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Exactly. :) RPGs are interactive stories with multiple outcomes created by the DM and the Players working together.
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A cash grab? It will never stop surprising me how people are astounded that company's do things for money.
Mar 28, 2024
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What do you mean, in disguise? ;)
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I don't think it is good idea to directly import that principle to RPGs though. Whilst other stories tend to have one narrator, RPGs are...
Mar 28, 2024
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Yes, some. It just is that sometimes elements the GM though would matter end up not mattering as the players come up with another...
Mar 28, 2024
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I think the GM certainly can pre-determine some elements that will matter, it the villain used a particular type of poison to kill the...
Mar 28, 2024
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Counter to that there is the principle of Chekhov's gun, that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant...
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Yeah if a significant number of people in this world where trolls are only folklore and not real, know that trolls need to be killed...
Mar 21, 2024
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That's because the DC for remembering what's on your own character sheet is pretty high. ;) Who here has a Memory score of 20? 😋
Mar 21, 2024
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You play with some strange people.
Mar 21, 2024
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Just as a reminder, I am actually a "players should know the rules" person because I think it generally enhances agency. But, it does so...
Mar 21, 2024
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Because there's a lot more to combat than who goes first. Stop motion initiative is a necessary abstraction for the system to work (at...
Mar 21, 2024
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Okay the first response to the OP that seemed to get a lot of love, and was about players not knowing the rules leading to better games...
Mar 21, 2024
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No it is just assuming the position that the player doesn't know the rules, and the DM doesn't share them just adjudicates them, because...
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