just have a twelve mile wide conflagra...

First: Your quote of Justin's says nothing about trends in modern RPGs. Second: How does bringing up Paranoia, and its age, corroborate Justin's point that some games include a contextual implication of commitment? Third Paranoia playstyle was an exception by the time it came out Citation needed. Pa...

Ryuutama is structured with elements of hexcrawl and resource management. Chuubo is more akin to Fate, with mandated narrative checklists.

I have a player that wants one of their questions with commune be "who stole the Maltese Falcon?". They are leaning on the text of the spell that says ...cases where a one-word answer would be misleading or contrary to the deity's interests, a short phrase (five words or less) may be given...

Yeah I'm pretty confused by people talking about the brilliant marketing of an edition that released, no one fucking bout it, and then 5 years later became popular because of a TV show 2 years later, not 5. In 2016 the D&D 5e Player's Handbook was already the all-time best selling D&D book ...

If you use the wish economy and Tome revision to the planar binding rules, should planar binding payments be in wish economy goods? Can you pay in services at the same rate as the called creature is charging?

I ran an E10 campaign. The notes are somewhere on the board

Point of fact: I'm currently running a robust campaign set to mimic early 15th century Venice in structure, and that restriction of time period and geography is still proving to be more world-building data than I could possibly need (D&D-ism translations notwithstanding).

Nope. I'm only bothered if the spell unbalanced gameplay by giving a wizard such a buff spell (or even a couple character replacement versions); obsolescence of a few other spells don't mean much to me.

Is the Dragon Form of the Dungeonomicon still a good idea as an insert directly into an otherwise regular Pathfinder game? Dragon Form Transmutation Level: Sor/Wiz 6 Components: V, S Casting Time: 1 Standard Action Range: Touch Target: One Willing Creature Duration: 10 minutes/level (D) Saving Throw...

Would you have it scale by caster level for the available list, or would you have it work more like summon monster and have the available forms be higher for each spell level? What kind of forms would work for this list, using the character replacement model (as opposed to the buff-style)?

A fourth level spell that gave one of "Flight and a Ranged Attack," "Regeneration," or "Energy Immunity" would be a killer app that would reduce many combats to comical simplicity. A spell that grants any one of those, chosen when cast is essentially the answer to ever...

For all the damage caused by using the Infinity Gauntlet (or even just putting it on), why didn't Banner or Stark just enhance their bodies to the point where it wouldn't be such a struggle to handle its use?

This has a devoted community - does that mean people actually play it ? Sorta? Lurking, it looks like only a couple play it, the rest just talk about the idea of playing it while also being vitriolic at the idea of people playing D&D. You call that railroady - I call that strong design . I will...

Closest thing is a belt pouch (Size 1, Can Hold 2), and you're only allowed to equip one. Another way to expand/maximize storage is to get a pack animal and load it with containers; there's even a class where one of its features is "can manage more pack animals"

You have a carrying capacity of [Strength + 3], and your Strength is anywhere from 4 to 8. As you level, you can increase your Strength and/or your Carrying Capacity stat directly. All pieces of gear have a Size value, and you suffer a penalty to all actions if [combined Size] > [Carrying Capacity]....

So, I'm doing this here, because I appreciate the game design here than in other places. Ryuutama is a Japanese TTRPG where you play traveling commoners in an anime fantasy setting. The rules make you care about wearing the right clothing for a long hike. Because you make individual checks each morn...

What's a good format/outline for a gazetteer? They're nominally a campaign setting for an extant rules system, with details of each region and its culture; essentially a giant fluff book, with some setting specific crunch in the back. Relatedly: are they actually something the market is interested i...

I feel like taking the stance of total aversion is very close to erasure, which is itself problematic. If the content is good, and you put in some actual effort (someone mentioned sensitivity readers), you should be safe.