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loverdrive reacted to Autumnal's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with
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And “book” can also mean something copied by hand by a scribe, a Folio Society tome, a zine, and ebook, an audiobook…. Objection... -
loverdrive replied to the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing.Speaking of RPGs, tend to be greatly improved by explicit win conditions and scoring. Like, the same game with an explicit way to win...
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loverdrive replied to the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing.I do disagree heavily with "aren't really games but activities" idea, and especially with the tone it's often presented. It is, frankly...
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loverdrive reacted to pemerton's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
I'm not sure I really follow the ostensible contrast between a function, a mode of play, a format or a medium. Especially because at one...
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loverdrive replied to the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing.I used to be a big proponent of tight focused design of every part of the experience: from rules to setting to presentation to curating...
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loverdrive reacted to GobHag's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
VtM is a terrible example of 'picking a lane' it failed so much in it that it created the Forge.
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loverdrive reacted to Campbell's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
The broader issue is people assuming all roleplaying games should fit a specific mold. I don't see why roleplaying game as a label...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General Gaining spell slots (and other resources) during the fight.Balance would certainly shift, but I doubt it would be broken beyond repair. I would expect to have to buff healing and other protection...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General Gaining spell slots (and other resources) during the fight.Flavor-wise, it works pretty nicely: the cleric gets invigorated by lasting divine connection; a sorcerer draws more and more power from...
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loverdrive reacted to M_Natas's post in the thread D&D General Gaining spell slots (and other resources) during the fight with Like.
Yeah, I'm working on something similar. My current solution is quite simple: At the end of each of your turns in combat, gain 1 Battle...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General Gaining spell slots (and other resources) during the fight.The thing I'm workshopping right now is to give additional effects for slots already spent, so like Dimension door You teleport to a...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General What's your view on a pirate-driven campaign?.I apologize for not reading 18 pages of discussion, but: I think the most straightforward approach is to use ship as the "base"...
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loverdrive reacted to jmartkdr2's post in the thread D&D General Gaining spell slots (and other resources) during the fight with Like.
Exalted 3e does something similar: you can attack to gain initiative, or you can spend initiative to do damage (after hitting with an...
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loverdrive reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General Gaining spell slots (and other resources) during the fight with Like.
Chronicles of Ramlar uses something called momentum. You start with access to basic attacks and as the PCs gather more and more...
