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GThere’s a thread on the purple site about the Kickstarter and the idea of dungeon crawling came up. It would work fine. You just have to...
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Ggban007 reacted to SpellObjectEnthusiast's post in the thread Fabula Ultima general thread [+] with
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Yep, its a very common trope across JRPGs for the Player to get some scenes that still remain a mystery to the Characters. -
GTo me this is best exemplified with Inventory Points. Each PC has 6 IP they can spend on the following: mana potion (3), healing potion...
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Ggban007 reacted to SpellObjectEnthusiast's post in the thread Fabula Ultima general thread [+] with Like.
I have! Try to let the players really run with the worldbuilding segments - listen to how they answer questions and try to incorporate...
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Ggban007 reacted to SpellObjectEnthusiast's post in the thread Fabula Ultima general thread [+] with Like.
Fabula Ultima is inspired by classic JRPGs - specifically games like FF6, FF7, Chrono Trigger. The game tries to emulate the stories...
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GIt's a great game for what it's trying to do. It's more narrative focused like Daggerheart, shared worldbuilding, shared storytelling...
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GThe [+] is to keep things positive and prevent arguments about Fabula Ultima and more narrative-focused or video game-inspired RPGs...
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If people are interested in reading about Stoics and Stoicism, I'd recommend Ryan Holiday's The Daily Stoic and Marcus Aurelius'...
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Scene: a group of adventurers arrive at the Pearly Gates. Angel: Hello, and welcome to--ah, it's you guys. Again. Somehow. Fighter...
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Just finished my re-read of Thud!, which is another Pratchett-at-his-peak Discworld novel. And sadly, the subject of...
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GBack from vacation. While away, I re-read William Hope Hodgson's The Boats of the Glen Carrig, Algernon Blackwood's The Wendigo, and...
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Ggban007 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
Even if the the likely outcome of the roleplayed scenes is that the characters pick up the quest and head to the dungeon/haunted...
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I think that model also survives because its relatively era-agnostic; at least once you have community gatherings significantly bigger...
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GAnother thought on the low-stakes start. There is a certain interpretation of/approach to the idea that "the player controls the PC...