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Ok so, I am in the process of learning how to DM and I really like the world of dnd, but I wanted to know if they are other ttrpgs that have simpler mechanics (like, not as much calculating is needed and keeping track of things is simpler?)
Oh, plenty of them; apart from perhaps for some of the earliest pre-First Edition material, even the most rules-light version of Dungeons & Dragons is pretty firmly on the medium-heavy end of the spectrum.
(Some people will insist that D&D5E is “rules light”. Do not listen to them; it’s one of the lighter iterations of D&D in particular, but it’s still quite rules-heavy by the standards of tabletop RPGs in general.)
If our only criterion is “lighter than D&D”, I could probably name a hundred games in my personal collection alone that fit the bill, so we’re going to have to narrow it down! In the absence of further guidance, I’m going to assume that we’re still aiming for D&D’s general idiom – i.e., games about a bunch of wandering misfits killing monsters and taking their stuff in a vaguely Western European fantasy milieu (as opposed to, say, games where you play as a living city arguing about politics with a robot patent clerk from outer space) – and that we’d prefer a traditional roll-the-dice-to-do-the-thing framework.
First off, if you want to stick as close to the conventional D&D experience as possible, you might have a look at Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures. It’s a simplified variant of OD&D (i.e., from way back before they started numbering the editions) with a novel “zero prep” approach that combines character creation with setting creation. Basically, instead of picking a race and a class and whatnot, you have a set of “playbooks” (six in the core rules, with more available as free downloads) that walk you through a series of questions and random tables that define your character’s personal history. Your abilities and stat modifiers and such come from your answers to those questions. Certain stages in each playbook also instruct you to add a location or NPC of your own devising to the village map; once the whole group has finished creating characters, you’ll also have collaboratively described and mapped out the town they live in, and set up several adventure hooks for your first session.
On the other hand, maybe you’re not much for this newfangled collaborative worldbuilding stuff, and you’re more about D&D’s “multiplayer chess with exploding pieces” approach to combat. In that case, you could check out Hero Kids. Though it’s designed as an introductory title for younger gamers, it’s also a pretty effective pick-up-and-play game for any group if you’re looking to run a casual dungeon crawl. It’s actually pretty remarkable how it manages to boil the complexities of D&D’s battle grid down to something a six-year-old can understand while retaining most of the subtle positional tactics. The big caveat is that, as the game’s title suggests, your group has to be cool with a YA fantasy tone, rather than the more fashionable dungeonpunk stuff.
(If you’d prefer to split the difference and go for a rules-light game that has both a more mature high fantasy tone and a tactical combat focus, you might instead have a look at Tiny Dungeon 2nd Edition. I’m not putting it on the main list because it’s written with the assumption that anyone running it is already an experienced GM, and consequently it’s very light on GM guidance in many areas; this makes it a somewhat steeper learning curve than either of the preceding titles. Still one to keep in mind for later, though.)
Finally, to range further afield, you could have a look at Dungeon World. This one adopts a fully modularised approach, whereby each character class takes the form of a self-contained playbook that includes all of the rules for that class. The dice and path are thus almost entirely player-facing; as a GM, you never roll, and apart from a handful of basic moves – which are brief enough that you can print them out and keep them on the table in front of you – you generally doesn’t have to keep track of numeric resources or complex rules toys. It’s pretty much perfect for GMs who never want to do math ever again.
(A caution, though: while Dungeon World is mechanics-light and math-light from the GM’s perspective, it is not rules-light as such. Instead of dice and numbers, the GM has a complex set of narrative principles and guidelines that shape how you describe the outcomes of players’ actions. It’s very different from running most other dungeon-crawling RPGs, and folks with a D&D background may find it a challenging adjustment. I’m not saying this to discourage, but to advise: if decide to give it a spin, resist the urge to skim the text, as many of your existing assumptions about how to run the show may not be applicable. On the plus side, its instructions regarding how to run the game are very detailed, far moreso than anything else discussed in this post, and those instructions don’t make many assumptions about prior GM experience.)
