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Crimson Longinus reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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So you'd rather have mechanics that artificially simulate the stressors of high stakes conversations than engage in actual conversation... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Gradine's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
You can dislike a thing personally without lumping it in with a whole actual in-game agency-denying behaviors. I understand not liking...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Gradine's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I mean, of course there are sandboxes where this is not really a problem at all, but there is a broad spectrum between sandbox and...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Frankly, that's just blatantly not true. People are immersed in the viewpoints of their characters, they will make arguments, they have...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".I think it is obviously far more accurate a representation, it just is not a perfect one. And it can certainly be reasonably argued that...
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Crimson Longinus 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...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
So, a couple of questions: a) Suppose I prep ahead of time a Stone Giant who lives in the mountain pass as a fixed encounter. Is that...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to TheSword's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It’s a tangent and not related to the OP but I can’t agree with you here. There is a huge difference between the - as you say - popular...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Retreater's post in the thread How Complex Do You Prefer Your TTRPG Systems In General with Like.
I answered "5" - but that's not completely true. It depends on the quality of the writing, the explanations, the organization, and what...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Mustrum_Ridcully's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It never occured to me that the plot "your stuff got stolen" was particularly common, I've not had any adventures involving that yet. I...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Ondath's post in the thread How Complex Do You Prefer Your TTRPG Systems In General with Like.
I voted a 5. I've come to realise that 5e is more or less at the limit of complexity that I can bother with these days, and that I tend...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread How Complex Do You Prefer Your TTRPG Systems In General with Like.
My main issue with 4Ed combat was the ephemeral modifiers. That created its own kind of complexity. Nearly every round, you had to...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread How Complex Do You Prefer Your TTRPG Systems In General with
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Pretty much, sure. The only change I'd make is the bolded bit would read "...uncertain actions that require abstraction and..."...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Yes, they require limitations. But the thing is that if the way by which the PCs were prevented from leaving seems contrived to the...