Really everything, this world is bigger than anything I've designed before, I'm currently using CriticalNotes and have downloaded Obsidian since I've seen it mentioned elsewhere but seems a bit complicated to use. Google office suite may be a good option. Thanks everyone for the suggetions.
I have done this and the shocked reactions have been quite something. It is very much Not Done amongst the freak set. I mean, they're absolutely fine casting someone out if they have the wrong views, but the idea of it being done to them clearly never occurs to them.
That's part of the point of a strong theme, you narrow down the character options and backgrounds such that someone who just wants to play their coomer OC Donut Steele wouldn't even find it appealing. The fact that it also tends to result in more interesting characters and Roleplay is the main purpose though.
In skill based systems you "level up" by improving the skills you actually use. It makes sense that if you shoot guns a lot you get better at it. The AD&D leveling system where you level as a class may be easier to manage but it often makes no sense. Like you jump over a fence and now you're better with a sword.
Ngl that sounds like a pretty based game.
Yeah I had a buddy irl making that exact complaint several days ago.
Yeah that's why Im enjoying my Dragonquest group. It took holding them hostage but the group has shaken off having D&D brain.
Love how CoC handles ability improvements. So satisfying and intuitive.
Delta Green has an very interesting skill improvement system where you have to use and then fail at skills to improve them.
The core issue with fiction first games is that the narrative of rpgs is emergent. Its always been that way. "Fiction first" is just trying to force something that's supposed to develop natutally. Its like trying to script improv.
That's a baller ad, fuck the zero-taste hater, and I'm going to be stealing it to serve as the basis for recruitment calls in the future.
I use a combination of Gmail and notepad + pen & paper.
Yeah Goodman Games is a real sad story.
There would be far more in running Dark Sun or EotPT, those are actual settings beyond the mere trappings of generic OSR grimderp that is so common in the scene. My problem with it is that it doesn't stand out at all, never mind the fact that it doesn't mention anything pertinent to the actual playing of the game! What system? OSE, ACKS, AD&D, BECMI? Hell there are systems I have played and run which fulfil the same tone and lethality like WHFRP and HarnMaster, but have clear settings attached to them and something to stand out from the rest. Magic will fuck you over in WHFRP and none of the antagonistic forces are reasonable, sane or even comprehensible in some cases. You can die of an untreated gangrenous wound, in a slow and painful manner, in HarnMaster, and the orcs of the setting, the Gargun, are rapacious little eusocial monsters born from leathery eggs, totally devoid of any redeeming qualities.
When they went full retard, I just opted to pirate the damn things. They're actually pretty useful if you want to run a classic module with 5e mechanics.
Yes, if you care about the conversions or the modules you can just pirate them (though honestly I don't know why you'd bother, 5e sucks and if you are yo ho ho ing you can just get the OG modules). I meant more from a "wanting a physical book instead of a digital one" for those of us who still like to go full analogue with our TTRPG.
Yeah that's the thing, the reprints looked lovely and oldschool. I've found that you can throw entire old modules into LLMs and it can convert everything to whatever edition you choose very very nicely. What can I say, I'm a sucker for physical media, especially nicely made ones that don't look like embarrassing garbage on your shelf next to your actual embarrassing garbage.
That's my issue and primary reason I never bought them. Though, and I might be high and misremembering, I thoguht I saw versions in my FLGS (rip) that were two volumes, one the classic and the other the soyboy conversion.