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Fenris-77 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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I think it's not just "design and prep" being the thing. There's also something about the experience of leading others through it: of... -
Fenris-77 replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.This argument is silly. You can't run a game without players either, and the fact that there is usually more than one player isn't the...
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Fenris-77 reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Absolutely. The game is what happens at the table with all the players (minus holidays, illness, etc.). Design and prep is strictly a...
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Fenris-77 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Absolutely. For me, it's up there with "trade offs" as a completely unhelpful framework for making sense of a voluntary leisure activity...
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Fenris-77 reacted to zottel's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
You could also over stat the wereboars, but add a deliberating weakness to some or all of them. Maybe the ritually blinded themselves...
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Fenris-77 replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Design and prep by the GM? I think that might be true of some games, but certainly not all. Any argument that says prep is more...
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Fenris-77 replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I think 'serving' is a terrible way to characterize RPG play. I think it's more useful to start with the idea that everyone at the table...
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Fenris-77 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Well, okay, that's somewhat fair, but I still don't think dragging that discussion into a second thread is a good idea. It didn't go...
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Fenris-77 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
It was a hypothetical, Micah. Though the "degree of output" can be as simple as "The result is always a binary yes-no that provides no...
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Fenris-77 replied to the thread Vincent Baker on narrativist RPGing, then and now.Yup. TV source material that inspired the game usually goes this route. Characters come and go, sometimes even the main characters...
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Fenris-77 reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Vincent Baker on narrativist RPGing, then and now with Like.
Sure, there’s suggestions in the game on slowing it down or speeding it up (core is 6+2x level xp for next level, extending that out is...
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Fenris-77 replied to the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+].You would have a more flexible approach if you used the base of whichever human got bitten, instead of the animal. So, your base lycan...
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Fenris-77 reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread OSR The Monster Overhaul (now including The Treasure Overhaul) with Like.
How about 12 pages of summonings, including 100 different weirdos your spellcasters can summon? The blog post labels this as a chapter...
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Fenris-77 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
That was going to be my answer. My understanding (from hearsay - I've never read a Drizzt novel) is that Drizzt fought with two weapons...
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Here is a summary of their travel: Day 1, morning: they entered the first river hex. I rolled a 1 on the Wilderness Roll, and the...