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loverdrive replied to the thread Tell me about your experiences running games at a FLGS.Another nice thing to do is to shift all the character personal quest (if you even have them) tracking and progression onto the players... -
loverdrive replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) "You Can Do 3 Things" - My Nephew's D&D Houserule.Elder Scrolls RPG has a really cool three action point system, where any unused actions turn into reactions Spent all of your actions...
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loverdrive replied to the thread Tell me about your experiences running games at a FLGS.I'm almost exclusively running games in our local RPG club. I enjoy having a big pool of players, and I obviously ain't going to...
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loverdrive reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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I don’t think that all GM side procedures constitute GM fiat. Sure, a GM could always ignore the expected procedures by exercising fiat…... -
loverdrive reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Connecting the Hickman Revolutionaries to the Forge in the way you seem to here is, in my opinion, a significant misread of the Forge...
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loverdrive reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
In some respects, they also exist in reaction to 3e D&D, and how that game was commonly being played in praxis: i.e., mechanics first...
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loverdrive reacted to gban007's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I didnt take Aldarcs stateme as trying for a gotcha, but to try and understand / confirm what style of gaming you like. If in a list of...
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loverdrive reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I'm not speaking solely about narrative games. I mentioned 5e D&D and OSR games. Please stop making everything about your gripe against...
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loverdrive reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Here are contemporary trends that I see in terms of modern approaches to TTRPG mechanics: Fiction First Gaming: this was something of a...
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loverdrive replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.For more comparisons, I think the following two scenarios are mostly the same in essence, just achieved through different means Blades...
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loverdrive reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
None of that really talks to my central issue. My issue was that introducing backstory on failure interferes with prep so why bother...
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loverdrive replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I'm so so so tired of people on the internet parroting about how you shouldn't prepare absolutely anything in AW. That's not supported...
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loverdrive reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Like.
I don't think you understand what people are describing as prep. I view my role as "playing the world." If I am ad-libbing, it really...
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loverdrive reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
It’s definitely not the more likely reading, especially given the confirmation from the devs cited earlier in the thread. But, whatever...
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loverdrive reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
It's certainly not my intention to be making such a claim. I think my very last paragraph there is possibly the most important. Note...