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FI love that Foundry has been fully adopted by D&D. It’s a great VTT. My favorite to date and I’ve used a few. To see fully integrated...
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FThe Rise of VTTs Sure, playing in person is great. But the rise of VTTs and now with 2 of the top 3 free to play their ability to...
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FThew strongest sign that These Are The Good Days is the openness and inclusivity of the hobby. More voices, more perspectives, and more...
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FThe wide variety of product available. A few examples. Miniatures - Most vendors started out as suppliers of minis for Ancients Armies...
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FFrozenNorth replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.« Something » in this case being substituting their judgment for that of the person actually playing the character.
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Hriston's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Hriston's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
In another thread, I identified something I would consider railroading if it happened in any game in which I agreed to play. I.e. if I...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I made the distinction between “a railroad” as a noun and “railroading” as a verb up thread. I think it’s an important one. Linearity in...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General "True Neutral": Bunk or Hogwash with Like.
Of course to the people writing 1E, or at least Gygax, "Good" meant something very different, both narrower and broader than what Good...
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FI’m going to start with three… 1. Discord communities and VTT have for the first time meant that I can have a real time gaming group...
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FThis thread might not be what you are expecting. I’m not going to tell you that everything that WotC does is amazing and we’re living in...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Tigris's post in the thread Pathfinder 2E I played my first PF2e game this week. Here's why I'm less inclined to play again. with Like.
I fully agree PF2 as a system is a lot less robust than other ones. Because they too extreme balancing small mistakes have a much bigger...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Sure, but that's something you have to be very careful of as a GM. What's apparent in your mental frame as a GM often doesn't translate...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
If lack of information leads to players not enjoying the progress of play, I would rather just tell them. Mysteries and puzzles can be...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Most of my RPGing involves me GMing. So my response to @bloodtide was from that perspective.