the forge

Aggro, Hate, and Enemy Targeting

Gadda has my gears turning again. A couple days ago he made a post over on bluesky talking about the aggro mechanics for the Log Horizon TRPG. Now I can’t stop thinking about aggro and enemy combat behavior in general, and I want to refine my thoughts so I can add some mechanics to my Aggro, Hate, and Enemy Targeting

system matters: theory 102

In July 1999, Ron Edwards posted an essay called “System Does Matter”. A copy of this essay is available on the now-defunct forums of The Forge, which was a community of people interested in publishing their own RPGs. A large percentage of all ttrpg discussion and discourse can be traced back to this fundamental concept. system matters: theory 102