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Crimson Longinus reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with
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Scaling DCs are design malpractice. They can serve no purpose other than rank illusionism; if you don't want the PC's chances of success... -
Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Frankly, your stance on edition naming is bonkers and unmoored from reality. There are countless things where different editions of a...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I'm just saying that not all opinions are correct. In this case WotC gets to be the one to decide if it's the same game or not, and...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
500 people attended the first flat earth conference. Having others believe what you believe doesn't make it the belief correct.
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Different iterations of the same game. And it's not just RPGs. Windows 11 is very different from Windows 95, yet they are all called...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Nytmare's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Will someone please start a new thread so that we don't have to have this conversation for another 30 pages?
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Crimson Longinus reacted to stonehead's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with Like.
That seems perfectly compatible with my point. I said "the party has goals", not "the GM gives the players goals" (only being this...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with Like.
I tend to split the difference and just use "leveled" zones (which is basically no different than asking the players what dungeon level...
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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.
Every edition of Exalted Every edition of Legend of the Five Rings Every edition of Shadowrun Every edition of Earthdawn Every edition...
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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.
Regarding the notion of being excluded or drowned out by bigger, noisier new things: This is supposed to be a thread about story, plot...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Gradine's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It's not only this; you can design a linear adventure, but still run it as wide open and reacting to the full range of player expression...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
That's the way I see it, as functionally there is no difference between a "linear" game and a railroad; in that the GM decides what all...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.But once you do that, hasn’t the adventure stopped being linear?
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Crimson Longinus reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Take a linear adventure or adventure path. It could be looked at as the scenarios in that adventure, in that order, are the most...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with
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Scaling DC is dumb. As others have pointed out, it completely defeats the point in gaining levels. Also, levels are dumb, but that's a...