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innerdude replied to the thread Open Gaming Should Mean Open.So I'm of two minds on this. One -- by any measure, the "open source" movement across intellectual property contexts (software, books... -
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Both @Manbearcat and I have, for many years, posted about CoC as a suitable vehicle for this sort of railroad play. From the player... -
innerdude reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion) with Like.
It can also happen because the game rules tell you that's how it done. Not far upthread I quoted Edwards's illustration from DC Heroes...
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innerdude replied to the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion).I can definitely confirm that Ironsworn and Ironsworn: Starforged have mechanics that either explicitly or implicitly ask players and GM...
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innerdude reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion) with Like.
So here's the thing, D&D as written doesn't really do anything to promote that, yeah? I've mentioned this multiple times and you just...
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innerdude replied to the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion).Sure. But that's you choosing to prioritize your own desires over the players'. "I totally made up this fictional thing 6 hours / days...
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innerdude replied to the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion).Very much this. But man oh man, was I extrapolating to keep the "living world" alive and running. I was a darn good extrapolator. I...
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innerdude reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion) with Like.
Yeah, I think it's tough to examine our games and realize this, but like you, I know I did my fair share of this earlier on. Even when I...
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innerdude reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion) with Like.
Relentless focus on premise and lack of a prearranged plot of any sort beyond what the core premise itself implies. The focus is on what...
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innerdude reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion) with Like.
So, I don't think a given process or mechanic is sacred and only belongs in a single given arrangement. If I did Chronicles of Darkness...
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innerdude replied to the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion).I was never a tyrant GM even when I was running Savage Worlds for 9 years in about as "trad" a fashion as possible. But neither was I...
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innerdude reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion) with Like.
I would say that most narrativist games would explicitly tell you that determining “an assassin will kill the princess on Tuesday night”...
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innerdude replied to the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion).See, this is one of those things that until you give narrative mechanics an honest try, feels like it should be the absolute right move...
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innerdude replied to the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion).That's all fine and good. But the point of mechanics that point to fiction-first, non-"diegetic" conflict resolution in games like...
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innerdude reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion) with Like.
When an entire system is built around them and explicitly tells GMs things like “doing plot is antithetical to this game, stop it right...