Based on the very insightful responses to my question yesterday about whether there should be a core rules book and GM book or just one, I have decided to go with one book

I was wondering if you all have any advice on book size. US letter or A5?

Do people feel strongly about one core rulebook vs a core rules + gamemasters' book?

My book is starting to get big. I am thinking of splitting it into two.

1. All the core rules

2. Gamemasters' Book - setting generation tools, a setting, multiple adventures in the setting, stat blocks for enemies

I probably won't have enough orders for offset print. They will be PDF or PDF+at cost print on demand code.

What do you think?

EDIT: All the rules needed to play will be in the core rulebook. You can run forever with that one book. The gamemasters' book is to make life easy for the gamemasters. No additional rules there. Just tools to help them run easier.

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Hey folks,

I built a character builder for my under development game. I am looking for some feedback on the user interface and if it's easy to use and intuitive.

Thank you.

PS - if you would like to test the game and give me feedback, let me know.

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Hey folks,

I am a long time lurker here and learned a lot from the community. You also inspired me to start designing my game 3 years ago.

One of the basic things I wanted to achieve is fast character creation. That has worked, mostly, still in playtest, still tweaking. However, I was thinking that if I ever get really enthusiastic players, I need to give them some more toys to play with. Hence, I started toying with the idea of a lifepath based character creation.

My question is what, in your opinion, makes a lifepath system shine? What makes it fun? Is it possible to have a fun lifepath system without a setting?

Thank you.

Hey folks,

I need some help finding knitwear and a good overcoat. I am looking to buy -

1. A shawl collar navy cardigan (under $175)

2. A double-breasted winter coat (under $450)

I am really looking for good fibers and don't want any polyester and such.

I was looking at Charles Tyrwhitt because I really like their shirts, but not feeling super sure.

Let me know what you like.

Hey folks,

I need some help finding knitwear and a good overcoat. I am looking to buy -

1. A shawl collar navy cardigan (under $175)

2. A double-breasted winter coat (under $450)

I am really looking for good fibers and don't want any polyester and such.

I was looking at Charles Tyrwhitt because I really like their shirts, but not feeling super sure.

Let me know what you like.

Based on some recent posts, there seems to be two big pain points in the community. I also agree with the points.

1. Not enough different types of monsters in the monster book
2. Too many monsters needed in every encounter

My players complained last night about every combat having soany enemies. They want smaller challenging combat.

How do you handle this for your table or is it not a pain point you have?

This is also solvable by third party publishers. If we made monsters do you want -

a) multiple products with few monsters

b) one big book with many monsters

CLARIFICATION:
While I have personally felt these struggles as a Director, this thread led me to believe that I am not the only one. Hence, I am looking for what solutions people have come up with and if us third party content creators can help fill the gap (assuming it's not worth MCDM's time to work on this).

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Hello everyone,

I know basically nothing about economics, but I am starting to learn. The state of the world and having some free time triggered this learning.

One of the most common and accepted sentiments is that the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer. This is then followed by "tax the rich". Which is then followed by convoluted discussions on capital gains taxes vs wealth taxes. Honestly I haven't learned enough to understand that last bit yet.

One of the things that I recently learned and it doesn't seem talked about enough is the borrowing money against assets to buy more assets. To me it seems that this is what all rich people do. And this is where it doesn't make sense anymore.

If I have $1bn worth of shares in a company, I am not taxed on it until I sell them. This makes sense. However, I can borrow $100mil against those shares and buy another company. And it is easy for me to pay the loan back through the dividends and all.

If my understanding is right, won't we significantly reduce the wealth gap problem by stopping this? If you don't pay taxes on the $1bn shares, then those shares cannot be used as collateral when taking out loans.

I MEAN OBVIOUSLY I AM WRONG. I haven't solved an age old problem after two months of economics learning. But tell me why and how I am wrong.

Thank you.