i dislike that i used the grs calendar system in my traveller sw campaign but i'm not gonna change it now

YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE BATTLE OF YAVIN, ASSUMING I DON'T DICK THAT UP IN THIS CAMPAIGN

i should rewatch casino royale

not for the gambling but so i can see mads mikkelson crush a dude's balls

dark side or combat pragmatism

you be the judge

star wars: "lightsabers, elegant weapons from a more civilized age"

traveller: "i jump over the sabacc table and start punching the shit out of him since we had to check our weapons with casino security"

1) pathfinder is just dnd lol lmao,

2) i thought everyone told me daggerheart was the worst thing since non-sliced bread and was dead in the water 🤔

3) no draw steel

me: "ah it's just some dirty cultists"

me, reading the stat blocks: "these are fucking sith"

the jedi ran away

bravely ran away, away

me: "this is too dungeon crawl-y. too many fights"

adventure: "and then a force dragon arrives!"

me:

adventure: *paragraphs of detainment camp defenses setup*

me: "i notice you have nothing to take down, say, a freighter with upgraded turreted laser cannons"

adventure: 👁️____👁️

"don't blast us!"

"there they are - blast 'em!"

adventure: "this fight should be as cinematic as possible"

me: *shoots inquisitor with a shotgun*

ex-sith with anger management issues: bad for skulking about

but also: good for not trusting anyone and springing traps before they get ambushed

"The bomb should not be a death sentence for unlucky heroes."

i'll be the judge of that

me: "wonder why my trav sw campaign is going so much better than my ffg one*

*my ffg crew, with gaping holes in its roster, no smartie pants, no computers, etc*

cards aren't necessary at all for ironsworn >.>

they're all just written down in the book nothing stops you from just... reading the book

sure i could stop and do work

or

keep playing rpgs because the world is shit

"alright we're gonna do XYZ to accomplish our short term goal"

*six sessions later*

"what the fuck were we supposed to be doing again?"

"How vital is combat to your enjoyment of RPGs in general"

close to 0% care tbh

general non-focus on conflict resolution is why most rpgs have 8 melee weapon skills and then "persuade"

i think a lot of "oooooo combat is so gritty and 'realistic'!" isn't why lethal combat is good

it's good because it's a bad option. games where pulling a gun is a bad idea are just going to cater more toward more interesting conflict resolution in general

like i don't actually care how realistic gunplay is in delta green or cp2020 (they're not, at all)

the point is pulling guns means you failed every other rung on the ladder

i think people get lost in the sauce when they start adding too many skills/skill specializations as well

like what are you even trying to do? it's not inherently bad i just think a lot of people aren't going for hyperdetail oriented hacking or something, they just think more skills = more good

languages i think are a great thing that rarely get expanded on in games. usually it's like "you all know BASIC" and then you sort of get what everyone means no matter what

(hilariously star wars weg d6 had wookie players try to only communicate in wookie sounds)

saw a 2.5 hour video of people playing shadowdark and congratulating themselves about how much faster and better it and they were than dnd 5e

they overcame like 4 combats in that time and did nothing else

comments were similarly inane, about how efficient they were without any "cringey roleplaying"

lmao