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FrogReaver reacted to Committed Hero's post in the thread What makes a successful superhero game? with
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I can't say it any better that that, so I will add "mechanics that promote synergies in team fighting itself." Supers gaming suffers... -
FrogReaver reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread US Tariffs: $80-$200 Surcharge On All Packages Regardless of Price with Like.
Not enough D&D adventure start of with a hook about smuggling. Which is a good one as it explains why a higher level party was hired...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Can a player railroad the other players? What about can the players railroad the DM?
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.IMO. A lot hinges there on player expectations of plausible vs dm ones.
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FrogReaver reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
Like most Forge nonsense, it’s based on a half-baked faulty premise. The referee does not have complete control over the story. The...
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FrogReaver reacted to Jacob Lewis's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
I think your dungeon example illustrates the distinction I was trying to get at. Yes, players have meaningful choices within the...
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FrogReaver reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
I mean, I disagree that it’s so hard to guess what the players’ immediate next goal will be. But more importantly, if one does find it...
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FrogReaver reacted to Jacob Lewis's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
The difficulty with pinning down “railroading” is that the word isn’t just about technique—it’s about power dynamics inherited from the...
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FrogReaver reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But that goes back to whether or not someone wants monsters to just fill a narrative role and did minions fill that role. If I want a...
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FrogReaver reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Weren't people telling me earlier that minion mechanics weren't about narrative, but were instead Gamist in nature? Or were you not in...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Next up you’ll tell me player agency is easy to define. I’ve been to that rodeo before.
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FrogReaver reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I do not have well-kerneled fonts in mind (that is typesetting, not layout). Pages upon pages of strongly colored pieces of rules text...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..IMO. In our context, there is a difference between updating a single dc number and updating the entire mechanical representation of a...
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FrogReaver reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This might be. But the issue is that entering this gap is not so easy as this has been a very polarizing issue. The entire rulings over...
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FrogReaver reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The thing is - now you are (propely) introducing contextual rules handeling of a creature. You are dynamically transition the ogres...