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Campbell reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What TTRPGs Excel At Not Having Combat? with
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Tales of Xadia is actually quite fun to play, even if you know nothing about the show. (And many people have successfully converted 5e... -
This is one of the best "at a glance" faction formats I have ever seen. Absolutely stealing this, so good!! I think the parts that...
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As both a DM and a Player I like Factions as world building tools and ideally as story engines. Factions help signal what's important...
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I agree! I think there are in-character plot reasons. But those can be vague or 'soft' Having some mechanical benefit sounds good too!
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This made me think of the old World of Darkness games, where you'd put motivations on your character sheet (there was probably some...
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Free-form roleplay seems like it involves fictional position. LARPing is different, because at least a fair bit of the position is...
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Campbell reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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The post you're referencing was in direct response to the idea that "Life isn't fair" gets the response "Deal with it." It went outside... -
Campbell reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
No, that's exactly the transference that's being pointed out. You gave the player a problem to solve and tools to solve it, if the...
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Campbell reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Love.
So whilst players might need to avoid broken charop combo builds, this is not what we are discussing here. We are talking about using...
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I agree. I keep this comic on hand and periodically post here. Stumbling on this comic was something of a reflection point for me. I...
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Always let them run with their bad decisions. It makes for far more interesting stories. Also, how else will they learn the system...
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Campbell replied to the thread Daggerheart General Thread [+].I think there's actually a pretty good mix in the zeitgeist. Daggerheart and Draw Steel go one way while Fabula Ultima and Plotweaver...
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EN World runs very old. You are a Millennial if i recall, and represent one of the younger regular posters.
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Seems plausible! But there is also a strong normativity around "munchkin", "optimiser", "power gamer" etc. As if trying to make moves...
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Campbell reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General Ben Riggs interviews Fred Hicks and Cam Banks, then shares WotC sales data. with Like.
not sure how groggy you have to be to go to a convention. I am not saying 1/3 having switched and 1/6 (if the numbers hold) mixing in...