The Future of the Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game?

Purple Snit · 02-16-2018, 01:31 PM

"I strongly suspect you are wrong about this for a significant chunk of the market. DFRPG fills a role that GURPS DF, which I love and am three years deep in a huge campaign on, simply can’t."

I would be curious to read more on why you think this is - you already play DF - why would a changed, "rules-lite" help that?

On the subject of adventures - I just concluded a short Pathfinder campaign, and the reason I quit [and, I suspect, the reason for the "railroady" adventures] is because of the necessary progression of characters on the class/level track; you can't reuse low-level monsters or challenges at later levels, because they are no threat or obstacle to the PCs, so you have to constantly elevate the levels, and write up new opponents/obstacles, and this doesn't encourage straying from a clearly defined path. I don't want to turn this into system wars - different strokes - but for me, GURPS offers a lot more leeway for making stuff up off the cuff and reusing opponents. And I'm looking forward to getting 5 new players into the game with a DF campaign.

View Poll Results: DFRPG Future, as whished for by Forumites
1) Just make more.	37	22.56%
2) .pdf with POD support	43	26.22%
2a) Seperate line.	10	6.10%
2b) Integrate into the DF line	67	40.85%
2c) Finish whats available, and end further production of new material.	1	0.61%
3) Simply end all further production, and place resources in other projects.	6	3.66%
Voters: 164. You may not vote on this poll

02-16-2018, 01:31 PM	#11
Purple Snit Join Date: Jan 2011	Re: The Future of the Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game? "I strongly suspect you are wrong about this for a significant chunk of the market. DFRPG fills a role that GURPS DF, which I love and am three years deep in a huge campaign on, simply can’t." I would be curious to read more on why you think this is - you already play DF - why would a changed, "rules-lite" help that? On the subject of adventures - I just concluded a short Pathfinder campaign, and the reason I quit [and, I suspect, the reason for the "railroady" adventures] is because of the necessary progression of characters on the class/level track; you can't reuse low-level monsters or challenges at later levels, because they are no threat or obstacle to the PCs, so you have to constantly elevate the levels, and write up new opponents/obstacles, and this doesn't encourage straying from a clearly defined path. I don't want to turn this into system wars - different strokes - but for me, GURPS offers a lot more leeway for making stuff up off the cuff and reusing opponents. And I'm looking forward to getting 5 new players into the game with a DF campaign.