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hawkeyefan reacted to darkbard's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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I want to counter this spurious Alexandrian claim about dissociated mechanics using two recent examples from the 4E D&D game I'm playing... -
hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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Or do you . . . .? For me, one of the more striking things about some talk of immersion is that people are not talking about a... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Are we still talking about Blades in terms of the immersive preferences of specific posters? I have my doubts about the usefulness of...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".But "unnecessarily" isn't what I'd call them. Again... if the purpose of a GM narrating events of play is to give the players an idea of...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".But why wouldn't this just be a little extra effort that they put into something? Seriously, I don't see the reason you're dividing...
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hawkeyefan reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Not quite, Push Yourself now comprises the old mechanic (before a roll for certain bonuses); and what was once Resistance (Pushing...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".I mean, we're playing games. If people want to say "rules are icky" I'm gonna call it silly. Especially knowing that you like Level Up...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".I mean I would generally use it for its special resistance the first chance I got if I thought it made sense to resist. You're right...
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I've never played BitD, and don't know it super-well, but thought I'd have a look at what the rules say about clocks: Progress Clocks |...
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hawkeyefan reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
The circular argument here seems to be that "because I'm aware I'm playing a game I can't stop being aware I'm playing a game?" And I...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Yes, it's all subjective Micah. So what? Here's my subjective opinion... the reasoning behind the "it takes me out of the fiction"...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Yes, of course you think it was clear. You stated it. But I don't think it was clear because you said "do you stop..." so I asked...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Nytmare's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
In a traditional system, you can replicate gripping and exciting dialogue by mistake. In a system built with the mechanics and...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".I don't know what you mean, here. Do I stop to consider the mechanics? Stop what, exactly? I'm playing the game... the game has...
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hawkeyefan reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
No it doesn’t. The situations I described above are about stakes versus no stakes, not diegetic vs non-diegetic mechanics. Centering a...