Recent content by Micah Sweet

  1. Micah Sweet

    What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?

    I already capitulated to @Maxperson . I don't care if it's RAW.
  2. Micah Sweet

    My Changing Thoughts on Science Fantasy Games

    And even psionics in Trek is considered to have a scientific explanation.
  3. Micah Sweet

    My Changing Thoughts on Science Fantasy Games

    You're saying most people don't see Star Trek as science fiction? Seriously? Is anything science fiction then in your view? Even The Expanse has stuff that violates our understanding of physics.
  4. Micah Sweet

    What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?

    True. RAW isn't really relevant to any given table anyway. If I don't like a rule, I change it.
  5. Micah Sweet

    What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?

    Ok, fair enough. Guess how much that affects my game or my opinion on the matter?
  6. Micah Sweet

    What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?

    There's also no RAW saying it can't, and given how the PCs are (pretty much) all people who came from a community of NPCs, why should things that affect those NPCs not affect them? Bob the Fighter is just as human as his parents and a bunch of other people from his home village. Why is he...
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    My Changing Thoughts on Science Fantasy Games

    Well, it makes a difference to me. The people of the setting use future scientific data and technology to create these things. They know or can know how they work, and they are generated from objects made by people in the setting who can, generally speaking, make more of them, and they can...
  8. Micah Sweet

    My Changing Thoughts on Science Fantasy Games

    Most of that is presented as science. It makes a difference.
  9. Micah Sweet

    What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?

    You just said there are no rules about it, just no examples supporting my view.
  10. Micah Sweet

    What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?

    Do you have a quote on that? I love when stuff is spelled out in marketing videos!
  11. Micah Sweet

    What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?

    That's not both. That's what I said. A good amount of RAI, no RAW. Although, if they specifically leave it to the GM, then it's back in our court.
  12. Micah Sweet

    What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?

    Sounds like a fair amount of RAI to support your view, but no RAW (I assume you mean 5.0, since I don't care what 5.5 has to say on that or any other subject). Fair enough, but I'm still going to adjudicate it my way.
  13. Micah Sweet

    The 5 'Tiers' of TTRPG Publishing

    To anyone in the industry as well as the community, yes. Plenty of folks, but not everyone.
  14. Micah Sweet

    What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?

    If the players discussed their plans in front of the GM, then the GM has that knowledge before the attempt is made. But, the Players could always change their mind, or even lie about their intentions to the GM until something happens.
  15. Micah Sweet

    What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?

    Do the rules say social skills don't work on PCs? What game?
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