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Campbell reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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The GM needs to frame the player into decisions that are consequential for the mechanics. I’m bad at explaining how to do this because... -
Campbell reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with
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Harder, certainly. But Pendragon did it back in the mid 80s, so certainly not impossible. -
Campbell reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
You can do Conflict resolution with binary pass/fail rolls (see: the way some people run 4e, or Baker talking about how to frame that...
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Campbell reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread The D&D 4th edition Rennaissaince: A look into the history of the edition, its flaws and its merits with Like.
I have a slightly different perspective on this. 4e combat is pretty dead on, but not for what Mike Mearles (based on his module and his...
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Campbell reacted to bert1001 fka bert1000's post in the thread The D&D 4th edition Rennaissaince: A look into the history of the edition, its flaws and its merits with Like.
Yep. The biggest gripe I have on the 4e bashing is the insistence on using the worst paradigms to evaluate 4e when better ones are...
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Campbell reacted to bert1001 fka bert1000's post in the thread The D&D 4th edition Rennaissaince: A look into the history of the edition, its flaws and its merits with Like.
The whole Keep was horrible 4e design with perhaps the exception of the final fight room. Area after area of full on encounters just...
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I think the place to start is, as the GM, to set generative consequences as part of adjudication before the player rolls. That doesn't...
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Campbell reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread Who Should Make The Next Star Wars TTRPG, And What Should It Look Like? with Like.
We just finished 2 years, 2 trilogy's, in our Star Wars rpg system, I vote us. :D Aside from us, I would vote Cortex prime, but that...
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Indeed! One thing we found with my RPG was that it has a LOT of spells the players can choose from and even possibly use starting game...
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Campbell reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Okay, if it's only a mild annoyance, then hey, keep on keeping on. But I would say when discussing the game, just keep in mind that what...
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Campbell reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
The die pool doesn't change, no. Position is set by how advantageous the situation is for the PC and each level...
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Campbell reacted to Artamo's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I think that’s a fair comment. Speaking for myself, when I was playing Scum and Villany, I was expecting a more free flowing narrative...
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Campbell reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
No, I’m not blind. What a douchey way to disagree. I have run both types of campaigns as well. I’m not blind to the differences. I...
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Campbell reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Or to put another way: not all board games have boards.
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Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Huh? How did your claim about the comparison of running a session to a lesson-plan like outline suddenly turn into a licence to make fun...