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Fenris-77 reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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e So most of the intent here is to not "trap" a player if they misunderstand teh fictional situation or have a different understanding... -
Fenris-77 reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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Please name the RPG that aligns the decision process of player and character, does not abstact the game world, and allows one to make... -
Fenris-77 replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".I don't think is quite accurate. 5E players min-max all the time by trying to shade play in the direction of their best skills and then...
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Fenris-77 reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Pushing back a bit here regarding how you play it vs what I perceive as the intended purpose of the rule structure. I thought the whole...
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Fenris-77 reacted to aramis erak's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
it's fair to say that, especially in BE and MG, success of action but failure of intent is the suggested default mode for Luke's games...
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Fenris-77 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
You probably won't be shocked that I'm going to put in a good word for Burning Wheel here: generally it uses binary success/failure on...
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Fenris-77 reacted to aramis erak's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
I'm kind of fond of the social hit points models of BW/BE/MG, 2d20 STA/Dune, and TOR. Three different approaches to it, all of which...
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Fenris-77 replied to the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc....Gripping scenes are something I think that partial success mechanics scaffold really well. Watch any TV show and you'll see how much...
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Fenris-77 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
For my part, I don't play with the goal of creating great dialogue (though if it occurs, I have no objection to it). But I do want this...
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Fenris-77 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Or do you . . . .? For me, one of the more striking things about some talk of immersion is that people are not talking about a...
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Fenris-77 replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Are we still talking about Blades in terms of the immersive preferences of specific posters? I have my doubts about the usefulness of...
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Fenris-77 replied to the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc....I find it interesting that some people play with a specific goal of things like creating great dialogue.
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Fenris-77 reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
Oh that’s another great point: games with more enumerated social mechanics often take pains to present ways in which varied characters...
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Fenris-77 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
Yeah, the suggestion that the damage/hit point systems is just an afterthought - that beating a Pit Fiend in combat is just a modest...
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Fenris-77 reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
I also like the specificity of it. If you don't like her knight, assassin or monk, that's OK, because they are very clearly not meant to...