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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread OSR The Gygaxian Naturalism Appreciation Thread with
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I've always loved how you could use the 1e Monster Manual (either the first or one and two) as a campaign world generator and actually... -
FI'd been thinking of buying TOR, and wow did you just completely kill my enthusiasm for doing so. Well, it's not the way they should...
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FI disagree, and notably so does The Angry GM. While the Angry GM doesn't well define what a good trap is and conversely what does make...
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FNot sure about the rest of the thread, but I don't mean any of those things. A tell is best illustrated by the scene in "Monty Python's...
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FBecause if you try to simulate the mental skills of the character then very quickly these will need to overrule or supplant the choices...
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FBecause eventually if you follow that logic the player ceases to be the player of the character and becomes the observer. If you...
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FI went back and read Lanefan's contributions, and I think you are misreading him. Lanefan plays a game that is like mine bizarrely his...
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FThings are bad if I think you are too wordy. No, I really don't like his writing. I think he seems like he'd be an A+ GM, assuming...
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FI hope you aren't too offended if I am not that impressed with The Angry DM. There are a lot of nuggets in his essay that are...
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FYes, but also no. An area with traps should have an early tell or else be the sort of place where you would expect to have a trap...
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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread D&D General 'Playing D&D' (Without Playing D&D) with Like.
It occurs to me from this poll that I need someone that just loves making maps, handouts, props, terrain, scripting VTT and otherwise...
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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread Game Balance, what is it to you, why is it important, and what if you all but threw it out? with Like.
Game balance is the juncture of two ideas. That everyone at the table should have fun and that the game is a social game and that the...
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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
My preferences are: 1) Critical hits or misses must always be confirmed. 10% of rolls shouldn't lead to them. They shouldn't be that...
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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread OSR Modules with the best layout & presentation with Like.
I totally get it. There isn't a perfect layout that is going to please everyone. I knew what you were going for, but I'm a developer...
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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread OSR Modules with the best layout & presentation with Like.
That's pretty good. I could run that and feel pretty comfortable and most of what I'd want to add - like access to a random junk...