Lanefan's latest activity

I had a (probably inadvisable) idea that might be related to that, which was to propose* that Narrativism (like Western dramatism) is...

I think they can be useful in some cases--the taxonomy at the end of that article is great, for example--but they also try to do too...

I didn't see the original example, but I assumed the party wasn't being stupid and trying to pick a lock in broad daylight or when...

I cannot express how happy I am you brought this blog post to my attention! I was actually crying halfway trough. So trying to...

If you're running Eberron stock without too many tweaks and changes, then yes: there's enough setting material out there I can read (if...

I think the primary concern differs between players and DM. The players' primary concern is to overcome whatever obstacle is in their...

Good to hear this. My question then becomes, what can the character do in the fiction to get things to the point where if he fails on...

If by a few years back you mean 1999, yes they did; and they threw out all responses from the demographic most likely to be in and-or...

After running so many of the official campaigns for 5e, I'm fairly burnt out on "save the world" style campaigns. Give me a basic...

Often enough, it's a minor sub-genre on Youtube

If they have a lot of time I'll sometimes ask up front, before they roll, how long they're giving it. There's no re-rolls in any case...

One might could even say - the occasional frustration makes victory that much sweeter!

I'm not nearly as hardcore a simulationist as others in this thread. I definitely have other concerns and accept certain things in the...

I think it is important to understand why a result "feeling unrelated to" the check is a really bad thing in a certain style of play...

Why do bears wander in your world, but cooks never do?