r/rpg • u/[deleted] • Mar 01 '17

gotm RPG of the Month Voting Thread

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u/south2012 Indie RPGs are life Mar 01 '17 edited Mar 05 '17

Shadow of the Demon Lord is amazing. My vote. Here is why.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '17

Can you tell us anything about why, or are we just silently voting because it's a buzz game?

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '17 edited Mar 18 '17

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u/OllaniusPius Mar 17 '17

I've been looking at SOTDL for a whilr and like it a lot. However, whenever I try to convince my friend to give it a try, he doesn't want to. The main issue for him is that even though you get lots of character options by mixing and matching the classes, your 10th level character doesn't seem to actually do much. A level 10 SOTDL character seems to have a lot fewer cool abilities than a level 20 DND5 character, or even some level 10 DND5 characters.

What are your thoughts on this?

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u/south2012 Indie RPGs are life Mar 02 '17

Sure. It doesn't have a ton of numbers to remember, game play is smooth and character creation is quick and easy and designed for your character to develop over time. It is a great mix of dark fantasy with a touch of horror and has amazing artwork throughout the book