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GrimCo reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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we've had more than enough threads 'discussing' how some people think it's their right to bypass making CHA checks and speeching... -
GrimCo replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.@pemerton Thanks for the example. I'm not familiar with Apocalypse World or Mythic bastionland, but i get the gist. In this case, it...
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GrimCo reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Most of the methods I have in mind are about sharpening the situation, by having the players - whether via PC build, or some aspect of...
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GrimCo replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Thanks for bringing up Vampire. I was just about to bring up WoD myself. I like WW nWoD. There, all attributes are 5 point spread (6+...
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GrimCo replied to the thread Things you don’t like about DMing.Feel you. I'm in the same boat. 3 games i'm willing to run: nWoD (ww one), D&D 5e and 7th sea 1st ed. I will run Mork Borg, Knave or...
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Player vs GM expectation mismatch. I want to run an immersive dungeon and the players all buy in up front. Three sessions in that...
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Reading through a published adventurer. I don’t know why, but I always find that to be such a chore. The worst is reading through keyed...
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GrimCo replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.15 years ago, i would say - who cares about 30-40 minutes, let's talk it out, decide, agency is king. We played every week at least one...
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GrimCo replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.To me it's mostly waste of session time. But i witnessed it few times, both as a player and as a DM, with few different groups. It...
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GrimCo replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I've seen this numerous times over the years. Done it myself also numerous times. Problem is, in D&D from 3x onwards, average being...
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GrimCo reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Well, in some cases, its not a hypothetical. People trying to sidestep their in-character social or intellectual lacks has not exactly...
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GrimCo replied to the thread Things you don’t like about DMing.Learning new rules is big thing i don't like. When i was in HS or Uni, learning new medium to high crunch game was fun. Now it's chore i...
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Very much agree. Its gotten to the point, I dont know if its age, patience, mental bandwidth, whatever, where the biggest hurdle by far...
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GrimCo replied to the thread We All Won – The OGL Three Years Later.Sad truth of it. Probably, but not enough to really care. If one product is gone, i'll buy one that's available and does same job. What...
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GrimCo replied to the thread We All Won – The OGL Three Years Later.No and no. And i would guess that majority of player base either didn't know or didn't care. True. I'm playing using stuff that's...