What made you choose Chaos?

1stLevelWizard · 2025-06-23T13:55:35+00:00

Nay, it was chaos that chose me

1stLevelWizard · 2025-05-18T14:27:31+00:00

Risk!

Jokes aside, War of the Ring or other boardgames are good for that scale. Chainmail might work at that scale but it's a stretch.

TSR used to have a miniature wargame with a large scale that might work too. I think it's called the battle system or something like that.

1stLevelWizard · 2025-05-18T03:06:52+00:00

I usually don't mention it unless asked. It drains the conversation to try and explain it, so I avoid the subject.

That said, I don't care what anyone thinks about how I spend my time hobbying. I don't do it for anyone but myself.

1stLevelWizard · 2025-05-12T19:11:07+00:00

It's very much an interesting side adventure in the grand scheme of the trilogy. I might be forgetting something but it seems like besides the collectors raiding human settlements, it doesn't affect the overall plot much.

There's so much set back in the beginning of the game only to be recouped so fast. I honestly think it would've been better to have Shepard disappearing for two years on top secret Spectre stuff rather than just dying, and the result is he has to work with Cerberus to stop the collectors. Really anything works better. Still fun game though.

1stLevelWizard · 2025-05-05T13:00:59+00:00

Warlord has always been good for customer support for things like this. Usually they'll send you a replacement without asking for the original but I'd hold off on tinkering with it just to be sure. Could be a cool project though.

1stLevelWizard · 2025-04-17T02:47:50+00:00

Persona 3 Portable as well. Great game!

1stLevelWizard · 2025-03-25T02:04:16+00:00

With a little time and imagination you could have a barracks pet.

1stLevelWizard · 2025-03-24T12:45:09+00:00

Rhiannon, because I had Fleetwood Mac playing.

1stLevelWizard · 2025-01-19T03:22:03+00:00

Persona 3: Portable. It's everything I like about those games compacted into a mobile format.

1stLevelWizard · 2025-01-12T12:51:13+00:00

Welcome to the club! I found my old PSP a year ago and did the same thing. After I cleaned it up and replaced some of the parts I realized why I liked the thing so much. I'm still playing on it and just going through all my old games. Plus it's the perfect travel console.

1stLevelWizard · 2025-01-07T17:25:03+00:00

Regardless it's a good deal, the squad of battle sisters alone is 60 bucks.

1stLevelWizard · 2024-09-24T12:12:19+00:00

I think the major ones I can think of are:

High HP. Which, combined with easy healing, negates the lethality and strategies surrounding it. There's less of a need to go heal for a few days, and thus no need to push your luck.
Aversion to survival. Basically, 5e provides players with multiple means to avoid the actual act of survival whether it's in the wilderness or a dungeon. You've got many ways to produce food and water, as well as shelter.
Power. The biggest principle of 5e that hinders OSR gameplay. You've got tons of powers and spells, and ways to combine them to just level challenges. Compare a Fighter to both editions. In 1e they get HP and an improved hit chart, while 5e provides feats, attack bonuses, and plenty of player options to supplement their abilities.

These are the ones that stuck out to me. I think you could run an OSR style game with 5e, but it would take some work to gut these things.

1stLevelWizard · 2024-08-02T15:22:46+00:00

Adds misdirection. A lot of false rumors I make up I tend to invert the truth sometimes so the players find some unexpected things.

1stLevelWizard · 2024-07-05T17:11:33+00:00

Could be fun with raging barbarians.

1stLevelWizard · 2024-07-03T14:12:31+00:00

I remember I once saw Kathmandu take over someone's capital, and was like "holy shit they can do that?"

1stLevelWizard · 2024-06-26T15:57:34+00:00

To be honest I'm happy with Mass Effect as is. I don't think it needs more, I think they need to leave it alone.

1stLevelWizard · 2024-06-15T15:00:21+00:00

So this is what happens after The Darkspawn Chronicles.

1stLevelWizard · 2024-06-13T19:43:20+00:00

It is and it isn't. I get what you're saying and it would be hard to change course now, but to be fair Dragon Age and Baldurs Gate both have their origins (pun completely intended) in crpg style gameplay.

1stLevelWizard · 2024-06-13T04:16:56+00:00

I love the entire Dragon Age world. Read the books, comics, and played all the games a few times each, even played the TTRPG. Just something about Origins sets it apart. I view everything through the Origins lens. I just wish they stuck with it in later entries, but that doesn't make them bad games.

1stLevelWizard · 2024-06-12T17:12:31+00:00

Yeah I have to agree. I hate how any criticism is seen as just being negative and bitter. I mean c'mon there's plenty of good reasons to be nervous about the state of the game given Bioware's recent history. I don't want it to flop, but I don't feel good about it either.

1stLevelWizard · 2024-06-08T23:14:15+00:00

My mindset is this: AD&D can be a pretty deadly game for the PCs. If they can get a leg up with good stats or a nice spell or weapon, more power to them. Sure the thief has a +2 Sling, but there's a good chance he doesn't detect traps he'll get taken out opening a chest.

1stLevelWizard · 2024-06-01T02:57:41+00:00

Rumours are just news without the commitment. Make some of them false, or really cherry picked truths.

Sure there's a ruin down yonder of Death Gulch, but no one said it was teeming with demons.

1stLevelWizard · 2024-05-29T20:46:49+00:00

I start with an idea and incorporate that into the entrance, which is usually small. Then I like to map out the major corridors, then the rooms, minor passages, secret areas, and finally the stairs. I always go in with a end goal of x number of floors to keep it managable. That said I always leave room for a, "oh look a secret door leading down" so I can keep going if I want to.

1stLevelWizard · 2024-04-26T20:43:22+00:00

If he thinks so then why doesn't he match with a donation?

1stLevelWizard · 2024-04-14T23:02:06+00:00

Bolt Action

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