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Additional notes on race and fantasy
I discovered recently a blog post on Racial Essentialism which describes some definitions of racial essentialism, something which has been debated (and confused) here. I also discovered a blog entirel… more →
Compromise and Conceit
Additional notes on race and fantasy
faustusnotes wrote 1 month ago: I discovered recently a blog post on Racial Essentialism which describes some definitions of racial … more →
Game diversity, object-oriented programming and consistent mechanics: Are they related?
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faustusnotes wrote 5 months ago: This is a topic which has bothered me consistently since I first played Neverwinter Nights, and I wa … more →
Cyberpunk role-playing and nihilism
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faustusnotes wrote 5 months ago: I’ve played a few sci-fi and cyberpunk campaigns in my time, and DM’d some too, and I ce … more →
Current playing: Exalted
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faustusnotes wrote 6 months ago: I started playing in an Exalted game yesterday. Until yesterday I didn’t really know much abou … more →
Feng Shui's strange future "dystopia"
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faustusnotes wrote 8 months ago: Our DM (who is so old-fashioned he doesn’ t even have a blog) is drip-feeding us information a … more →
Reconfiguring AD&D: Character Creation
faustusnotes wrote 8 months ago: Following the discussion of RPG systems with class vs. those without class, I feel now is the perfec … more →
Spell creation rules for Compromise and Conceit
faustusnotes wrote 10 months ago: Spells are cast as a skill, with the base difficulty for partial success given by DC = 15 + Spell le … more →
This is not an attack on Grognards or 4e
faustusnotes wrote 10 months ago: Over at Grognardia, Sir Grognard had a long-standing objection to the Thief character class, primari … more →
The hidden benefits of level and D20 system skill checks
faustusnotes wrote 10 months ago: A while ago I mentioned that I used to like skill systems which incorporate partial success/ partial … more →
Reconfiguring AD&D: Spell DCs
faustusnotes wrote 1 year ago: I envisage magic working very simply: many characters can learn magic, either as a central skill or … more →
Reconfiguring AD&D: Practical results
faustusnotes wrote 1 year ago: The last 4 sessions of Compromise and Conceit have been conducted using the basics of the system I h … more →
AD&D 4e first impressions
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faustusnotes wrote 1 year ago: For the past few weeks I have been playing AD&D 4th edition at the pub, first with an excellent … more →
Reconfiguring AD&D: some alternative magic systems
faustusnotes wrote 1 year ago: Having written yesterday’s post about magic and its faults, I am today not so convinced that t … more →
Reconfiguring AD&D: magic faults
faustusnotes wrote 1 year ago: So, I just made a pair of characters using the rules exactly as written down in the DMG: a 19th leve … more →
Reconfiguring AD&D: Combat
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faustusnotes wrote 1 year ago: Having described the imbalances between the combat and skill systems in the d20 system, I here prese … more →
Reconfiguring D&D: stats, and unbalanced levelling
faustusnotes wrote 1 year ago: There are a few things about the d20 system which I think are unnecessarily cumbersome or burdensome … more →
Reconfiguring D&D: the skill system
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faustusnotes wrote 1 year ago: In explaining why I am considering a reconfiguration of D&D and the d20 system, I mentioned the … more →
Role-playing by Skype
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faustusnotes wrote 1 year ago: For the last year or so while living in Japan I have been running a role-playing campaign set in the … more →
Current gaming: Traveller
faustusnotes wrote 1 year ago: Variety is one of the good aspects of playing weekly for 3 hours in a haphazard tavern environment w … more →
