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hawkeyefan replied to the thread Let's Talk About Metacurrency.I think most supers games actually do have that. They actually tend to “lock things down” much more than the actual comics/movies... -
It's not a narrative conceit. He's smart enough to have thought that far ahead. Because there is no way to accurately simulate that...
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I have a creator thread for Shadows of Empire (including the WIP city book) over on the Arcane Library Discord. I post WiP and...
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I don't think I've ever seen someone Gadsden Flag an rpg mechanic before...
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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I don't know if I'm following your account of "priorities". If a character flees in fear (whether due to a failed Steel test in BW, or... -
None of them have measurable superpowers. Different comic book writers have demonstrated time and again that each one of those...
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hawkeyefan reacted to MichaelSomething's post in the thread Let's Talk About Metacurrency with
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People can do it; they just don't want to buy a fifty dollar, three hundred page gadget book and spend up to three hours every session... -
Egads. I know that there are almost 40 more pages of discussion ahead of this that I still need to chew through, but this reminded me...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Telling a story is different than running a game. For most of us, anyway. Aren’t you the one to point out that horror is a difficult...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Games and stories are different things, and storytelling is not necessarily the primary goal of RPGs. It may be for you, but you can't...
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hawkeyefan reacted to bsss's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Maybe so and maybe people are just digging in on their preferences, but I do find it incredulous that someone would have expectations of...
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That isn't inevitable. It does require that players actually be engaged and willing to fail, tho.
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Yeah… that is an insanely high bar to set. Okay GM… accomplish what professional writers accomplish! Oh, and do it for multiple...
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hawkeyefan reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I’ve created a bit of a knot in what I’m saying, I’ll try and unravel it. My first point is that interpretation of the meaning of the...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Hm I don’t think that distinction has been addressed all that much… but okay!