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Campbell reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with
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GM paternalism is such a weird position. "I can't give players control over anything, because they will abuse it." I think many, many... -
Campbell reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
If you have players who do that, don’t play narrative games with them. Noticing that not all games work for all players is not a novel...
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Campbell reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
But the point is not that the players can simply re-write all narrative as they see fit. My example of the Ring of Three Wishes is that...
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Campbell reacted to bedir than's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
A reminder, as people were insisting that D&D was on the path to microtransactions, WotC eliminated DnDBeyond microtransactions.
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Campbell reacted to mamba's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
If PF2 and Draw Steel are board games and Daggerheart is halfway between board game and RPG, then 5e should fall somewhere between them...
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Campbell reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
I prefer it because it helps my immersion. Having to ask the DM for every little detail of what my character would be seeing right in...
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I'm not super convinced about some fundamental difference between RPGs and every other type of games. In my experience, pretty much...
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Campbell reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
Huh. It's definitely a trend on the rise, beyond DaggerHeart, I think. I've been moving more towards this style as a DM over the past...
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Campbell reacted to Hermes_Alexandria's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Draw Steel has very detailed mechanics for out-of-combat Tests, Negotiations and Downtime proceedures. Whilst players can simply roll...
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Campbell replied to the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e?.Booth Draw Steel and Pathfinder Second Edition put substantially more effort into non-combat mechanics than D&D typically does.
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Some novels are well written. Some novels are poorly written. All novels, though, are written; and all (or near enough to all) aspire to...
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Campbell reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think it's likely more that armor training isn't as hard as the game makes it out to be, and that many armor restrictions and...
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Campbell reacted to Joshua Randall's post in the thread Apocalypse World to Get Third Edition, Kickstarter Launching Soon with Like.
You took the words out of my mouth. And the analogy is exact. Vincent and Meguey Baker can do whatever they want with their game, just...
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Campbell reacted to JiffyPopTart's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Please help me to understand how my example is not an "in-fiction" representative of a minion? He appears like any other tough foe that...
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Here's an example of the difference that happened to me once: The group has infiltrated the enemy encampment and we are in the enemy...