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So .... why then in the 20+ years of playing "trad" games with "trad" GMs has it never once occurred to any of my GMs to actually do it...
Mar 30, 2025
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... snip ... I think this plays right along with my description of character intent. It's not simply that characters have the "agency"...
Mar 30, 2025
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So going back to the Monte Cook separation of "player agency" vs. "narrative control". I think there is a missing component that lives...
Mar 30, 2025
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If you want a more elegant 3.X chassis with the kind of monster templating and stats being described, then ditch Pathfinder and go...
Mar 28, 2025
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Again, who do you think doesn't? I mean, I know of examples of D&D play that don't worry about an internally consistent world: dungeon...
Mar 25, 2025
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OK? @Manbearcat's point, from which my post followed, was about the whether a situation is gameable. If consequences are unknowable...
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I don't have time to engage with any posts (nor the large ones I've been tagged in), but I do want to say a few brief things. No I...
Mar 25, 2025
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What you say here is reasonable but I have certainly seen many posts here (not necessarily this thread) that absolutely suggest that...
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Two things on this. First, yes, I get what you’re saying. I don’t think this is something exclusive to one set of GMs. I think almost...
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Yes, of course a GM can make good faith decisions for NPCs. I've said a few times that I'm not really worried about bad faith GMing...
Mar 24, 2025
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Pretty classic technique, sure. D&D does it all the time, like in combat. 5e skills work this way too. What TB2 has done is just...
Mar 22, 2025
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When this happens, my experience tends to indicate that it's a function of me as GM wanting to unnecessarily drag out "the mystery."...
Mar 17, 2025
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- Put my recently purchased Ironsworn: Sundered Isles material to use. - Enjoy playing in a Pathfinder 2 campaign being run by another...
Mar 14, 2025
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I think another thing about ratings is that, I dunno about anyone else, but my feelings about a book often change a bit over time. My...
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I was curious about that one
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