Recent content by Bacons

I have difficulty relating the concepts of "good, evil, neutral" to actual characters. I've never met a real person I would describe as any of those things, and I think you can achieve sophisticated characterisation without relying on alignment. I've never had trouble playing, or having others...

I love situations where the majority of NPCs think the PCs are the big bad evil guys because they're doing something totally against the locally prevailing opinions on politics/morality/goblin hordes, but the party thinks it's the right thing to do. I am totally uninterested in characters which...

It comes from the dark underbelly of the internets! edit to say: I had assumed this whole thing was arguing largely about the dedication to massive world-building in online communities, as that's the only place I've really seen it (in terms of both fiction and RPGs). Internet communities are...

Oh, that wasn't what I was trying to say, sorry! I love a story set against an intricately built backdrop. It doesn't, however, help aspiring authors who probably need to be trying their hand at actually completing a short story or improving their general writing craft to be told by their...

I think the fetishisation of worldbuilding in fantasy roleplaying is related to the fetishisation of worldbuilding in fantasy fiction writing. There is a pervasive idea amongst a lot of people trying to write fantasy (and SF) that, because it worked so well for Tolkien etc., it is the only way...

And it's worth noting that people still WILL shell out for a console and games in recession time and that, although the video game industry has flagged somewhat, it has done remarkably well compared to other retail sectors. Entertainment is an area in which people will spend up during hard...

Haha oh man, I guess I was unclear, because I seem to have two replies thinking I am in deep hate with the profession check comment. I don't care about Profession checks. Obviously, though, somebody out there must be playing a Profession Check Frenzy game, because people are getting pretty...

That is not what large breasts look like. I could be persuaded to find the dragonboobs objectionable if they looked like that.

I remembered this offending material, so I looked it up. It's from the 'Races & Classes' marketing book. "But when's the last time you saw a PC make a Profession check that had a useful effect on the game? (Hint: If it was recently, your game is probably not as much fun as D&D should be...

I think I've been doing it wrong!

I know little to nothing about real-world martial manoeuvres, but there are lots of things I can physically do, but can't physically do over and over again. Everybody has limits, and whether the exact goalposts are entirely realistic, I think it's well within the reach of a player to roleplay...

Isn't the idea that a daily or encounter power is something exceptional or taxing or whatever? A martial character doesn't 'forget' how to perform his encounter or daily powers, but they are either too taxing to perform all the time, are techniques that wouldn't work again as effectively once...