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GeekList Item: Item for GeekList "2026 Annual Geek Review Challenge"
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 23:14:21
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by sdonohue
An item RPG Item: The Return of the Prodigal Son has been added to the geeklist 2026 Annual Geek Review Challenge
The Great ACKS II Retrospective
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 23:09:27
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 23:09:27
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The Great ACKS II Retrospective
Decay: Session 0 (Part 1) - Community Creation
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 23:08:46
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Decay: Session 0 (Part 1) - Community Creation
Scryfall Roulette w/ The Spike Feeders || TTC Ep592
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 23:08:15
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Scryfall Roulette w/ The Spike Feeders || TTC Ep592
GeekList Item: Item for GeekList " 2026 Annual Geek Session Report Challenge "
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 23:06:43
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by Farydia
An item RPG Item: Alliance Intelligence Reports has been added to the geeklist 2026 Annual Geek Session Report Challenge
FBL s07e10 "Back to the Arina Forest"
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 23:06:12
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 23:06:12
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FBL s07e10 "Back to the Arina Forest"
Episode 615: Elf, Sea - Dimernesti to Fetch
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 23:05:51
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 23:05:51
A new episode has been added to the database:
Episode 615: Elf, Sea - Dimernesti to Fetch
GeekList Item: Item for GeekList "Outgunned Character List [NPI 2026]"
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 23:01:08
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 23:01:08
by Doc_Bushido
An item RPG Item: LSJ089: Nobody's Fool has been added to the geeklist Outgunned Character List [NPI 2026]
GeekList Item: Item for GeekList "23 March 2026: How did your RPG session(s) go this week?"
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 22:37:53
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 22:37:53
by Farydia
An item RPG Item: Symbaroum Adventure Collection has been added to the geeklist 23 March 2026: How did your RPG session(s) go this week?
Reply: RPGGeek News:: Re: Geek Citizenship Recognition
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 22:34:32
I am one star away from having them all. I hope you all continue to rack up more stars!!!
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 22:34:32
by BG05
Congrats to everyone! Keep doing great things!I am one star away from having them all. I hope you all continue to rack up more stars!!!
New comment on Item for GeekList "Kickstarter RPG Game Books - 2026"
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 22:32:32
Hrm. Probably this?
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 22:32:32
by brumcg
Related Item: Stone Fable
chuckdee68 wrote:
What explains this projects sprint out of the gate?
Hrm. Probably this?
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Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD MAR 23: What is the difference between a fairy tale creature and a fantasy creature? How does a creature, such as an goblin or elf, that exists as both creature types differ or remain the same?
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 22:23:31
They are something other.
The RPG versions anthropomorphise them. Thus more often than not, they lose their otherness, their mystique and their allure.
Once you have anthropomorphised an elf, or turned a stern frightful Germanic Kobold that looks like an old man into a d&D kobold which is very different. Then you have to look for some other creature that is unknown/other/mysterious. And constantly retcon it into the setting - a technique that doesn't feel very effective to me, and results in a kitchen sink feeling.
I prefer settings that preserve that mystique of the source material as much as possible. Otherwise why include them, if you're going to trivialise them? I think it has to do with the impulse to fill in all the blanks. When you do that, the mystery disappears.
It's harder to keep them like that in an RPG admittedly - can a player portray an other? Do they even want to? The easier way is to keep them out of reach of players. But it all depends on what's your end goal.
Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 22:23:31
by xeirwn
The fairy versions are mysterious, they have unknown qualities to us... Or even unknowable.They are something other.
The RPG versions anthropomorphise them. Thus more often than not, they lose their otherness, their mystique and their allure.
Once you have anthropomorphised an elf, or turned a stern frightful Germanic Kobold that looks like an old man into a d&D kobold which is very different. Then you have to look for some other creature that is unknown/other/mysterious. And constantly retcon it into the setting - a technique that doesn't feel very effective to me, and results in a kitchen sink feeling.
I prefer settings that preserve that mystique of the source material as much as possible. Otherwise why include them, if you're going to trivialise them? I think it has to do with the impulse to fill in all the blanks. When you do that, the mystery disappears.
It's harder to keep them like that in an RPG admittedly - can a player portray an other? Do they even want to? The easier way is to keep them out of reach of players. But it all depends on what's your end goal.
