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This. Back in 1e, there was an optional rule in the DMG that, after every in-game month, the players needed to make percentile checks...
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Except those aren't constraints. They're simply the same things that every GM does, but written down in a handy bulleted list. Here's...
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Yes, actually. Those priorities, though, I have found, are better served through video games like Baldur's Gate, or campaign games like...
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I think the issue here is the difference between simple task adjudication and Narrativist 'fiction resolution'. Even in AW I'd like to...
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Or they live there. A feature of many manors that employed a maid or cook would be a maid’s room just off the kitchen. They might be...
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So there are a few ways to look at this. First, have all those factors actually been set already? The weather and the location of...
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So I can better understand why I don't like it so I can avoid doing similar things in my own games? It might be there's some itch in my...
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I can't speak for others, but what I want is clear stakes. I want to know what I'm risking, what the potential rewards are, and how the...
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The effect I'm after is actually to skip the whole thing, just like we do random coronaries. My position is making it enough more...
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No, I think that's perfectly legitimate, but at some point you need to be aware that, if you have idiosyncratic wants, that's not going...
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My only normative judgment is that the norm should be that people examine and approach games with the mindset of “I wonder how this game...
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I work under the assumption that the amount of people who read threads is larger than the amount of posters. I’m more interested in...
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I look at it this way. Saying "this technique works if you use Assumption A. This same technique fails if you Assumption B." is...
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Are you an expert on satellite imaging? Or do you rely on authorities to assure you that Google street view is an accurate representation?
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I've already posted examples in reply to you, twice. Here's a third go:
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