The OSR Campaign continues: B/X essentials is the rules ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_qMfBrG9Iw

#RPGaDAY 2016: Day 3::Best Character Moment ...A moment from the last year, more or less--no less! ...Sometimes the Proudest moments...are the ones where you simply do your job. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRwH3yQbOUg

USING THIS VIDEO TO PLATFORM VITRIOL IN THE COMMENTS WONT BE TOLERATED So you've probably heard by now about this one. Or at least seen the reshares. Some additional context will be provided herein. Y'all know I DO make videos about 'what's a good feat' and 'what's a bad feat.' You know what? I might go against my own advice sometimes. I think it's good to know what the best is, because I enjoy that informed choice to step away from that. So yeah, I'll keep making videos that include optimization mindsets because I think understanding those thresholds about 'good' vs. 'bad' options serves all preferences, even if that's to see when a player couldn't care less. In the challenge-based culture of play close to the center of gravity of Dungeons & Dragons, the sensibility of creating inept heroes is gaining some acceptance. Meanwhile, lots of groups have found the means to play ambivalent to system mastery or decide with each session zero what the focus and assumptions of *this* campaign will be. Speak to your preferences as you begin a campaign, and find a consensus about which ideas the campaign will work to serve... Oh, and don't assume too much about someone else's game when they speak to how they play. Maybe ask. tweets referenced in video: https://twitter.com/itsginnydi/status/1282546113464025088 https://twitter.com/itsginnydi/status/1286334501774270465?s=20 https://twitter.com/itsginnydi/status/1285400889277263877 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5wbzvdR6f0

This references Matt Colville's "skill dogpiling' video which can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=canhaxHlFg8 When should a character just 'know' things? when can't a character 'know' things. Do you roll to hit the broadside of a barn? Do you roll to see around a corner? Who your character is, and where you are...what you're trying to do, determine a great deal (for me) about when the dice play. And if you look in the player's handbook, you may discover some very interestingly explicit text to back me up on this one. Some examples come from further afield in the person of Luke Crane's First edition of Burning Wheel, Matt Finch's Old School Primer, and Apocalypse world. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEwMjSI7VtM