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Crimson Longinus reacted to cranberry's post in the thread D&D Jihad: People Who Are Unwell with
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What's ironic is that theses folks are playing pretend too. Except it's with deities, angels, etc. instead of elves and Orcs. -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread D&D Jihad: People Who Are Unwell with
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Wait...he (she?) GMs? I wonder what system? Where do I sign up? I bet that would be a fun table. -
Crimson Longinus reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D Jihad: People Who Are Unwell with Like.
The online manosphere is deeply, deeply effed up.
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Artamo's post in the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason with Like.
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Crimson Longinus reacted to prabe's post in the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason with Like.
Blades in the dark calls them successes--in that graphic upthread, they're not in the "bad outcome" bundles--and tells the players they...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to prabe's post in the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason with Like.
Well, mixed outcomes almost never feel exactly like success to me, which means games that intentionally center that outcome in the...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to John Lloyd1's post in the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason with Like.
I 100% agree with this. Also, the consequences matter more in my opinion. If each roll is life or death, it will feel more swingy than a...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason with Like.
A d20 is absolutely more swingy than 3d6 (where swingy means the outcome is harder to predict). However, one of my huge pet peeves is...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Laurefindel's post in the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason with Like.
My experience with BitD is that a lot of scenes and series of actions rely on one single roll. Roll per roll, D&D is more binary and...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to prabe's post in the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason with Like.
I would add that the additional weight Blades tends to put on single given rolls can make the game seem more swingy than D&D, especially...
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The problem with that of course is that it really stretches setting logic to have a significant consequence every time someone attempts...
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One potential solution, if you are looking for such, is to make sure failed skill rolls have real negative consequences commensurate...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason.This is the issue with “success with complications” games. It’s a fine balancing act for the GM to come up with complications that are...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Artamo's post in the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason with Like.
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Crimson Longinus reacted to VHawkwinter's post in the thread Let's Talk About Metacurrency with Like.
I strongly disagree with this one. If it represents something in the setting, but the character is using it subconsciously; whilst the...