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JJoerg Baumgartner replied to the thread Where Complexity Belongs.The original problem sounds to me like the need for a different kind of resolution mechanic that builds up over several steps. Does...
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JJoerg Baumgartner replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".As a GM, I am telling the start of a story at the very least, the "what went on before". Even when the game sets off in medias res (i.e...
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JJoerg Baumgartner replied to the thread Resource Management, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Rations and Love Mana.As a simulationist, one might blame the randomness on ecological or market fluctuations beyond the control of the...
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JJoerg Baumgartner replied to the thread Resource Management, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Rations and Love Mana.Resource management can be abstracted as resistance rolls, with the starting difficulty depending on successes during preparation, and...
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JJoerg Baumgartner replied to the thread Adapting Kane by Karl Edward Wagner.I guess I would go for a BRP variant for some grit, possibly inheriting from the Moorcock adaptations whose heroes/antiheroes tend to...
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JJoerg Baumgartner replied to the thread Why do you play games other than D&D?.Unless a fantasy setting is written for D20 (levels, Vancian magic) or magic is a rare thing mainly cast by NPCs (e.g. Lankhmar), D20 is...
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JJoerg Baumgartner replied to the thread Why do you play games other than D&D?.Other than in D&D-inspired derivates, I haven't seen "class", "level" or XPs in any of the fantasy that I like to consume. BECMI Basic...