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Crimson Longinus reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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There are generic narrativist principles that Apocalypse World doesn’t spell out that are far more important than most of the principles... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I wouldn't consider hit points a currency, at least not in the same sense we use the term meta-currency. You can't "spend" a hit point...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
That doesn't help, because the people involved in complaints don't see why that would apply to individual powers. They'd probably have...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Yes, when I chose the word recursive, I was thinking of a conversation like this; - D&D mechanics are designed to emulate a genre. -...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
If that fantasy is derived from D&D then calling out the mechanics of D&D as genre mechanics based on those books seems, um, a little...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
i'd rather they made all classes some form of MAD, especially if your choice of secondary stat could offer customization avenues, but...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to MostlyHarmless42's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
We use point buy at our table with 30 points instead of 27. Gives a slight boost without completely messing up the game.
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
"Life is sometimes crappy and unfair and so sometimes your RPG character should be too" is not a compelling argument for me. But there...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to jmartkdr2's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
This is where my logic takes me - the risk may be very small, but there's no upside to rolling that can't be achieved other ways without...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
I mean, I don’t have a problem if a specific player wants to opt-in to having a weakness. But a truly random methodology isn’t going to...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
Inherent disparity makes those games MUCH worse if you aspire to be more than a spectator at the highest levels. You can argue that it...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
if i'm allowed to simply retire them any time i like whats the issue with retiring them straight away when i see their initial stats...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
What my students had a problem with was the obvious inequity built into the rules. It was like starting a soccer game where some players...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
Sure, but I feel like that’s just recapitulating the argument that you can use other techniques to endure the disparity. But there’s...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
To me, the argument for rolling falls down because there’s no positive argument that having 2 players with characters with a wide...