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FrogReaver reacted to trappedslider's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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FrogReaver reacted to prabe's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Seems as though there's another reading, to the effect that investors are starting to believe that AI won't be as profitable for tech as...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.IMO. One cannot have player agency at all without the possibility of a choice now to restrict choices in a later moment. If it’s...
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FrogReaver reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
My sense of railroading is based less on agency and more on the use of GM force. I think that linear adventure design is fine and I'm...
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FrogReaver reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
The problem was the inclusion of skills at all.
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FrogReaver reacted to cranberry's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
1. IMO, you were not railroading. Getting stuck there is the WHOLE reason for the adventure. If they could just leave, the session and...
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FrogReaver reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Yes, it is not fully possible, as the player literally never is the character and have all the exact same information than the...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".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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FrogReaver reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Sure, but the character does not need to decide to use their "good at avoiding detection" they just are that and is is not spent once...
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FrogReaver reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
yeah, that is usually tends to be the sentiment I try to convey with it. But if basically all RPGs are "fiction first" then it is...
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FrogReaver reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Spoilers Star Trek Academy [spoiler thread] with Like.
I kinda feel like, though... how do some of these folks get through basic training? I've (accidentally) seen some youtube videos about...
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FrogReaver reacted to MGibster's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I also bristle, especially when it comes from a player I've been gaming with for years. It's a trauma response I think. Some of the...
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FrogReaver reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
This I wholeheartedly agree with. It's akin to when they get hung up on an NPC that has no bearing on anything and just won't let it...
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FrogReaver reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I agree. What I'm having a hard time with under this scenario, is in understanding how a group playing high level PCs(at least two can...
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FrogReaver reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I would not call it railroading per se, but it is rather heavy handed in way that I can understand the player's frustration. But a lot...