Recent content by Micah Sweet

Cobra Kai was great! Loved it all the way.

I don't see combat maneuvers as mechanics first, and I see no reason to assume the game designers do either. They are IMO attempting to model different styles of fighting. That's what it's about.

Level Up's skill specialties, expertise (and hindrance) dice, and the journey systems with their exploration challenges are to me just as engaging as combat.

Those aren't modeled in every D&D style game, but there are in some. Lots of more specific maneuvers in Level Up, for example.

Best ride in town. Cross the galaxy.

I like "filler" episodes. That's where a lot of worldbuilding and supporting character development comes from.

Your gaming and table group will adapt to service us.

I feel exactly the same way when I'm a player. There's no difference to me on that score. That's my feedback as a player. It's not railroading because the player can still do what they want through their PC. And I think some people get too emotionally involved with their characters in my opinion...

Oh sure. You'll never get consensus on a public forum.

So long as the players stay within the lines of their PCs, I don't care if they run roughshod over the setting. Once play begins, that's what it's there for. And there's no value to telling someone not to be irritated by something that irritates them. Seems to me, based on this and previous...

I do my best.

Yup. But being subjective doesn't make the issue any less important to the player, and thus to the table.

I know it's a thing, and I try to respect it when I run games. But it really bothers me sometimes. Feels inauthentic.

They're not sure why, IMO, because it's a preference. People feel good about things they like, and bad about things they don't. But feeling that some rules are "in-your-face" and others aren't is obviously subjective.

Yeah, but it's still irritating to me. To my mind, sometimes PCs die, and then you make another one. While they're there you care about them, but I just don't see why you can't accept the occasional bad thing happening to your PC. It's not you.