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Crimson Longinus reacted to soviet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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Crimson Longinus reacted to gban007's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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While I may agree with not getting that outcome naturally, I don't think that is only definition of story, and that you can have stories... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I don't think that's a game specific thing. No one has to "author" a D&D story either.
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Because that is how it is called in practice. If you had a session (or even a part of a session)of D&D, where the rules were not...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
If a player comes to me, and says, "Look, I've got this nemesis, and I think it would be really cool if we have a confrontation and...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to gorice's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
To expand on this: someone (I think it was Ron Edwards) once said that an RPG needs to have some things that are fixed, and some things...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to billd91's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
But you do keep returning to the idea that the story isn't what's being done at the table now, it's what you see and talk about when...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Well...if you want to change goal posts sure. We play to find out, but when the GM comes up with an adventure (AP or otherwise), there...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Alternatively, it's just a different story. The Exploration of Moria or The Fall of Baromir are two stories that take place in the...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to bedir than's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I agree with all of this, except the idea that "stories have a structure...RPGs are messy" Stories are quite messy. Two people can read...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Basic Expert's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I believe this is true even in more narrative or "story"-based games, like Fate, Quest, PbtA, Sorcerer or what have you. These games...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Olgar Shiverstone's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Given the terms you used, I'd call RPGs "story generators." IMO there should be no inherent plot or story, but the GM should provide...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
This As a DM I want to set up a situation and then let the players solve it. I dont have a correct/preferred way for it to be solved...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Yep. Good summary and your last point is probably true too. And when I say RPGs generate a story, it could be via any of these methods...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to soviet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
It seems to me that there may be a profitable distinction to be made between: 1. We are creating story with planned direction - 'OK in...