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Is this right? Dragon Warriors is "Pay what you want" on DTRPG?

Started by weirdguy564, January 15, 2023, 10:48:26 PM

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dbm

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January 16, 2023, 12:20:01 PM
...and still pretty well balanced against the other classes in the system, in my experience.

Brad

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January 16, 2023, 04:10:40 PM
I think the greatest appeal of DW for me is that it truly is a low fantasy game centered on combat-oriented human characters. Knights and Barbarians are extremely competent and useful and you can have a very fun campaign using nothing but those two classes.
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

danskmacabre

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January 16, 2023, 07:02:11 PM
Quote from: weirdguy564 on January 16, 2023, 12:40:18 AM
Those old 1980's books are probably what you are thinking of.  I understand that those books were sort of like, "Choose your own Adventure!" type of books that used dice.  Small, portable, and from a time before RPG's were more well known and had an expected layout.  I don't actually know, so if anybody wants to correct me, go for it.

The book up on Drive Thru RPG is not those old flip books, but are more traditional RPG rulebook.  It may be considered a sort of 2nd edition because of that.  The book is also not the original authors.  It has changed hands a few times.  1986 was the original Corgi flip books, then it was owned by Magnum Opus press in 2008.  Then 2011 it changed to its current owner, Serpent King Games.

Yes, the 1980s books are the ones I'm referring to. I DO have the later editions too, which I bought some years ago and even ran it for a bit.
They're pretty similar to the old books really, just a larger book format.


dbm

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January 17, 2023, 02:39:05 AM
Quote from: danskmacabre on January 16, 2023, 07:02:11 PMYes, the 1980s books are the ones I'm referring to. I DO have the later editions too, which I bought some years ago and even ran it for a bit.
They're pretty similar to the old books really, just a larger book format.
IIRC correctly they re-balance the classes slightly and there is an additional class focussed on archery in the Companion.

But the vast majority of the content is the same.

zircher

#19
January 17, 2023, 05:23:46 PM
Thanks all for the heads up.  I picked up the solo adventures to give a go and see how I like the system.  [Also paid for the DW beast book to maintain my karmic balance and throw a tip in the jar.]
You can find my solo Tarot based rules for Amber on my home page.
http://www.tangent-zero.com

ForgottenF

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January 18, 2023, 05:52:12 PM
Quote from: Brad on January 16, 2023, 04:10:40 PM
I think the greatest appeal of DW for me is that it truly is a low fantasy game centered on combat-oriented human characters. Knights and Barbarians are extremely competent and useful and you can have a very fun campaign using nothing but those two classes.

I would put the caveat on that that it's much more of a low fantasy game if you do restrict it to just Knight, Barbarian, Assassin, Hunter, Priest or Knave. The Sorcerer has readily available healing, and all the magic-using professions have some extremely potent attack spells available to them. Plus, the MP system means that magic is more freely usable by casters than it is in D&D.

If you do play with the casting classes, it's really just another flavor of high fantasy. More Arthurian and mythological than the weird hodgepodge of weird tales and comic books you get in D&D.

Quote from: zircher on January 17, 2023, 05:23:46 PM
Thanks all for the heads up.  I picked up the solo adventures to give a go and see how I like the system.  [Also paid for the DW beast book to maintain my karmic balance and throw a tip in the jar.]

If you're looking for  some examples of the game in action, Grim Jim streamed all the official modules for it a couple years ago.
https://youtu.be/pn3u-SUz9cc
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