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Crimson Longinus reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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I was kind of forced to get better at pacing because I run a lot of convention games. Not only do you have the usual time limit (4... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Well that clears you of any need to participate further! More seriously, I dont really see the point here. I mean if you want to call...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
That sounds like a completely unrecognizable game session where the entire thing takes place locked in turn based tactical initiative...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".To me it is perfectly clear that what is happing in any RPG play is story creation. This goes for trad games where players merely...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Hriston's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Right, and, while I don't have any data on this besides my own experience, I think that's probably true for a lot of people who play...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Hriston's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I thought the same thing, especially when the situation the GM is describing, the setting backstory, and the actions the players decide...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Hriston's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I would consider playing in an RPG session the equivalent of watching a movie or reading a book. It's how I "consume" the story...
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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.
Whether it be an hour within any of the movies or the middle movie as a stand alone...it's a story. They way I see RPGS bring played out...
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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.
Sure. But then we are picking and choosing how small is still valid, and we are all going to pick differently. Which is fine, in one...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Artamo's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I see the distinction, but I would say part of what draws me to TTRPGs is the story aspect - the fact that my play at the table is...
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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.
I think you'll get a whole lot of pushback on "If it isn't complete yet, it isn't a story." Like, is Star Wars Episode IV: A New...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Artamo's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Wow, I had the exact same feeling playing Scum and Villany. I chalked it up more to our GM’s style of play. I don’t think he was...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Breaking Star Games's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I could see how Blades in the Dark (and most Forged in the Dark like Scum & Villainy) could feel like a Writer's Room especially around...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
it is in the results part of play that it gets writer's room-y. Deciding what that die result means in the fiction, since everyone has...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Under your definition most of the time playing roleplaying games is not actually playing roleplaying games. To me that is blatantly...