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Comment on What's your not-D&D RPG, and why? in ~games.tabletop
Sandwich Link ParentEdge of the Empire is completely standalone due to it predating Genesys by several years. It's the same system under the hood with relatively minor changes between the two. If you want to get into...Edge of the Empire is completely standalone due to it predating Genesys by several years. It's the same system under the hood with relatively minor changes between the two.
If you want to get into Genesys and like Star Wars, the beginner game for Edge of the Empire is probably the easiest.
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Comment on What's your not-D&D RPG, and why? in ~games.tabletop
Sandwich Link ParentSo a lot of this is going to be in comparison to DnD 5e just because that's my and most other people's reference point. I'll also use Edge of the Empire (EotE) as well because I have more...So a lot of this is going to be in comparison to DnD 5e just because that's my and most other people's reference point. I'll also use Edge of the Empire (EotE) as well because I have more experience in that.
Customization. 5e has extremely poor customization of your mechanical character past level unless you decide to multiclass. Genesys has a XP buy system so you can have people will focus skills, some focus talents, and some focus a mix. Makes characters have a bit more creativity. This plus a more fleshed out skill system means that you can have people that are legit worthless in a fight and still able to contribute to overall campaign.
Being honest about death. It's hard to kill someone in Genesys. Like you have to have at least 5 prior critical injuries in order to risk being killed in combat from an additional critical hit (barring crit modifiers). 5e has so much low level healing passed around and many DM's are afraid to kill people that I think the rules should just be modified to acknowledge that rather than pretending it's more lethal than it really is.
Combat differences. With armor, I just prefer the soak damage reductions over AC. Not to mention the way piercing interacts with it causes an interesting mechanic. Piercing can start acting as a health equalizer between your beef cakes and squishies. For example in EotE, a light saber ignores 10 points of damage reduction if it hits. Most players will never hit that so effectively it means that no one gets the benefits of armor against the dismemberment laser sword.
Also the lower health pools in general mean that low level threats stay dangerous because you still need to be concerned about losing a few health here or there when you only grow from 12ish to 20ish over the course of a campaign. And you only increase health if you invest XP into it so it's not even a sure thing that your health increases.Magic/the Force - It uses casting from health which puts a big clamp on how much you can use it. Sure, it uses strain which is the health pool that's meant to swing wildly over the course of the day but within an encounter, you can only use it so much. It helps keep things in check when you are looking at your strain and wondering "Can I risk being put out of commission for the rest of this encounter with one bad roll?". I haven't had much experience with high level magic users so I can't say if it does start having the same problems as 5e but based of EotE keeping force users in check by XP gating it super hard to the point of having to sacrifice their skill progression, I suspect it'll be better than 5e.
As a closing note, I will say I think the core rule book for Genesys is kinda useless. I'm using Realms of Terrinoth (which frustratingly requires the Genesys core rule book for some stuff) for my fantasy world because I don't want to tell players "Use pages 100-110, the equipment list on page 204, the race list on page 195, the magic rules on pages 350". I want the books that preset Genesys into fantasy, space opera, modern fantasy, etc so that way I then only have to do minor tuning to set things how I want for my campaign. If I have to build the entire thing from the core rule book, I'll go play GURPS or something.
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Comment on Steam Deck or ASUS ROG Ally? in ~games
Sandwich Link ParentExactly this. I view this the same as the Raspberry Pi versus almost every other single board computer. You can get more performance and a better price but you lose the critical mass community. If...Exactly this. I view this the same as the Raspberry Pi versus almost every other single board computer. You can get more performance and a better price but you lose the critical mass community. If you're willing to do a lot of finagling to get the less common device working, go for it. For anyone wanting to just use pre-canned solutions to common problems, get the Pi/Steam Deck.
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Comment on What's your not-D&D RPG, and why? in ~games.tabletop
Sandwich LinkGenesys, love the dice pool mechanic. This system interestingly was my first RPG. I almost started with Pathfinder in college but the guy organizing that game dropped out in between semesters so...Genesys, love the dice pool mechanic. This system interestingly was my first RPG. I almost started with Pathfinder in college but the guy organizing that game dropped out in between semesters so we couldn't start up at the beginning of the next semester like we had planned. A year later, a friend wanted to play Edge of the Empire and since I'm a Star Wars nerd, I was in.
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Comment on Introductions | June 2023, part 1 in ~talk
Sandwich LinkHello everyone, Another long time Redditor looking around to keep my options open. I work in industrial automation (PLCs, HMIs, "programming issues") with an electrical engineering degree. In my...Hello everyone,
Another long time Redditor looking around to keep my options open. I work in industrial automation (PLCs, HMIs, "programming issues") with an electrical engineering degree. In my spare time, standard nerd stuff, so video games, tabletop RPGs, etc.
Honestly, I think you're reading too much into it. As soon as the news came out that Cavill was being replaced I figure it will be at most a joke from Jaskier about Geralt being different and no other comments about it. People that care will care, but the showrunners don't really care what those people think.