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Lanefan replied to the thread Player skill vs character skill?.Yeah, that's the difference in how we view this. You roll the dice to change the situation. I roll the dice to see if the situation... -
Lanefan reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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"Simulation" does not necessarily have to map to our reality. Some people even think it meshes okay with genre emulation, but I... -
Lanefan replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.Modern D&D? No. Some versions of TSR D&D could certainly be used for simulation without too much tweaking, and 3e in its hamfisted way...
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Lanefan reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I don't really know you, but you seem to me to be the sort of person who's able to recruit entirely new players into the hobby. It's...
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Lanefan reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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Scientists have recently discovered a new question that was previously hypothetical: What makes setting lore "actually antimatter" to... -
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I laughed the one time I used the EEKeeper mod tool on Baldur's Gate 1 on PC to "superpower" my PCs and then killed Drizzt when he... -
Lanefan replied to the thread Player skill vs character skill?.The PCs search the west wall for a secret door. On success the DM narrates they find a secret door, and where it is, and maybe some...
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For me, what it adds to the game is verisimilitude. If an action has a chance of failure, and particularly if success and failure lead...
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Lanefan replied to the thread Player skill vs character skill?.Because it's uncertain whether the Thief can open the door. He only has a 60% chance, remember? Oh, and I should point out there's no...
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Lanefan replied to the thread Player skill vs character skill?.You misread me. The situation doesn't have to change on both results but it does have to change on one, where "nothing happens" can be...
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No one's saying roll if the situation can't change. The dispute is whether to roll when change isnt guaranteed. Everyone in this...
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Lanefan replied to the thread Player skill vs character skill?.In a manner of speaking, I suppose. However, what I keep hearing here is that any situation where after a roll the DM narrates "nothing...
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Lanefan reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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In my opinion, the real thing that makes RPGs RPGs isn't "storytelling" but agency -- the ability to do (or try) anything. -
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I have met many players who are not interested in "collaborative storytelling." Many want to play a game, plain and simple. I still...
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Lanefan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
"Collaborative storytelling" is not the core goal of roleplaying for everyone. Stories will emerge after the fact, even if you don't...