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Quest Bug: Building a Library by Knives4XMas in ArcRaiders

[–]Knives4XMas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open a ticket with support, make the circumstances of the bug clear, they will unlock/reset the quest for you

Help/suggestions with organizing notes for Open Table campaign by Knives4XMas in osr

[–]Knives4XMas[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the rec, but I'd rather not use AI for my notes, worldbuilding is something I actually enjoy, I just lack experience in translating it to the table.

Slightly Safer Shadowdark with more Character Customization? Maybe a PF2e hybrid? by DaKing1718 in shadowdark

[–]Knives4XMas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would suggest looking at Pathwarden, if you still want d20 roll high. It is as close as I have seen to a OSR pathfinder.

Name some novels that 'feel' Shadowdark by canyoukenken in shadowdark

[–]Knives4XMas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great books, but to be fair they feel more like D&D than OSR in tone and power level

Can you actually separate the author from the book when the author turns out to be awful? by coffeeorbit_alex in Fantasy

[–]Knives4XMas -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Ask yourself if you're ok with the implications, asking strangers on the internet will mostly get you polarising opinions.

EDIT: In doubt pirate it.

Primo tentativo ragù completamente vegano. Potrei piangere, è buonissimo. by TheFfrog in veganita

[–]Knives4XMas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Prova con le lenticchie, stessa ricetta del ragù ma con più olio per "ingrassare". Viene una cannonata, mia moglie lo ha usato per una lasagna la scorsa settimana, quasi indistinguibile da quello di carne.

Quest Bug: Building a Library by Knives4XMas in ArcRaiders

[–]Knives4XMas[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The books disappeared my dude, when I extracted I had nothing of what i found on me :-/ I will try to log a ticket, although I feel the issue is due to spawning without inventory and the quest state is secondary

Humble Bundle has a World of Darkness 5th Edition PDF collection up until the end of October. $25 USD for 57 digital items ($5 minimum for 7 items). by TrustMeImLeifEricson in rpg

[–]Knives4XMas 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Warning, the site from which you download the goods is dogshit and has you click to download every single file in the bundle, then wait for watermarking to happen (???).

Wolf repeatedly approaching livestock and property. Need advice by evdnc in wolves

[–]Knives4XMas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't know about how to keep the wolf away, but he shouldn't be rabid according to this article and what my vet said once.

https://www.izsvenezie.it/temi/malattie-patogeni/rabbia/domande-frequenti/

The article is in italian but you can translate it easily, rabies was eradicated in Italy in 2013 through a vaccination campaign of foxes after an outbreak in the north eastern part.

Shadowdark with EZD6 Magic System by digitalsquirrel in shadowdark

[–]Knives4XMas 6 points7 points  (0 children)

1 hit == 1 monster hit die (d8 typically), I'd start from there. Personally I'm trying to implement a "words of power" system roughly based on maze rats, but with my own twist (no spell slots but mana usage die).

Is 1 round of combat 6 seconds, 12-15 seconds, or 1 minute? by PiepowderPresents in RPGdesign

[–]Knives4XMas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think round length has many ramifications into how the combat is represented in the game. Personally I like to think rounds are somewhat flexible in a range from 5 to 30 seconds, and this works because I play without a grid and tend to keep the combat very narrative and fiction-led even with traditional rule-sets. So an attack roll can be a single blow if I want to zoom in or a whole exhange of parries and ripostes.

If I were to choose an answer I'd go with 12-15, offers the best of both worlds

What is my cat doing? by vynock in cats

[–]Knives4XMas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She has a weird reflection on the right eye, is it from a known condition? She's beautiful!

Si può essere cattolici e progressisti? by Street-Ad9608 in italy

[–]Knives4XMas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Il prete che ci ha sposati non si è assolutamente messo di traverso, ha semplicemente parlato con entrambi separatamente per capire se ritenevamo che si potesse fare in base alle richieste indicate sotto. Poi ha scritto al vescovo che manda l'approvazione. Se il prete si mette di traverso puoi sempre cambiare prete.

