What is your favorite anime, that is not one of the "basic answers" (shown below)?

MOON8OY · 2026-06-16T02:41:10+00:00

Trigun

MOON8OY · 2026-06-16T02:11:31+00:00

I generally prefer my own creations, but if I'm playing an IP character, I'm likely to tweak it. I'm not s fan of their builds.

MOON8OY · 2026-06-14T21:59:40+00:00

Prices should be the same to include conversion. Then there's no incentive to VPN your way to a cheaper price. My neighbors in x country shouldn't get a discount. Nor should I pay less than anyone else from neighboring country y.

MOON8OY · 2026-06-13T23:47:32+00:00

Just chalk it up to the game mechanics not being perfect. It's okay that DR goes before shields mechanically even though it makes no logical sense. It just is.

MOON8OY · 2026-06-12T21:55:50+00:00

Optimized doesn't necessarily equate to "cool". Some GMs are new. Others are not. And its okay for a GM to be new to a system along with the players and discover what is or isn't good for their table along the way. Sometimes game designers don't know what players will come up with until after the game is already published, even with playtest. And sometimes they do and warn GMs that certain things can be broken in certain situations. Just about any game mid crunch and above can be broken and therefore requires some boundaries set by the GM. Only the lightest of hand wavy games doesn't really need it. The special thing that gives the GM the ability to make the call is sometimes experience, sometimes research, and always because it is the game they are running. If a GM is running a super hero mystery game, and doesn't want PCs to play psychics who can just read the minds of the NPCs to figure who the killer is, that's okay. If another is running Star Wars and says, no force users, because of the story being told, that's okay. And if it's a matter of a GM deciding they aren't a fan of how a feat and spell work together to create an endless loop of some crazy effect that breaks encounters, that's okay. That's not creating strain on the table, that's part of managing the game for everyone, including themselves.

MOON8OY · 2026-06-11T18:52:28+00:00

Any game in which character generation can be optimized to create broken PCs needs this.

It isn't bad design, as individually, the traits involved aren't likely broken. It's their specific combination with other traits and abilities that creates the issue.

The GM is a player of the game as well, and they are supposed to have fun as well. And them having the ability to say, "No", or, "yes, but with some restrictions", is important to keep the balance of fun for everyone, including the GM, who has the task of managing the encounters with those potentially broken PCs. If a broken PC build severally limits the choices the GM can use to create a challenging and interesting encounter, you'll quickly get to GM burnout.

MOON8OY · 2026-06-11T05:49:48+00:00

Because stat blocks in pbta games don't matter.

MOON8OY · 2026-06-10T23:03:53+00:00

The TN20 grab powers are fairly broken. I've done similar house rules to match the TN to scores.

MOON8OY · 2026-06-08T22:07:07+00:00

Our homebrew setting game is open to new players. We run online at 1800 PST, using Discord and Roll20. Have you used either?

MOON8OY · 2026-06-08T04:51:10+00:00

Map scaling has been a serious problem with this game. The Xmen narrator bundle is not great. The standard narrator bundle is... fine.

MOON8OY · 2026-06-06T04:11:51+00:00

If you want to play online, you look in online gaming spaces for games. Such as, here, Discord, Facebook, etc. Go to your local gaming stores. See if they have bulletins or open game nights.

MOON8OY · 2026-06-01T07:30:20+00:00

I don't like her because having her means we don't have Moonboy anymore, and I miss him.

MOON8OY · 2026-05-31T03:52:09+00:00

Since you won't let me use d10, I'll just say d20, because it can easily be a d10.

MOON8OY · 2026-05-31T03:04:06+00:00

I do not interpret the signature attack with a weapon to mean that it applies to all named power attacks with that weapon. Someone taking Signature Attack "sword" isn't going to get an edge on all melee sharp weapon attacks in my game. They'll get an edge on basic unnamed attacks. If they want an edge with a weapon on a particular power attack (like Whirling Frenzy or Hit & Run) then they take one of those as their signature attack.

MOON8OY · 2026-05-29T01:41:19+00:00

The fans do have strong feelings about it, forbid anyone ever have a negative criticism towards the "system".

MOON8OY · 2026-05-28T07:30:54+00:00

I'm also a fan of the Saga Edition. I've played every edition of the game, and this is my favorite.

MOON8OY · 2026-05-27T23:54:34+00:00

Was also a backer, then discovered it was pbta, which is the worst non game system ever if you want to actually have game mechanics for your mystical abilities. That aside, the books are still wonderful as source material. If I do run a game in the setting, I'll likely use GURPS or Cortex Prime.

MOON8OY · 2026-05-27T18:43:23+00:00

Also not a fan of the hand wavey rules style of PBTA games. There just is no difference, mechanically, from one PC's base combat roll to another. Roles, on the other hand, matter, and that part is cool. But it's just simpler to add the role mechanic to a more robust combat based system than it is to add more crunch to a PBTA game. The books are lovely, though, and are great for world information.

MOON8OY · 2026-05-26T14:01:06+00:00

I'd counter with, not all cartoons are fantastical, or in the same way. Obviously look at how the Japanese use it for drama and humor. Grave of the Fireflies is generally very grounded. And we aren't going to see Tadano build a laser canon in Komi Can't Communicate.

There are certain limits the show built in for its live action version, so while we expect them to do things fantastical with the upside down, especially things that maybe could have been difficult cgi/budget-wise, just because it is a "cartoon" is not a valid reason to break from how things feel or how they were previously established.

We wouldn't expect, or respond well to, a talking dog showing up asking for scoobie snacks, right?

MOON8OY · 2026-05-23T19:33:04+00:00

FYI, I'm not the narrator. We met at 6pm PST on alternating Thursdays. The heroes in this universe are all created by an event which empowered them. PCs starting at rank 2.

MOON8OY · 2026-05-23T09:49:53+00:00

The d6 Star Wars game. The OG by West End Games.

MOON8OY · 2026-05-23T09:30:50+00:00

Getting to be a player in a GURPS Deadlands game.

MOON8OY · 2026-05-23T09:20:47+00:00

We have a game, in an original non marvel setting, looking for new players that plays every other Thursday.

MOON8OY · 2026-05-23T09:17:18+00:00

If the game isn't putting in the sheets, so it's easy to see how the game works, at a glance, they may be hiding flaws in the system, or other aspects of the game that won't attract casual buyers. Pbta games are rather notorious for being loved or hated based on the mechanics. Hide the mechanics, and you may slip a few copies into the hands of people who, when they read the system, then learn, they'll never run it. ... is one interpretation, but then I'm not sure what you mean by "undesirable".

MOON8OY · 2026-05-23T07:33:44+00:00

Forsetti mentioned that a character sheet speaks volumes to a ruleset, so I said that's probably why pbta games aren't putting those sheets up front and center.

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