Me, sees Liam Neeson is trending
Oh, is it his birthday?
Me, sees why he’s trending.
YIKES
In which Holt surprises Jake with a visit at the VA, and introduces him to some family… (headcanon that Sam and Ray are related is based on this magnificent fanfic that you all need to read)
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Bosmer/Woodelf cards art for The Elder Scrolls: Legends.
FNV - The Gang vs The Legion
Ok when I first uploaded this comic I was a nomad from the land of pinterest so apparently you can post more than one picture at a time.
So here’s the comic complete in one post instead of broken up annoyingly into four.
i’m using Internet Explorer, i hope this posts quickly. happy new year 2011
and now i have to wait another long year to post this again
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(recipes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
What’s your fantasy?
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
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if i had to get in a fistfight with any member of the fellowship it would be Frodo because i would easily win
Or maybe........
Endgame Starter Pack: Choose Your Fighter
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PODCASTS TO CONSUME
[Foreword: A while back, I asked for recommendations for podcasts to listen to, and I was blown away with the amount of awesome feedback I got. Well… now my list is huge!]
I made an updated list of podcasts I want to listen to. Most of these are ones I haven’t tried out yet, so I can’t necessarily recommend them, but it seems like they fit into my favorite genres: serialized sci-fi/horror/fiction (unless noted otherwise). I had a hard time finding a comprehensive list, so I compiled mine based on recommendations from many sites and some from podcast creators that reached out to me on Tumblr (which I get the biggest kick out of btw).
I have also included some non-fiction podcasts about history and mythology that I think are incredibly interesting. So, here it goes.
Podcasts to listen to (in no particular order):
The After Disaster Podcast
Wolf 359
Limetown
The Far Meridian
Darkest Night
Edict Zero FIS
The Orphans
SAYER
Steal the Stars
The Message
LifeAfter
Tincture (Audiobook Trilogy)
Flash Pulp (Pulp Anthology)
We’re Alive
The Cleansed
EOS 10
Wooden Overcoats (British Comedy)
Alba Salix, Royal Physician (Fantasy)
The Lift
Scotch
Return Home
Second Shift
The Fall
Homecoming
Lake Clarity
The Lost Cat Podcast
Point Mystic
Sirenicide
The Byron Chronicles
The Fiona Potts Interview
The Hum
Mabel
The Magnus Archives
The Night Blogger
A Scottish Podcast
SPINES
The Tunnels
Lesser Gods
Alice Isn’t Dead
The Dark Tome
Liberty: Critical Research
The Deep Vault
The Leviathan Chronicles
The Once and Future Nerd (Fantasy)
What’s the Frequency?
Non-fiction podcasts:
Spirits
Myths and Legends
Lore
Astonishing Legends
Cults
Serial Killers
Some of my all-time favorites (in no particular order):
The Black Tapes
Tanis
Rabbits
The Bright Sessions
ars Paradoxica
Archive 81
Small Town Horror
Welcome to Night Vale
Within the Wires
Paralyzed
If anyone is curious, my podcast app of choice is Castbox, but I know there are lots of other good ones out there, too!
Please let me know what you think, which ones are your favorites, any other recommendations, etc. I love to hear from you, and please follow me because I’m new here and don’t have many friends yet… I’ll reciprocate your love by following you!
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jk rowling calls draco a bully and shames fans for romanticizing draco when she romanticized severus snape, the grossest and most disgusting character she ever created.
How we had to put up with snape’s here’s my tragic backstory that obviously beats everyone else’s cause no one has suffered as much as i did ever in the history of mankind and proves what a tortured romantic soul I really am but we didn’t get one single scene of sirius black having an emotional heart to heart with remus or andromeda or minerva about the hell he went through in azkaban and the ptsd he was obviously dealing with after his escape and finally getting love and emotional support after years of torture is beyond me
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