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And, thus we keep up the pretense. Ask yourself this. Why did that group of monsters just happen to meet the party at that point in...
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Your wandering monsters magically teleport to whatever location the party happens to be at the arbitrarily determined time span. The...
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Speaking for myself, I find the label "narrative games" extremely unhelpful as a tool for trying to understand how any sort of RPGing...
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Repeatedly in this thread, posters keep asking me about examples of play I have posted from Burning Wheel. So I reply. Presumably if...
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What does "sneaking up" actually mean? How are the shadows, the distracting noises, etc established? I mean, think about a children's...
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I think it's the character's ability rating that evaluates their ability to do something. I'm not quite sure what you see the roll of...
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But there's always background noise - dripping water, the breathing of the hirelings, the clank of the paladin's armour, whatever it is...
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Incorrect. It will also stop if/when people choose to stop.
Jun 22, 2025
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From my perspective, it's not about what you care for or not (I do not care what you or anyone cares for or not). I am quite confident...
Jun 21, 2025
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In the AW example, the roll is to Act Under Fire. The modifier is cool, as in "cool under fire, rational, clearthinking, calm...
Jun 21, 2025
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We could even say - it's uncertain whether or not an intruder will be sprung by a cook in the kitchen - so we roll dice . . .
Jun 21, 2025
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I mean all the stuff in this quote.
Jun 21, 2025
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I don't know what a "determinism strawman" is. But if the GM decides that the prior state of the fiction doesn't yield an outcome/event...
Jun 21, 2025
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As I posted upthread, there is no requirement, in D&D, that a creature be invisible or camouflaged in order to surprise the PCs. It is...
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This sort of example illustrates why I regard GM-prep-driven play, of this sort, as GM-driven. There are approaches to prep that differ...
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