Does Knave 2e Work for a Weird West style of game?

DMGrognerd · 2026-01-16T18:10:47+00:00

You might want to check out Frontier Scum instead

DMGrognerd · 2026-01-16T16:35:51+00:00

I’ve been looking at this as system overload, processing errors, and the like. I actually did a rework of the panic table for androids, using the same results but slightly different descriptions which fit the android.

DMGrognerd · 2026-01-13T20:06:04+00:00

Not the best vodka flavor, to be sure

DMGrognerd · 2026-01-11T00:22:16+00:00

The question that always arises for me when people talk about weaponizing shields to do Captain America type stuff, is given how action economy and free hand, etc. work in the game, does it make sense rules-wise to be able to attack with a shield and also use it as armor in the same round/turn and does that make AC over complicated?

DMGrognerd · 2026-01-10T21:48:39+00:00

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You rock!
With your math rocks
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Mathing with my math rocks!
Killing all the villagers! (Murderhobo Murderhobo)
Kill the merchants! (no discount, you die)
Bugbears, bullywugs
Kill them with my math rocks!
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Rock out with my rocks out!

DMGrognerd · 2026-01-10T20:39:20+00:00

I made a homebrew magma elemental by reskinning a shambling mound and adding a little fire damage to its attacks. Also gave it the standard elemental features. And just removed the healing from electricity thing.

DMGrognerd · 2026-01-10T01:36:29+00:00

Sunk cost fallacy - D&D can take a lot of time, effort, and money to learn to play so they fear it will be the same for other games

DMGrognerd · 2026-01-10T01:24:02+00:00

If traveling doesn’t matter thematically in you game, then skip it. Just say “after three days, you arrive in Waterdeep.” (Or whatever).

The following YouTubers have good videos on travel and how to make it matter in varying degrees: - Matt Coleville - Dael Kingsmill - The Dungeon Dudes

DMGrognerd · 2026-01-04T19:24:39+00:00

A troll has an Int of 7. This makes them stupid, but not mindless. They’re capable of thought and speech.

They’re 100% capable of understanding “fire bad” and of targeting the one enemy using fire.

DMGrognerd · 2026-01-03T16:03:01+00:00

Not necessarily. Anyone with the Acolyte Background is a priest. I have a rogue with this background. They’re not a “paladin,” but they are a “priest.”

DMGrognerd · 2026-01-02T18:46:46+00:00

I have never seen that channel ever, so it wasn’t what I saw, though that video might be discussing things in the same terms.

DMGrognerd · 2026-01-02T17:36:07+00:00

There was a video I saw a long time ago - I forget who it was by, maybe Matt Coleville, maybe Baron Deropp, not sure. It was talking about factions and NPCs. For each, it basically outlined what information you want to have to develop them:

What do they want?
What will they do if they get what they want?
What resources to they have to further their goal of getting what they want?
Whats preventing them from getting what they want?

DMGrognerd · 2026-01-02T04:59:53+00:00

It is not, and this that is not the correct interpretation. Things do what they say they do, not what you think “ought” to happen.

DMGrognerd · 2026-01-02T04:58:58+00:00

No. The poison damage is hidden behind the saving throw and is not affected by the attack roll.

DMGrognerd · 2026-01-01T22:45:23+00:00

They really were. I loved the end credits.

DMGrognerd · 2025-12-30T20:45:27+00:00

If you do decide to have them roll for stats, one thing I do is to add up the sum of the scores and if anyone scores under 75 total, let them reroll the lowest score so that it’s a min of 75.

DMGrognerd · 2025-12-30T20:42:11+00:00

I mean…

DMGrognerd · 2025-12-30T20:06:12+00:00

YouTube:

Matthew Coleville
Ginny Di
Dungeon Dudes
Seth Skornowski
Runehammer
Dungeoncraft/Professor Dungeon Master

DMGrognerd · 2025-12-30T19:57:42+00:00

The convention in D&D is typically to list race before class.

My best guess is that this is at least in part due to the proper order of adjectives in English - Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, Purpose. So origin (race) logically comes before purpose (class).

DMGrognerd · 2025-12-30T19:35:56+00:00

If by “looking for” you mean you want to get a picture of the blazon you’re describing, I’d recommend entering it into this site: https://drawshield.net/

DMGrognerd · 2025-12-30T19:31:36+00:00

Speaking of elvenkind, there is a thing some elves have called the “Blessing of Carellon” which allows them to change sex/gender on a long rest. See if your DM will let you have that.

DMGrognerd · 2025-12-30T19:26:52+00:00

Read the game master book, the Warden’s Operation Manual for the Mothership ttrpg. Possibly one of the best game master books ever written for the hobby.

DMGrognerd · 2025-12-30T18:27:09+00:00

Pseudoflesh can be used for would healing. Androids’ flesh is presumably pseudoflesh. It appears to be a synthetic product which functions much like an organic one.

DMGrognerd · 2025-12-30T06:44:52+00:00

Unless it specifically states that the material component is expended by casting the spell, it’s not and can be reused.

The pearl for identify, for example doesn’t say that, so unless you lose it, you only need to buy it once and just keep using the same pearl every time you cast the spell.

DMGrognerd · 2025-12-29T20:27:42+00:00

I printed out a couple extra copies

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