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FrogReaver reacted to kermit4karate's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with
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Can I chime in here and have the last word?? See if everyone would allow me to have the last word on this, then everyone else can feel... -
FrogReaver reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with
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And those are things that by your logic are always railroading. Ergo, GMing is railroading. It is cooperative activity. All the... -
But, Celebrim, talking is also a railroading technique. Calling something a "railroading technique" suggests that's its primary use...
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FrogReaver reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
And that is just execution of mechanics that could be automated (and in many virtual tabletops are.) This is not really what GMing is...
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FrogReaver reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
It has been addressed. "GM force" is more than the GM just exercising judgement and doing normal GM duties. No one is denying that what...
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FrogReaver reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
What @Celebrim is doing is something like this: "What it really means "to punch" someone? It is to apply force with one's hand to...
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FrogReaver reacted to Blue's post in the thread ChatGPT lies then gaslights reporter with fake transcript with Like.
Just last week was reading some scientific papers on this, and you're close to a correct point but are missing it. If it has correct...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread Will the complexity pendulum swing back?.Yep. Roleplaying can be fairly broad in practice but most people mean something much more specific and focused when personally using the...
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FrogReaver reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Will the complexity pendulum swing back? with Like.
I think the communication issue is that rules complexity will, by necessity, conflict with freeform dialogue and thespianism; these are...
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FrogReaver reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Will the complexity pendulum swing back? with Like.
It makes sense, but it describes a game that does not offer what I, at least, want in crunch-heavy play. Doing my analysis and...
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FrogReaver reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Will the complexity pendulum swing back? with Like.
As someone who occasionally likes rules heavy games (just not for ttrpg play), when I engage with them, it is because I want to do the...
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FrogReaver reacted to kermit4karate's post in the thread Will the complexity pendulum swing back? with Like.
Will the complexity pendulum swing back? That's easy. Yes! Do I look forward to it happening? Hell, no.
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FrogReaver replied to the thread Will the complexity pendulum swing back?.IMO Pretty easy to see how increased complexity impacts roleplaying at least to some degree.
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FrogReaver reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
No, this is just a complete non sequitur. If players choose that their characters go to a certain destination, then skipping some of the...
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FrogReaver reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
No. It's not a railroad if there are no rails. Rails = cannot get off. If I narrate that 3 days pass as you get closer to...
