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Bah! You don't know how many is the 'right number' of checks either, so telling me that 12 or whatever the SC says is 'wrong' is just... -
hawkeyefan replied to the thread Alternatives to map-and-key.Well, it’s not “my” description. Nor do I think it necessarily does either of the things you say it does. Anything else? Anything more...
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Thoughtfully considering everyone's comments. Regarding the arbitrariness of clocks: The table was introduced to their 1st countdown...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread Alternatives to map-and-key.Sure there is. The arbitrary threshold is whatever the GM decides. I’m also not sure how “clever approaches the GM hadn’t thought of...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread Alternatives to map-and-key.The main difference I see is that with the skill challenge, the number of successes and failures are set and known ahead of time. The...
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You don't stop running the game because you are in a skill challenge. The individual actions/roll still change the situation state...
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Yes, in a manner of speaking. A shorter path relies on the idea that there is some 'right answer' in a situation. It denies that the...
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hawkeyefan reacted to EthanSental's post in the thread DIE, A Comic About TTRPGs, Gets a Sequel With Quickstart Guide to DIE TTRPG with
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I read the first 2, maybe 3 issues of the comic but stopped, maybe it was around Covid starting but I need to finish up reading the... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Charles Dunwoody's post in the thread RPG Print News – Coriolis, Spire, Don’t Play This Game, and More with Like.
Coriolis is back, with updated rules and a new setting and themes. D&D 2014 gets new rules and magical cats and Barbarians of Lemuria...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread DIE, A Comic About TTRPGs, Gets a Sequel With Quickstart Guide to DIE TTRPG.I saw this news and was excited. The comic is pretty much essential reading for people into RPGs, so I’m really glad to see them revisit...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Christian Hoffer's post in the thread DIE, A Comic About TTRPGs, Gets a Sequel With Quickstart Guide to DIE TTRPG with Like.
Image Comics has announced a sequel to DIE, the comic about a group of TTRPG players who get trapped in the world of the game they're...
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I don't want to get so wrapped up in SCs, so, lets say one last thing about them which is pretty important IMHO: The way they are...
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It occurs to me that a parallel situation might be 'I roleplayed out that conversation so well, why is the GM still making me roll a...
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It is used literally: OK. I don't think the OP makes any claim about how preponderant various approaches to establishing and...
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Based on my reading of your example, one significant difference I noticed from a skill challenge is that a player (or the GM?) can...