Recent content by Maenalis

https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Guide_to_Darkmoon_Vale and https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Darkmoon_Vale Kinda like Nentir Vale for Golarion. The original author passed away 9 years ago, I thought this area of Golarion won't be developed any more.

For Geopolitics: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12333/twilight-struggle https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/274364/watergate https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27708/1960-the-making-of-the-president https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1/die-macher...

Just play video games (or boardgames) and enjoy your life!

He worked on so many awesome books: https://rpggeek.com/rpgdesigner/5431/andy-collins

Good summary:

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So what is Your essential mechanism? Is it a coin toss? I understand that you defined a situation, but You didn't specify which one of the mechanisms you mentioned is your preferred one.

If I want to kick in a door I use a strength check. If I want to push/shove an opponent I use a grapple check. Same thing, my character just practiced one (grappling) a lot of times so s/he has an advantage (skill bonus). - My character is a talented and experienced actor, so when s/he tries...

Concrete MECHANISMS please! I am not asking about freeform.

None of those are mechanisms. I would call them design principles.

I understand that there are many different TTRPGs, many different style of playstyles etc. But in your opinion, what are "essential" (whatever that means for you) mechanisms that your games (usually) have to have? For me: Perception check Ability checks Skill checks Combat mechanisms...

What does the + sign or [+] sign mean? And where does it com from?

Same.

seems working just fine for me! (I am using dark mode). Looking forward to a ranked-poll thread about D&D settings. :D

This. :) Came here to mention exactly those three. ;)