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loverdrive replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I'm kind of drawing blanks trying to remember a degrees of success system that has, well, consequences or costs associated with it... -
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So I view success with consequences as very distinct from degrees of success and failure in games like RuneQuest. Sure, in both there is... -
loverdrive reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
The main comment was in the context of advocating for designing to address specific questions rather than, say, cobbling together...
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loverdrive reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I don't think D&D or Traveller were aimless at all. I do think most 90s era design was. L5R (before 5th edition), Shadowrun, Vampire...
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loverdrive reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
But that's not a specific intention. That describes every halfway complete game ever. The question is what kind of experience it was...
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loverdrive replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?."Creating a fun game" is creating aimlessly, I think. That's not a meaningful goal. And there are a lot of examples of individual...
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loverdrive reacted to Autumnal's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Hmm. Separate thoughts, first on designers I’d expect any reasonably fair observer to acknowledge as important trailblazers whether or...
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loverdrive replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I think a good example of stinky ancient mechanic vs shiny modern mechanic is Divine Smite in 5e vs Divine Smite in 5.5e The former is...
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loverdrive replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I think "modernity" of mechanics is mostly about presentation: how the rules are laid out in the rulebook, whether there are keywords...
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loverdrive reacted to Lakesidefantasy's post in the thread D&D General Friday Fun: Now THIS Is D&D Rock! with Like.
Eye of the Tyrant.
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You never made it as a wise man You couldn't cut it as a cleric healing You tired of playing as a good man Now you wants to play a class...
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loverdrive reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General Weapons should break left and right with Like.
It's a DM problem, not a D&D design problem. Admittedly it's also one of the many issues I have with modules, there should be more...
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loverdrive replied to the thread Describe your last rpg session in 5 words.Handwritten character sheets work better