Crimson Longinus's latest activity
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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
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That's fine. I was not knocking your preferences. For me it it had to make sense in the fiction why a person could only try something... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Nothing you like has changed even slightly. Your books still exist. What's happened is that something new has come out. You're not...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D General People make amazing D&D Art.A while ago in my D&D game the characters took a little jaunt into a far dimension. Whilst traversing a red tentacle tree forest I said...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".I think the aim should be to make it like real life at least in way any good fiction feels real and evokes real emotions. Now if rules...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
What do you mean? I'm not allowed to expect more? I'm not allowed to choose who I play with based on whether they make an effort? The...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".But that was the whole argument for why the rules were needed! That a mere in-character conversation was not enough like the real life...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to LordEntrails's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with Like.
Static. A cliff does not get harder to climb or a ravine harder to jump or a lock to pick the better you get at doing so. What's the...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Koloth's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with Like.
I would get really irritated as a player if I had to follow that Bard in the play cycle order. Why should my Thief fail at a pick...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with Like.
I'm impressed. I literally can't think of a less satisfying, worse way to produce TNs. It embraces neither the fiction, nor the game...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with Like.
Static. Even with monsters, I'm not a fan of the whole Diablo/BG3 scaling where 9th level town guards are walking around throwing out...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Basic Expert's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with Like.
In your terms, always static. Otherwise, you're looking at a skill/DC increase treadmill. What's the point of increasing your skill if...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".These things have happened both in real life and in game. What you want such a system to do and how will it make the situation more...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Gradine's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
The problem with this is that the term "railroading" is never going to be able to drop its derogatory baggage. And so insisting that...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Frankly, to me this comes across as poor immersion. You should care about what your character cares about and you should feel the...
