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CreamCloud0 reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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How many times IRL have you felt forced to agree to something that you didn't want to do? How many times in game? How many times IRL... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
What? You leaped several stages ahead there. No. I like to play these things out at the table. I just reject the idea that playing it...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
It is not the same. It has zero stakes and zero social or psychological pressure. It is very easy in a roleplayed situation to resist...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I mean, in both cases people are talking. My point is that’s about where the similarities end.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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And by “require abstraction” you mean “we can’t feasibly physically act this out at the table”, right? I ask this based on past... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to djotaku's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with Like.
One of my favorite Discworld stories is when Cohen the Barbarian and the other geriatric heroes have one last ride
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CreamCloud0 reacted to djotaku's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with Like.
I'm going to throw in a related concept - if you're an expert in something you should (almost) never fail. Some systems explicitly code...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Basic Expert's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with Like.
In your terms, always static. Otherwise, you're looking at a skill/DC increase treadmill. What's the point of increasing your skill if...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with Like.
This came up in he Daggerheart General thread and I thought I would move it to its own thread for discussion. In games that havel...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Gradine's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Love.
The presence of tracks, whether visible or invisible, does not a railroad make. Neither does adding one-off bottlenecks (like a...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) The Problem with Treantmonk's Hunter's Mark with Like.
I linked to the Perkins tweet about magic items because they are that important & I wasn't about to go find the crawford video clip...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) The Problem with Treantmonk's Hunter's Mark.i don't think ranger NEEDS a core mechanic, as previously said, the ranger concept covers a wide array of thematic options, so as a...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) The Problem with Treantmonk's Hunter's Mark.and even then...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
That is what I'm getting at. Because this "GM force" concept seems to me to put under its tent some highly varied things, from overt...
