Recent content by AnotherGuy

Well @Reynard I feel your pain, but my party had a completely different experience to yours...the below Play Report was a Random Encounter with a black dragon in the Marsh.

Online or in-person? If online just curious as to why you may join a monetized version of the hobby.

I do not use it like that. That's very much the kind of bias I do not want to be participating in for my games.

We've been using the spending HD to refresh ANY ability now for almost 7 years. The HD spend is determined via whether it is a Long or Short rest ability and the level required at which you are using it. For instance, an Action Surge for 1 attack has a different spend for an Action Surge with 2...

There are a couple of mitigating factors I believe. The overarching campaign has been set up with twists and pulls in various directions (That's on me) This storyline (not campaign) is reaching its conclusion from about a decade's worth of roleplaying. It is our ACT 2. The tension is high as the...

I would imagine given the necessary character motivations this is maybe more prevalent in PbtA games? I suspect the slower pace of trad D&D helps alleviate some of this issue? Although having several heads negotiating the story may help rather than dumping that responsibility all on one person...

You'd think someone would have told Michael Bay that by now

I'm not sure, I suspect this may be subjective. As a player for me it depends on two things - the eloquence of the GM and how much time my head space is out of the fiction dealing with the meta.

They still banging on this empty promise?

I'm not familiar with RuneQuest but can you please provide an example by what you believe is more grounded about the PC expression or action resolution in RQ? I suspect it may be a lower magic setting too than D&D.

Exactly, I think people misinterpreted my comment as these are universally applicable or that absolute failure was off the table. That is not the case. I will say that I do not consider myself as running a Living World but more a World in Motion - and I came to this belief from conversations in...

Ah I see. I generally use these tools in increments of 5 as is common for 5e and actual failure is always on the cards. I posted upthread an example of how I ran the Persuasion check for one of our scenes at the table. Standard failure was part of it.

I can see instances where this could clash. Just from my perception, using the idea of picking a lock Success with a complication - You pick the lock but someone on the other side of the door calls out. Perhaps a GM who runs a Living World would have issues with this if they are indeed...

I actually really enjoy Fail Forwards, Success with Complications and Degrees of Failure/Success. As a DM you can allow for an increase in stakes (I'm thinking like poker), take the story in interesting directions and if the players are aware of the mechanics involved beforehand it elevates the...

Thanks. We have just finished up with the 4th Council Meeting and the table definitely enjoyed the player-facing Scorecard and having to produce arguments to change the Councilors minds on opinions in the past while also influenced by the rewards gained by each councilors at the various...