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aramis erak reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with
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Generally speaking my answer is static, but I think that the locks and thieves example has some additional nuance. A high level party... -
aramis erak reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It's only railroading if the puzzle becomes absolutely required to solve. In other words, if the door to the puzzle is surrounded by...
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aramis erak replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Clearly, you have no experience with White Plume Mountain as written. It's one big railroad of puzzle after puzzle. So, illusionism...
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aramis erak replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.No, it's definitely a railroad. AND a mistake. And, generally, bad GMing... Note that I said "only way to advance the plot" - leaving...
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aramis erak reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Experience suggests to me that under some circumstances it can take a very long time to do so.
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The wide variety of product available. A few examples. Miniatures - Most vendors started out as suppliers of minis for Ancients Armies...
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aramis erak reacted to Umbran's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Also, define "proceed". Proceed... to what, exactly? If you have a particular goal towards which you want to proceed, there's going to...
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aramis erak replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Solve the puzzle is entirely on player ability, not character ability, in typical Old School cases, such as White Plume Mountain... And...
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aramis erak replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.It's really hard to make a nifty but solvable logic puzzle for players not used to logic puzzles. I really annoyed my sunday group a...
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aramis erak replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.if said puzzle is the only way to progress the plot, yup. If it gates a side quest or a reward, not really.
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aramis erak reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I can imagine some narrow definitions of it that wouldn't be just GMing, but I am struggling to find a middle ground for the term that...
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aramis erak replied to the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static?.I prefer independent of PC level, but don't mind if dependent upon dungeon level.
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aramis erak replied to the thread How Complex Do You Prefer Your TTRPG Systems In General.It can, but it shouldn't be; it's a staple of most armed melee martial arts.
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aramis erak replied to the thread Who Should Make The Next Star Wars TTRPG, And What Should It Look Like?.WEG went bankrupt due to other licenses: Indiana Jones, Tank Girl, Ghostbusters, MIB, Hercules & Xena, Batman d6, Necroscope... Star...
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aramis erak replied to the thread Who Should Make The Next Star Wars TTRPG, And What Should It Look Like?.FL doesn't own The One Ring... they produce it under license from Sophisticated Games, the actual Estate-licensee. Same as C7 was. TOR...