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bsss reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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Right. When the PC is trying to figure out whether a NPC is lying, the player doesn't usually know the answer either. Thus the player... -
bsss replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Clearly this approach has to have limits, though. If a monster has, say, a fear aura, as a player it is your agreement to acknowledge it...
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bsss reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
You're apparently under the impression I think completely disconnecting them from character abilities is okay either. I don't. (And if...
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bsss reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
My view is just that PCs shouldn't be a privledged set in regard to how social skills interact with them; but that doesn't mean it needs...
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bsss replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I can't recall seeing that opinion and I don't have the gumption to go back through 100 pages to find it, but to the degree that I can...
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bsss replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I don't follow the context of what these hypotheticals mean for your argument. Can you explain your thought experiment better? Base...
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bsss reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
And I don't think its okay that its completely disconnected by the abilities of the characters and instead based entirely around the...
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bsss reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Right, but the character thinks that in an RPG, based on the input from the setting they receive, not the player. And your plot point...
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bsss replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.But would you not agree that addressing the uncertainty --- where play proceeds down one path or the other --- by having the players...
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bsss reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
To me, this kind of situation is more a question of why does it matter so much that the PC shouldn’t know the NPC is lying? I mean, if...
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bsss reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
And my reaction as always is "If I wanted to only play characters that can do what I can, I'd be LARPing." (Though that's probably even...
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I don't think linear systems are any more prone to over-relying on random chance than non-linear ones - if you're using a random...
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bsss replied to the thread Let's Talk About Core Game Mechanics.You're not wrong. To some degree I feel like my role as GM, even with the linear system, is to say "let me worry about that". Not that...
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bsss reacted to darjr's post in the thread Free RPG Day partners with Doctors Without Borders. with Like.
Free RPG Day partners with Doctors Without Borders. Also Free RPG Day is soon! Gaming Days, LLC. Announces Charitable Partnership with...
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bsss replied to the thread Let's Talk About Core Game Mechanics.Incidentally and just my opinion of course, but for me, trying to model the ends of the bell curve as described here, off the cuff, is...