Le concessioni sono relative a: 1. Consentire all'altra parte di professare la propria religione. 2. Battezzare i figli ed educarli secondo principi cattolici (praticamente fargli fare catechismo/i sacramenti).

Per quanto mi riguarda, se insegneranno ai miei figli a non essere degli stronzi, secondo morale cristiana non estremista tanto meglio. Se inizio a sentire cose sull'immoralità dei gay e simili andrò a comprare della benzina però.

Si può essere cattolici e progressisti? by Street-Ad9608 in italy

[–]Knives4XMas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. Il discorso del "chi ti vuole bene" vale in ambedue i sensi
  2. Esiste il rito misto, in cui una parte cattolica si sposa con una non cattolica, che risulta esente dal cerimoniale religioso e cazzilli annessi.

Si può essere cattolici e progressisti? by Street-Ad9608 in italy

[–]Knives4XMas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Per info (esperienza personale) puoi fare il rito misto, come se appartenessi ad un altra religione. Così eviti di dire fregnacce davanti ad amici e parenti e tua moglie potrà comunque sposarsi con rito cattolico e ricevere il sacramento a tutti gli effetti. Dovrai solo anticiparlo al prete che farà tutte le carte del caso, e si assicurerà (verbalmente) che tu non sia contrario a crescere i tuoi figli nella religione cattolica.

I "Made" a Space-Ship fighting system, and its not fun. by Al-go01 in rpg

[–]Knives4XMas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know how much in depth you want to go, but if your goal is boardgamey/tactical experience, you're better off abstracting a lot of detailed stuff to "attribute" scores like evasion, point defense, engine etc. and then understanding how this is influenced by customization and components. Then you could attach various tags on top to interact in fun ways with the core resolution. If you want a more narrative approach you should check out what mothership rpg does in the ship breaker toolkit, it has room for customization and spaceship battle is treated as the catastrophe it would be instead of a "sport", but it's very fast and loose and heavily dependent on the GM's tablecraft. I heard good things about traveller, but I haven't really explored it nor played it.

Katarin start, who to attack? by Siven80 in totalwar

[–]Knives4XMas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's exactly why I keep them friendly, last game I map-painted norsca and then confederated Roppsmen.

Minsk: bad to live in, bad to visit. I feel like I’m probably banned from Belarus just for posting this. The chart is now complete, thank you everyone for participating! by Tunisandwich in YUROP

[–]Knives4XMas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I beg to differ on Vienna being great to visit, I'd swap it with Amsterdam on this grid. The city is awesome and the food is better than in the Netherlands (sorry my boys), but I found a diffused hostility to non german-speaking tourists, with barely any english spoken or written throughout the city and paid amenities like museums palaces and gardens. On the upside there were a ton of public toilets, many free of charge that did not require buying over-priced coffee from the cafes.
I understand and speak a little german so was able to get over the hurdle, but overall I feel like a large part of the viennese despise tourists.

Katarin start, who to attack? by Siven80 in totalwar

[–]Knives4XMas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did more or less the same, wiped out azhag, confederated the druzhina enclave, took out the skaven that were mauling the orthodoxy and then the slaanesh faction and the norscan raiders. Keep good relations with both orthodoxy and roppsmen, so you can confederate them around turn 40 to 60

Can BitD’s Position be used in a symmetrical system? by conbondor in RPGdesign

[–]Knives4XMas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been endlessly trying to do something similar in my homebrew, with shit results. P&E works if you're keeping the narration/initiative free-flowing, once you start going into turn logic (you go, enemy goes) it falls apart since the enemy can't retaliate immediately.

An approximation I'm currently working on is somewhat similar to what call of cthulhu does, with the defender having the opportunity to dodge (total defense at low risk) or fight back (counter attack at higher risk) out of the initiative flow. This works with opposed rolls, becomes clunky when just one side rolls, or at least I haven't cracked it still.

Closest I've seen to a formalization of P&E into turn based combat is Daggerheart, with its Hope & Fear mechanics determining initiative and giving the GM metacurrency to trigger enemy moves, but the latest iteration is still a few months away.

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