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I'm not super-excited about running a 2077 druid, but... ...I did call on druids to start subverting science. A "gene-altering company" sounds like something an oil company stockholder would get into. But it sounds like the antithesis of natural order, so I don't see druids getting involved...

That sounds incredibly boring. I hope he can hire a manager. Negotiating contracts could be interesting if terms other than gold are involved. And there's the problem of suppliers 1) not fully meeting orders, and 2) causing problems with what they actually deliver. Of course, there's always...

Each unused setting element is one that you don't have to write in the future. Each adventure created is one that can be reskinned/revised for your current group, or reused for your next group.

Agreed, that's a lot to keep up with. But is it "exception-based design?" I don't know the ins and outs of the above games, so I can't tell that there are exceptions being made. What I can easily see is that each of the above is a combat maneuver with requirements and special outcomes, which...

You're on to something: magma druids. Life is a disease on the surface of an otherwise elementally beautiful blob. But we digress...

Druids can probably see the writing on the wall and logical conclusions of human scientific development: factory farms, animal testing, GMOs. The irony is that this puts them in a similar position as oil companies; they need to disrupt and confuse the findings of science to promote their (polar...

If I reduced my RPG spending any further, I'd be making a profit. I hope things turn around for you, @MNblockhead !

Ah. Too much game is when I need to use the table of contents, or index, of a rulebook during play. Having one or two bookmarked pages for making rules references is about right for me.

Ouch! Did you keep the old books? Yup. The future moves fast, especially in 2077. Try Modos 2, which has two features that would be great for cyberpunk, and one that isn't: PCs have Physical and Mental attributes with separate damage pools, which make separating net-space and meat-space...

So, pretty much anything can be role-playing, and you're not interested in the thread title or first question posed? I wish I could help, but I'll need a TL;DR or other clarifying element.

Tabletop role-playing game. But that term also applies to discursive role-playing games, which left the tabletop a long time ago.

It doesn't have to be novel to be good! D&D 2024 could have been based on Modos RPG, since it's a Creative Commons release. It hits all of the simplicity targets that D&D 2014 missed, and breaks out of the turn-by-turn grind with action-based combat. Also, the Hero Points are way more fun...

Inside the rickety door there is a large, carved out chamber. The dirt floor glows orange from a lone torch left burning in the middle. The stone walls sit in shadow, and the shadows fidget occasionally, murmuring. You clearly hear one of the ambushers whisper, "do you think they'll notice?"...

No. Spells are list items. List items are instances that use rules, like a character uses rules, but isn't one. Sounds subjective to me. But "forcing" players generally doesn't go well.

For starters, they don't breathe fire. I mean come on - reptiles are (mostly) ectothermic!

My thoughts: "Sweet! It's made in Unreal 5! Oh, wait, no. That's full motion video of the actors." Is it a VR game, or is there quite a bit of fish eye effect to the first-person view?

Bump so I can find this. And to bring attention to a great RPG benefactor. Thanks Eric!

I have to side with OP on this one; you shouldn't be able to buy magic items with gold. They should be priced in platinum instead. My PCs, should they ever find a magic item shop, are welcome to spend money on magic items. But magic items are hard to keep if you don't have a safe place to put...

Yup. A toy that won't survive kids. Brilliant. Ranks right up there with non-robotic battery/electricity powered toys. "Dad, will you buy more batteries? Mom, did you pay the electric bill on-time? I need to play with my toys."