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loverdrive replied to the thread [Homebrew] Cards > dice.Because you aren't relying on random chance to succeed, if you have high cards you can spend them on actions that otherwise would... -
loverdrive replied to the thread [Homebrew] Cards > dice.Pushing/taking devil's bargain is much better used on effect under this system, yeah. Although, benefits of pushing yourself for a card...
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loverdrive replied to the thread [Homebrew] Cards > dice.Oh wow I don't remember writing this post. Insomnia, huh.
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General Hit Points are a great mechanic.There's an interesting GDC talk about "pink noise" randomness in boardgames where it's supposed that randomness where the result is...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General Hit Points are a great mechanic.Sure. No model is going to be free of some weird cases. I debated whether to include the tangent on verisimilitude, because ultimately...
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What it says on the tin. The inherent issue I see with dicerolls is that they generate randomness after the fact, and, combined with...
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Like the legend of the Phoenix... All ends with beginnings... What keeps the planet spinning... The force from the beginning... -Poet...
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The most typical way of understanding coercion is in terms of a proposal - by the person doing the coercion - to make the other person's... -
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They are a decent abstract way of measuring injuries. The bloat found in many games is the biggest issue I have with them. I'm not a...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-].I just don't find magic industrial revolution to be appealing. I'd very much rather run a game in actual historical industrial...
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I gave that to swords in my houseruled weapons document. It is meaningless though, as it is extremely rare that anything in the game...
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loverdrive replied to the thread “Really narrative D&D” - a new RPG genre?.I find Dungeon World combat to be sleep-inducing. Just like I felt my eyes glaze over when listening to fight scenes in Corum...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General Hit Points are a great mechanic.Yeah, 100%, it's great even beyond just logistics of tabletop play. David Sirlin puts it quite nicely: You can still secure a win at 1...
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loverdrive replied to the thread “Really narrative D&D” - a new RPG genre?.I think it works for Masks (and the original Apocalypse World), as it has other stuff to do, and fight scenes tend to be brief (and not...
