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Campbell reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread Contemporary Simulationist TTRPGs [+] with
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Is Shadowdark situationist? It's new. It's trying to make the matter of a torch and light important. It seems to attempt to simulate... -
Campbell reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment. with
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A good counter example might be Games Workshop, who has their two main-line games and then a host of side games all over the gamut of... -
Campbell replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.Not really related to any other point, but the games most people think of as storygames do not give you more control over the narrative...
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Campbell reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
I think this gets right to the heart of the matter, and is correct: it is not possible to really provide both experiences in the same...
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Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
At a lot of tables, the GM doesn't control things by anticipating the maths. The GM controls things by intervening directly, fudging...
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Campbell reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
No, they said nothing about good design. There argument is that there is not a strong reason to change course if what you are doing is...
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Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
To add to Parmandur's post: Looser design and looser maths makes it easier for the system to drift, and creates more room for GM...
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Campbell reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
If you want the game to be an encounters game, then yes short rest makes sense. If you want an adventure day attrition model, long rest...
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Campbell reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
And this is where I have a serious problem with the people who talk about versimilitude in the context of D&D. Most of us are not...
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Campbell reacted to Staffan's post in the thread Homebrew Homebrew Rule: Incapacitation, Bloodied, and "Powering Through" with Like.
This seems like a good idea at first glance. It stops the major thing Incapacitation is meant to stop – trivializing boss monsters with...
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Campbell reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
The narrative of short rests implies fatigue and refresh. This is better for psionic and other magic narratives, where personal energy...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.How is a fiction where a wizard has more or less resources than the other more believable? How does having 4-6 spell slots versus 2 or 3...
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Campbell reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
That's my biggest issue. I would like, ideally, long rests to occur between sessions, but I have no ability whatsoever to get 6-8...
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Campbell reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Agreed. If these games didn't make enough money to keep going, they wouldn't keep going. You don't have to go the WotC "all gamers are...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.Either that or real people, playing real games who deserve to be treated with the same respect as anyone else regardless of if meeting...