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Hriston reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread AD&D 1E Rules that are kinda cool but everyone forgot with
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It's the same in 1E AD&D. 1978 PH, p39: -
Hriston reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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Some of the absolute best "roleplaying" I've seen in a TTRPG came when we started a session of Stonetop and I was like "hey Nik, do you... -
Hriston reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Agree with this. To my mind, it’s similar to preferences between rolling for a character’s stats and doing point-buy. Some people...
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Hriston replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I think it's pretty well established anecdotally that an author, in a non-RPG context, can be surprised, in the process of writing, by...
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Hriston reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
But we DO think this. (At least, I do.) I might arrive at a decision I didn't expect when play started over a particular scenario...
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Hriston reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
No one said they are. No one (but you, misquoting) said that no one would ever choose such things. But no one would have chosen them...
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Hriston reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I thought it was pretty clear.
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Hriston reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
@Bill Zebub My examples include social/mental/emotional mechanics and social/emotional consequences: * A player submitting his PC to...
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Hriston reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Love.
Here's an example, from Rolemaster play, that I just posted in another thread: Left to our own devices, no one at the table would have...
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Hriston replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I'm not @pemerton either, but, to quote Vincent Baker, it's "things that no vigorous creative agreement would ever create" -- "outcomes...
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Hriston reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I referred to unexpected stuff that no one would just choose here and now, if left to their own devices. I think it's definitional that...
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Hriston reacted to Marc17's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Your CR limit for an average 1st level party? with Like.
CR's not a limiter. It can be any CR so long as the movement is such that they can pick up their one shotted dying party member and run...
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Hriston reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Love.
RPGs are games of shared imagining. The agency of those who participate in the game, therefore, is about how they can shape that shared...
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Hriston replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Your CR limit for an average 1st level party?.Assuming a best case scenario of five easy encounters preceding the final encounter, I'd be comfortable with CR 3. Eta: Not that I have...
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Hriston replied to the thread IN REMEMBRANCE--2026.Bernard Lafayette, civil rights pioneer who joined Freedom Rides and fought for voting rights in the Jim Crow South, has died at the age...