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Crimson Longinus reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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An example from something I did for publication. This is the set-up for an adventure of mine called Unseen Alchemeticals. The important... -
Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".There are five skills you can use for fighting, three for convincing someone (and weirdly one for doing any athletic stuff and sneaking...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Yeah idk, the book is widely accepted to have some serious organizational issues which maybe results in people getting a little lost...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Yeah, running Blades in the Dark a few times taught me that the way it structures a city-by-districts with a handful of points of...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".So I have similar "writers' room" experiences with Blades than others have described here, and it is indeed interesting that the rule...
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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.
Purely trad games certainly produce stories, arguably more organic ones.
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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.
Yeah, I'm not sure rules about structural parts of the (there's probably a better term for this) social process are the same as rules...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I don't quite agree. There is the central structure of playing the roles of the characters; that is what makes things roleplaying games...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Campbell's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Pacing is also incredibly subjective and really dependent on the audience / play group. I am very happy with the pacing of the games my...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Yeah, so this it the angle I expected to see "rules do not define the central activity of RPGs" to be challenged from, and I agree with...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I think it is playing a roleplaying game because there are still rules, a structure of play and defined roles. The rules and mechanics...
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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.
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...
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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.
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...