Yeah, I think if I do end up playing it’ll be the newest version. I have the patience for crunchy systems but most of the people I play with don’t. And the thought of playing anything more complex than 5e with some of them terrifies me.
Star wars FFG and Deadlands. I love the flavor of both. I doubt I’ll ever play star wars, but some of my current groups will probably give deadlands a try.
If I’ve got intelligent enemies with ranged attacks they’re absolutely going for that thing once it makes its utility known. Though it’s not like they generally do much with their reactions anyway.
Toss them a minor magic item. Prep while they squabble over who should take it for 30-60 minutes.
In 3 months, you’ll forget they have it and they’ll use it to completely bypass a 4 hour combat you planned, leaving you in the exact fake boat you are now but even worse.
But that’s a problem for future you.
It’s not malicious. I just can’t resist the trope of having that epic spider v. praying mantis battle that’s comparably totally inconsequential at standard scale. Makes me giggle.
I mean, if the first clip didn’t sell me on it, this one did
Kobolds play minion based puzzle games, where individual units are super expendable. Pikmin, Lemmings, Overlord, etc.
Gnomes have incredibly realistic flight simulators and spreadsheet management sims life Football Manager and Eve
Dragonborn lack a well defined cultural niche so they get nothing.
Call of Cthulhu vibes here. Some rolls you want to fail, because you’re better off not knowing.