In blade in the dark, you declare how much gear you plan to bring, so the GM knows whether it’s normal guys with a backpack , or guys in tactical suit with bullet proof jacket and a rifle.
But in general, yes, the setting need to react to adventurer party. It’s not ordinary
So You mean… Shadowrun
(Except its of course Stuffer Shack, and they might actually have some drones in the back)
So let’s use the keyword even if it is meaning less in order to get interest, focus, …
I get that DnD bashing is annoying. I’m tired too. But… could we start to try? Could his person with followers show then that DnD isn’t the Alpha and the Omega?
His channel is in the screenshot. As I said in the comment you’re replying to, he has explored other TTRPGs on that channel, you can check it yourself. Personally I think he has a lot of great general GM advice and does a service by making this hobby seem fun and accessible.
Just because someone’s favorite TTRPG is d&d and they make content about it, does not mean they are wronging the broader TTRPG community. If your favorite system doesn’t get enough attention in your opinion, take the initiative to show others why it’s great rather than demanding someone else do it for you. No one is obligated to pander to you specifically.
Personally, I have a huge collection of RPGs and I enjoy a lot of indie titles more than the big names and I like to talk about them when the opportunity arises. Never had to bash anyone else or their favorite game to do it.
I mean, it is the alpha. D&d is the root of ttrpg. Didn’t have to be, there were other things that could have been. And it wasn’t the true first stage of that became ttrpg; it was built on other things.
But you gotta be realistic and admit that d&d as a “thing” is the single best known, most successful system out there. It is what it is.
It is the first commercial succes I would say.
Also DnD as a thing is the best known in the US. Check Das Schwarze Auge in Germany, or Cthulhu in Japan.
Finally, could we agree that even if we aren’t perfect and can improve… and agree quickly that “yeah, the DnD bit should have been TTRPG or <insert a nice game that people could be curious about>”? The person describes a Food Fight in a Stuffer Shack - a Shadowrun classi - and I have to argue that TTRPG would be a better fit than DnD?
i mean it’s not great but it’s not terrible either. it’s a good entry into salsa for folk trying to venture out from bland white people cuisine. back in the early 90s when we couldn’t make our own from homegrown tomatoes we couldn’t really get better salsa where we lived.
dude you know how you have taste memories about really good meals and shit? you just gave me taste PTSD. So thanks and all.
If I recall correctly, which I may not, isn’t that a salsa commercial? Like pace chunky salsa?
(I looked it up: yes it was)
I’d call the Sword Coast more “Western Europe following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire if that happened a thousand years later than it did and it happened all at once because of magic and also it’s been 1800 years since then but for some reason no one’s centralized power beyond the city state level or improved military or magical technology and THEN an actual real God got killed and everything got fucked until it was decided that was dumb and a mistake let’s pretend it didn’t happen”
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Okay maybe the Wild West metaphor is simpler.
counterpoint: imagine you’re in a pizza joint and someone walks in and leaves you a hundo and asks “hey, you know where i can get some tools to alter my consciousness?”
yeah i’m telling my manager you gave me 20 to hook you up with some drugs here’s the 20 and please give you some drugs
It’s a meta RPG. Basically, after you wrap your session of D&D, where the players raided a dungeon, killed all the kobolds and hauled up some loot, you start your session of Power Kill.
The players, as their new Power Kill identities, are gathered together in a group therapy session. There the DM, as the counsellor, walks them through the horrific series of crimes that resulted in their being institutionalized; how they - apparently in a delusional fugue state - entered an apartment building and moved from room to room slaughtering the occupants and looting any valuables they could find before leaving and attempting to sell most of their haul at a nearby pawn shop.
But don’t worry… We’re here to make you better.
Note: This also works with a tonne of other games; VtM, Cyberpunk Red, any superhero game, Call of Cthulhu, Unknown Armies… It’s completely system agnostic, but provides wildly different experiences depending on what you bolt it onto.
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