Root rpg https://magpiegames.com/pages/root-rpg
Mouseguard have been mentioned
Pugmire, Monarchies of mau https://www.realmsofpugmire.com/
Plenty of sci-fi games allow for heavy furryness
And yeah, you can take most systems and remove the humans and near-humans.
I prefer Oatley’s Barista edition. Has a creamy and a bit nutty flavour that goes great in coffee and (strong black) tea.
Depends on what you want out of it, the level if automation etc.
Installing a system ruleset, adding a few modules and other things on that level is easy. If you can use an app store you are set. Writing custom things I have no clue about.
Finally using it. I’ve found it smoother than roll20 and fantasy grounds. Just not having to deal with roll20’s technical baggare is truly awesome.
In the end my impression is that on a technical level it is much easier to handle. Less figuring out how not to have the platform work against you and actually work with it.
You, depending on your ISP, may have troubles self hosting. There is the biggest technical hurdle.
I don’t know how much to read between the lines, but one can read Hasbro is to blame. Praise for WotC and the DnD team. Nothing for Hasbro…
Played a good bit of Kingmaker and while not as refined as WotR I think is very similar. I agree with you that the DoS chaos can be a bit monotone and is too much. But I’d take that over the environmental flatness of other cRPGs.
As I barely have managed to squeeze in 5-10 hours of gaming per week this winter season the thought of spending 300+ hours in a single game is overwhelmingly daunting. A year with a single game. Ugh…
My best gaming experience this last year was with a short game that I knocked out in a weekend. Got a good satisfying experience and a conclusion to it. Git me rethinking things.
I think Pathfinder is as bad of a match for Larian as DnD mechanically speaking. Compare the sheer battlefield joy and chaos of DoS to the austere strictness in BG3. And Pathfinder is in the same vein. Better I think it would be if Larian picks up a setting fitting their humour and shenanigans. Heard good things about Discworld.
II know things doesn’t scale but I would love a AA cRPG at BG3 standard but a fifth of the length. Then I may actually finish it. 20-30h experience would be just great.
For me it’s contentment. A satisfaction in where I am and who I am. Being able to see the beauty and appreciate the small things. No need for more. And no longer comparing myself at my worst to others at their best.
I cook large batches of stew every now and then, freeze in 2 or 3 portion packages. Then each sunday I prep some carbs, defrost and pasteurize stew and put it all together. Boom! Lunches ready to go into the work microwaves.
And Denmark is the jizz! The spunk.
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Divinity original sin 2. Starting to get to grips with the system and things are starting to go my way. Escaped from the fort and is now exploring the marshes.
That game got a serious lesrning and difficulty curve early on. Then at one point it was like a switch flipped and the party came together. Enough gear to last long enough to start chain cc-ing the mobs and enough cc skills to keep them that way.
From where I live in my small Swedish town (about 8k inhabitants), so pretty much the whole town
2 grocery stores
2 convenience stores
2 bus stops (5 lines)
At least 10 resturants including a burger joint, a thai and a chinese. Most pizza places though
1 hardware/home appliance store
1 hardware/gardening store
2 home appliance stores
3 clothing stores, of which one for babies and one for sports
4 (?) Hairdresser
2 pharmacies
3 second hand stores
3 gyms, one of which at the sport centre
A sport centre with swimming hall, general sport hall, bowling alleys, gym and fields for outdoor sports
Two large schools and a couple of daycares
Church
2 graveyards
Police station
Municipal services
2 Opticians
1 library
Think that may be it
Some hammocks even have the bug net built in creating a nice bugfree cocoon.
Rogue Trader. It’s a cozy traditional cRPG out to its fingertips. Walls of texts, static perspective and all those traditional goodies. Combat is engaging, the word ridiculous to absurdity and the characters almost over the top. As WH40K should be.
He is also well travelled and adapts to other cultures. So totally not a republican.
Bike is #1, all day every day. I don’t move to a place unless I have a grocery store and other services within bikeable distance.
Then it’s busses and trains.
Trees in a way are just big sticks stuck in the ground. And we all know sticks are great.
The answer: worker rights and employment protections.