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bsss reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread AI Has Completely Spoiled Dungeons & Dragons for Me — I Can’t Go Back to Human DMs with
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Speak for yourself. Both my current GM and the two best GMs I ever had in 4e were amazing at it. I myself am okay at it. Good enough to... -
bsss replied to the thread Why do so many campaigns never finish? Genuinely curious what others think.I personally think "not finishing" in any context, sandbox or otherwise, is about whether or not the game had any kind of denouement. If...
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bsss replied to the thread AI Has Completely Spoiled Dungeons & Dragons for Me — I Can’t Go Back to Human DMs.Even ignoring the wild generalization, this is not worthy of debate. I hope you pull yourself out of this nosedive and find humanity...
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bsss replied to the thread AI Has Completely Spoiled Dungeons & Dragons for Me — I Can’t Go Back to Human DMs."Fast food enables people to have tasty food without sitting down at a restaurant with friends or having someone spend time to cook a...
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bsss replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.A general space of approaches to game play where the outcome of a social encounter or social rolls is not a "here is how you act"...
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bsss reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
No. I test their convictions myself. I know my character's personality and what other aspects might come to bear. I know his...
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bsss reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I am 100% for players wanting to use dice to give themselves cues to roleplay off of. It's the "players can't be trusted to make...
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bsss reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It's no Strawman, because that sort of character is the entire point of this debate. I know my character better than you, the dice, or...
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bsss reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Yeah, that was largely why I asked “what does authentic even mean?” Like, earlier in the thread we had people saying that a GM may say...
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bsss replied to the thread Why do so many campaigns never finish? Genuinely curious what others think.A lot of ambition faced with the crippling reality of scheduling, burnout, life changes, new shinies, ... And similar to Reynard, my...
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bsss replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.To a point earlier in the thread, I think this is a critical flaw of leaving the dice to adjudicate reactions to challenging situations...
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bsss replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Whether or not you consider his orc-murdering PC a "strawman" doesn't have a bearing on advocating for player agency, is my point. If...
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bsss replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I did wonder aloud about games that might treat in such social points in a different thread, and soviet's idea is an interesting one in...
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bsss reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I think this is another version of what I was just saying: it is possible to have the outcome of the social interaction modify the game...
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bsss replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.So your approach is to assume bad faith by the player and force them into situations that fit the way you think they should be playing...