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hawkeyefan reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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I agree with you in principal, but its complicated because "making decisions only the character would make" and "forget I'm playing a... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Breaking Star Games's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
It seems very fun so far after a oneshot and first session of my campaign. Knight abilities and passions are often very evocative. Myths...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I think it very difficult, bordering on impossible, to account for 'immersion breakage' in any kind of definitive way. Some folks have...
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hawkeyefan reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
The thing about “Be a Fan of the Player Characters” that always seems to get glossed over in these discussions is that a) every game...
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hawkeyefan reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
This conversation inspired me to go back to AW and formalise and tighten up what I’d do. My word is it complicated. The way threats are...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Principles (at least in Apocalypse World) not advice or suggestions. They are instructions. The game says, "Always say what your...
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Small stuff first, I've been playing a lot of Heart and Spire, as well as OSE and various CoC variants. Mostly this past year was about...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Morrus's post in the thread 1 Shot Campaigns, and throw away characters. with Like.
You're assuming we're only playing D&D. Thousands of games have much lighter rules. Your question becomes very different when not viewed...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Morrus's post in the thread 1 Shot Campaigns, and throw away characters. with Like.
I play quite a lot of one shots and short campaigns. It lets me play lots of different games. Like watching a movie instead of signing...
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
This is why, upthread, I posted that "I find the use of "PbtA" as if it were an informative label pretty hopeless too. . . . I don't...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I don't see any reason why authorial control mechanics couldn't be a kind of mechanic to discuss. I don't think they define narrativist...
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hawkeyefan reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
Well, in some ways its not. If you see them as similar or same, then I don't have much more to add. My point was to merely debunk how...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Scott Christian's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
Yes, it does. Thank you for the detailed explanation. I appreciate you taking the time to detail the difference.
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hawkeyefan reacted to zakael19's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
Players can add color to the setting without having any measurable impact on where things go. Like taking a sheet of paper with an...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I think you'd need to expand this train of thought a little if you want it carry any water. I suspect that you'll run into trouble when...