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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 8676688" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>A lot of this is table variation, with CR being a table that the others have shared in.</p><p></p><p>Back in AD&D / AD&D 2nd ed we did a lot of really deep in-character. (You're #2.) It was half soap opera, and where I really first got my RP chops. Love triangles, rivalries, etc. But I know plenty of people whom that isn't their primary focus. Newer gamers, even though who haven't watched CR, have been more exposed to that style of play, enough that it's common.</p><p></p><p>Interchange with merchants and other NPCs - I've seen this when importnat (buy a magic item), or as a technicque when a group just starts to showcase each other's characters personalities. Doing it more frequent than that must be a CR-specific issue.</p><p></p><p>"Posing" - describing result of the die rolls in the fiction - was a technique we used heavily starting back in the 90s for a number of systems. The "how do you kill it" is a pull-back from that without removing completely. Since it is one of the most memorable parts, that seems like a nice compromise to keep things moving but still bring it up. Gives a bit of spotlight for what you did.</p><p></p><p>The last has been around as well, codified as Rule 0 in D&D 3.0 but around before that as needed. When you have a group of people who are entertaining the audience, I can picture that comes upa lot more often to be satisfying and free.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 8676688, member: 20564"] A lot of this is table variation, with CR being a table that the others have shared in. Back in AD&D / AD&D 2nd ed we did a lot of really deep in-character. (You're #2.) It was half soap opera, and where I really first got my RP chops. Love triangles, rivalries, etc. But I know plenty of people whom that isn't their primary focus. Newer gamers, even though who haven't watched CR, have been more exposed to that style of play, enough that it's common. Interchange with merchants and other NPCs - I've seen this when importnat (buy a magic item), or as a technicque when a group just starts to showcase each other's characters personalities. Doing it more frequent than that must be a CR-specific issue. "Posing" - describing result of the die rolls in the fiction - was a technique we used heavily starting back in the 90s for a number of systems. The "how do you kill it" is a pull-back from that without removing completely. Since it is one of the most memorable parts, that seems like a nice compromise to keep things moving but still bring it up. Gives a bit of spotlight for what you did. The last has been around as well, codified as Rule 0 in D&D 3.0 but around before that as needed. When you have a group of people who are entertaining the audience, I can picture that comes upa lot more often to be satisfying and free. [/QUOTE]
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