Fenris-77's latest activity
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Fenris-77 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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I suspect its more a case whether solving the puzzle is the whole point of, or necessary, for the game to continue on. I have to admit... -
Fenris-77 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.We're getting to the point here where if a door only swings one way it's going to be called railroading. IDK. Puzzles have solutions...
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Fenris-77 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I mean, is the idea that your preferences can’t grow and change actually a serious response? I mean, when 4e came out, I didn’t...
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Fenris-77 reacted to aramis erak's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It's really hard to make a nifty but solvable logic puzzle for players not used to logic puzzles. I really annoyed my sunday group a...
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Fenris-77 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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Have you met humanity? Trying to get a consensus on just about anything is bloody useless to try. ;) -
Fenris-77 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Well that's an interesting but flawed reading. What is trivially obvious is that reams of advice exists, with opinions on both sides of...
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Fenris-77 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.So, I was talking about the existence of good GM advice on the internet. You're talking about GM force. Somewhere a mistake has been made.
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I recall trading in my 3e books to the LFGS when 4e came out and again with 4e when 5e came out. I would like to make some sort of...
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Fenris-77 reacted to Professor Murder's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Something may have "only one solution" but the method that solution gets enacted can vary wildly. Perhaps for example the only course of...
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Fenris-77 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Haha.
Oh no! An adventure situation is "somewhat contrived." I literally don't understand what you are opposed to here. Literally, no...
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Fenris-77 reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I would only tell them in game play. They would have no way to know how or why in game unless they did investigating, in which case...
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Fenris-77 reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Haha.
So 14 months after 4e's release there was a roomful of Gen Con attendees who had not only never played 4e, but also didn't know anything...
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Fenris-77 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I don't see a problem with relieving the players of campaign busting tools. That said, I would probably tell them where those forks are...
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Fenris-77 reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread OSR Why does OSR Design Draw You In? with Like.
Yeah, this is pretty much my answer, too. The specific features I like, such as fewer character options, lightweight or non-existent...
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Fenris-77 replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Oddly, or perhaps not, I find FKR as a design idea intensely frustrating. I love a lot of low weight games, but FKR makes me want to...