Recent content by Eric V

Remember that it's not that I don't know how to narrate it...it's that it (wearing armor makes you better at dodging) doesn't simulate how armor works.

But in the game world, if I want to be harder to hit, I put on heavy armor. The reason people don't like damage on a miss, is because, to them, it was a miss. And you missed me because I am wearing 40+pounds of steel. This is a discrete part of the rules system, and is not simulating...

If it's an abstraction, it's not a simulation. And hey, I never said I didn't like it, so you can turn that particular faucet right off; all the RPGs I play use a similar system, and I quite like them. I do, however, recognize them for what they are...as you did: an abstraction of a concept...

Taking damage =/= dodge better.

Wearing heavy armor makes you dodge better?

Looked exactly the same. Krypto's whole thing in the film was that he showed no restraint.

Kids and I went to see it, wanting to like it (DC is our preferred universe over Marvel), but...naah. Felt disjointed, some abandoned plotlines, very packed...eh. I understand lots of people are going to like Krypto, but we felt he was WAY overused. None of the funny parts really landed for...

My family and I all agree with you, especially if you are talking the Director's Cut.

How can D&D be both a simulationist game and worship at the altar of the hp god?

I can't imagine why you are saying this, but I can't believe this is true. Shared narrative? Fun amongst friends? Sure. Threat of death? No, I don't think so. Threat of loss should be present, but as I mentioned much earlier in the thread, death is not the only form of loss, or even the...

Do you believe in different rules for NPCs and PCs?

A regular basis??! Martyrs are known because they are exceptional, no? As for the rest, people overestimate their willpower all the time...and then succumb.

Ok, so I (mostly) agree with pretty much everything you've written here*, especially these parts: "The GM doesn’t own the PCs." "It shortcuts character development and undermines the collaborative nature of the game." "The game is social at its very core, and if you're forcing players, through...

Sure...unless you just haven't been persuaded by the right person, in the right circumstance. Imagining it as a white-room scenario really doesn't amount to much. Every person who goes against one of their hard-core beliefs was previously 100% sure they wouldn't go against their beliefs.

I think we can all call upon stories where this has happened in real life without any magic involved, though. It's quite common for someone to do X, even when they told themselves they'd never do X. Persuasion is a real thing in the real world...why couldn't it be present in an RPG?