The story has stuck in my head, not only as a laughably bad example of how not to respect player agency but also as an interesting thing that can happen during games.
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The Quintessential Fighter: A d20 blast from the past seeks Kickstarter 5e success
Before D&D 5e, even before 4e, Wizards of the Coast opened up 3e’s d20 rules to third-party publishers.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #173
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Nevermore Roleplaying Game: Free quickstart and gothic horror Kickstarter
Channelling Melville, Gilman, Wharton, James, Bierce, and, as you’d expect given the title, Poe, Nevermore is set on the eastern coast of America in the late 19th century.
Monsters and Other Childish Things is a flash RPG sale well-timed for Halloween
Monsters and Other Childish Things system is a modified One-Roll Engine, and you can mix the horror and humour settings as much as you want.
Charisma Saves: Improving Improv
Improv is such a large part of the RPG space. It fills in the narrative gaps and helps interpret what is happening when the dice roll.
Free to Download: Improved Space Combat & Custom Spelljammers
A single spellcaster, spending the majority of a working day casting the Mending cantrip, will repair at the same rate as a non-magical team of repair personnel.
The Secret World MMO gets a 5e-powered tabletop RPG
An Age is ending…
All the myths are true…
Gaia calls upon heroes to defend her against cosmic horrors…
Can you discover the truth behind the Secret World?
Free to Download: Monster Harvesting – D&D creature carve-up rules
Paul Gregorwich has a Pay What You Want with a suggested price of $0.00 on the DMsGuild for Monster Harvesting.
Become a monster to fight monsters: 3 Minutes is an Ultraman-inspired RPG
3 Minutes is based on Gun&Slinger materials and uses the Marked & Made SRD by Nevyn Holmes, all under the auspices of Creative Commons 4.0 without any affiliations with Dinoberry.
