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Awesome. Now, do you realize that you've hit the self-limiting portion of your position? You have done the equivalent of walking...

Ah yes, there's certainly no precedent for non-Force-sensitive characters to trust in the Force in order to pull off some spectacular deeds.

Since potions and scrolls have a diegetic reality, I would say they are the opposite of a metacurrency.

XP are a metacurrency, too... The XP don't represent any tangible thing, and are used solely to change the game state by unlocking new...

Some play styles chase immersion specifically, which is fine and cool. Where the mistakes creep in is when people want to talk about it...

I think this is an easy answer, but not a very useful one. First, lots of things that people casually label 'metacurrency' don't mess...

That we both like it doesn't mean I feel you represented it well as a concept.

I do find it interesting that some folks do not want an intrusion into the fiction by an outside, or meta, force -- EXCEPT the GM. The...

This sounds like a skill issue. I find it trivially easy to incorporate such things into a consistent narrative. You just build on the...

All of these read like boogeyman versions of what someone who has never played with a metacurrency thinks that they are.

Sun Alien - Destroyer of worlds Capture target? Too late - Monster!!!

Savage Worlds is many things... but finely balanced it is not. Tactical combat is intentionally swingy, with a mantra of "up, down, or...

Seconded. Note that WOD: Combat is, in essence, the Street Fighter RPG combat mechanics stripped of the SF IP. It's a great tactical...

Well egregious bugs is very Fallout.... :eek: So my experience with their games is primarily playing STA, though I've run a bit of...

From my perspective, having a decently high number of campaigns that fizzle out isn’t a bad thing. As I DM, I try to improve my craft...