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Justice and Rule reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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I was thinking about this thread cycling home yesterday evening, and was puzzled by what seems to be an assumption made in many of the... -
Justice and Rule reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Love.
The notion that there is some sort of trade off between player and GM enjoyment of the game - on some posited spectrum from "dancing...
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Justice and Rule reacted to Umbran's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Love.
I GM a lot, yes. Hey. If you want to get anything out of this discussion, you're gonna have to stop projecting your own emotional...
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Justice and Rule reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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I don't think the basics of my position require "truths", just logic. (Take note, @GobHag if you're genuinely interested). Let's say... -
Justice and Rule reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I want to add to this as a bit of a digression, because.. reasons. :P I ran a game of Forgotten Realms where there was some reason for...
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Justice and Rule reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I was watching a GDC talk by one of the designers of Magic, and he was tossing out a number of lessons he’d learned over his 20 years...
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Justice and Rule reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
See, I love history (real or imagined), so I want the history of the setting front and center. That's the most fun part for me. That...
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Justice and Rule reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Absolutely this. Too often GMs, or adventure authors, indulge their desire to craft a whole backstory for their world, and expect the...
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Justice and Rule reacted to payn's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
It did for me. I cant speak for the OP. My view is that Paizo was able to suit both the generic and unique setting lore. I dont know, I...
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Justice and Rule reacted to payn's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I think there is a lot of relying on the tried and true recipes and not trying to step in it when constructing a unique species and it's...
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Justice and Rule reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
To kind of expand on what my thoughts were and to explore concepts of gaming in general for discussion = The depiction of non-human...
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Justice and Rule reacted to payn's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Im not entirely sure of the original quote's context? Based on the OP, it seems less interesting setting because of lots of species, and...
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Justice and Rule reacted to Koloth's post in the thread Pathfinder Announces Two New Rulebooks with Like.
I have thought that the 2e CL flashlight was one of the reasons 3e switched to Continual Flame. Really, CL pretty well made any place...
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Justice and Rule reacted to Bayushi_seikuro's post in the thread D&D General What would you do? (Example from my game) with Like.
Personally, I like the escape back to get a full rest outside, and come back in, prepared for stiffer resistance. Or, an option that...
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Justice and Rule replied to the thread D&D General How do you really handle illumination in your games?.When I'm at a physical table? I make note of things and maybe vaguely take heed of what is or isn't lit ("Oh, you'll need to move about...