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Re: "Fat Self Care" is the Future SJWs Want For The Hobby
« Reply #135 on: March 23, 2021, 08:55:20 AM »
As my Blackfoot friend stated; some other tribes weren’t even considered people; they were vermin.

Here in Brazil, the Portuguese and French encountered two main tribes along the coastline, the Tupi and the Tapuia. They were engaged in a bloody, interminable war.

Except, Tapuia isn't what they called themselves. Tupi means "People" and Tapuia is Tupi for "Not People".

Since the Tupi-Portuguese alliance beat the Tapuia-French alliance, and the Tupi proceeded to exterminate the Tapuia, we'll never know who they really were.
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Re: "Fat Self Care" is the Future SJWs Want For The Hobby
« Reply #136 on: March 26, 2021, 12:40:05 AM »
"Discriminated against d12?"

Does anyone real actually think that? The d12 gets used outside RPGs. Several board games use them. The d8 though got alot of use for a while then seems to have fallen off in use in board games.

The commonality is something like d6, d10, d8, d12 d20 and at the bottom the lonely d4 and even more snubbed d2.

Outside of D&D and Rifts how many RPGs actually use a d20 for example?

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« Reply #137 on: March 26, 2021, 12:47:18 AM »
The D4 doubles as a caltrop, tho, so it's plenty useful. ;)
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Re: "Fat Self Care" is the Future SJWs Want For The Hobby
« Reply #138 on: March 26, 2021, 06:04:00 AM »
Outside of D&D and Rifts how many RPGs actually use a d20 for example?
Glancing over at my shelf, I see: Alternity, Earthdawn, TORG Eternity, damn near everything from Modiphius (the 2d20 systems), Mutants & Masterminds (sufficiently different from D&D to mention despite the fact that I left off numerous d20 D&D derivatives).

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Re: "Fat Self Care" is the Future SJWs Want For The Hobby
« Reply #139 on: March 26, 2021, 06:49:53 AM »
Well of course the d20 stuff used a d20. Its still more, or less, D&D. So doesnt count. Alternity was from TSR/WOTC and so odds were it would use a d20 in there somewhere. Actually its system was supposed to be semi-compatible with 2e. Cardmaster uses a d20 as well as its a really pared down D&D system.

Think Ironclaw uses the full spread for its various dice pools is one can think of.

Alot of RPGs seem to go for the d6s as those are easier to get off the shelf. With the rare forays into percentile dice.

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« Reply #140 on: March 26, 2021, 07:29:55 AM »
Well of course the d20 stuff used a d20. Its still more, or less, D&D. So doesnt count. Alternity was from TSR/WOTC and so odds were it would use a d20 in there somewhere. Actually its system was supposed to be semi-compatible with 2e. Cardmaster uses a d20 as well as its a really pared down D&D system.

Think Ironclaw uses the full spread for its various dice pools is one can think of.

Alot of RPGs seem to go for the d6s as those are easier to get off the shelf. With the rare forays into percentile dice.
The only d20 product I mentioned was M&M, and by 3e, it has very little in common with D&D beyond using the d20 for resolution.

There were also several TSR games that did not use the d20, so I don't agree with your "odds were" statement.

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Re: "Fat Self Care" is the Future SJWs Want For The Hobby
« Reply #141 on: March 27, 2021, 03:31:24 AM »
Put the goal posts back where they belong junior.

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« Reply #142 on: March 27, 2021, 09:46:48 AM »
Put the goal posts back where they belong junior.
I'll accept your bizarre self-talk (who refers to themselves as "junior") as a concession. I don't hate you for shifting goalposts.

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« Reply #143 on: March 27, 2021, 07:33:49 PM »
Outside of D&D and Rifts how many RPGs actually use a d20 for example?

There are a lot! I did a thread once on "How many systems use a D20 roll-under mechanic?" and the results were surprising. I can't recall most of them, however. Mostly stuff I had never heard of.

Alternity used a D20 roll-under for it's core mechanic, modified +/- by step dice (d4, d6, d8, etc.)




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« Reply #144 on: March 27, 2021, 08:45:21 PM »
Outside of D&D and Rifts how many RPGs actually use a d20 for example?

There are a lot! I did a thread once on "How many systems use a D20 roll-under mechanic?" and the results were surprising. I can't recall most of them, however. Mostly stuff I had never heard of.

Alternity used a D20 roll-under for it's core mechanic, modified +/- by step dice (d4, d6, d8, etc.)

Alternity is a sorta-kinda D&D variant so still within the same basket. Same for alot of D&D derivatives way back. There were several early on. Then by the 80s or 90s you saw a shift to d6s. d6 systems probably do not outnumber the d20 ones. But they seem to be growing every year.

Amazing Engine on the other hand I believe was its own system and did use a d20. Tangentally. There are RPGs that use a d20. But its not the primary die for most resolution. Most Palladium games feel like that even though the d20 is used for combat. percentile rolls are more predominant. Or games like Ironclaw where a d20 is just there with neither dominance or lack thereof.

Back on topic. Such as it is.

Both of the games discussed so far would have come across better without the virtue signalling or agenda platforming. Though makes sense with C&R since the movie they are coat-tailing on was used as an agenda platform itself.

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« Reply #145 on: March 27, 2021, 09:11:46 PM »
Alternity is a sorta-kinda D&D variant so still within the same basket.
No, it's really not.

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« Reply #146 on: March 28, 2021, 04:50:05 AM »
Dear Lord, Have those morons never heard about modern medecine and health professionals ? Self-care is good, sure, but nobody can use a game like RPG as a cure to mental diseases. It is just a way to have friends (and I actually mean good friends, not parasites and utterly selfish people) having a good time and relaxing without being judged for the silliness said and done during the game.
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« Reply #147 on: March 28, 2021, 06:43:05 AM »
Gather friends and let us now fight fatphobia in RPGs.

Check this dweeb. It's going around the FB groups.

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« Reply #148 on: March 28, 2021, 06:57:45 AM »
Alternity is a sorta-kinda D&D variant so still within the same basket.
No, it's really not.

I'll take your word on that for now as my books are in storage and cant check.

Then remember still have the alt GW book here and leafed through. Yeah its got some D&D DNA in there but its so far removed it reads very differently. Thought for sure I had a conversion booklet they released but seems not. Does use a d20 though! So again Im proven wrong. heh.

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« Reply #149 on: March 28, 2021, 07:11:30 AM »
Check this dweeb.
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