Recent content by Artamo

Well yeah? It’s just a discussion.

I see the distinction, but I would say part of what draws me to TTRPGs is the story aspect - the fact that my play at the table is creating a story, even if it’s a bad one, or one which could only charitably be viewed later as a cautionary tale of overconfident adventurers getting killed because...

So if I understand correctly, you’re saying because story often means specific beats occurring, it can get in the way of the game or feel wrong? Conversely, if everyone has full freedom, the result may not be a satisfying story in any way?

I think that RPGs occupy a middle ground between story and game because the two are intertwined. The story is emerging through play, but sometimes it’s set up in advance, and sometimes it’s retroactively applied based on choices that were made during the game. I think there’s some emphasis being...

Wow, I had the exact same feeling playing Scum and Villany. I chalked it up more to our GM’s style of play. I don’t think he was particularly nimble coming up with a narrative flow based on complications and it often felt like the story was being democratized, which should be a good thing in...

That was a really interesting, and for me, somewhat exasperating article/link. There was one comment in particular that struck me: He said: I struggle to imagine how someone cannot come to grasp that there’s now multiple generations that have a completely different Appendix N in mind. I read...

@Dannyalcatraz - you’ve been around here a LOOONG time lol!

I applaud this. I wish I had the kind of reading stamina that I used to have as a teenager, but I’m also in full awareness that I’m the problem here - those media interactions, the doomscrolling, the mindless TV watching where you’re not even really watching anything, just surfing - all of that...

That’s a really disturbing post.

Well, for starters… Gameplay wise I started over at one point shortly after starting Act 2 because I found out I left a bunch of stuff behind me because I was rushing, and trying not to die, and basically being in a total panic most fights. Also I really didn’t get the Lumina system but now I...

I feel like Ben Riggs’ book did a better job at the explaining what happened than a water pipe analogy in a Facebook post. It could all very well have happened the way he said, but it’s still cherry picking something after the fact and acting like it’s a smoking gun.

For me, this was my Elden Ring experience. I found the story so inscrutable that in order to really get more than just the surface level info, I had to take to YouTube for some really long explainer videos. Ultimately, I’m not sure I really cared because beating that game felt epic enough, and I...

I finished up Baldur’s Gate 3 (my birthday present) over Christmas and rolled right into Clair Obscur (my Christmas present!) Currently somewhere in Act 2.

Just chiming in to say I really like this approach and may give it a try the next time I’m in the DM chair.

Yeah, I still don’t think they’ve quite gotten that one nailed down. I do think the new PHB is better at it than the 2014 version though.