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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What was your 2nd RPG?.My second RPG read was MERP. My second RPG played was TNMT & Other Strangeness I think, both after the "B" in BECMI and AD&D 1e. -
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Yeah, reading military manuals on how much food/water is required by soldiers is always good if you want it to be close to real life... -
Micah Sweet replied to the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers.How close is too close though? Everyone has their own line, and the only ones that should matter to you in your own game (which is what...
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I think you would have to have an idea in real life what each would be and then try to abstract it to a game rule. For water. You...
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I’d use a skill system. Each environmental threat prompts rolls against relevant skills. Only critical failures/successes would...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Worlds of Design: From Zero to Hero.Fair enough. To each their own, but I generally take play too seriously to enjoy fourth wall breaking unless comedy is the point.
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I see what you're saying. I guess for me Lara Croftian plot armor is part of a genre like pulp, but I agree that generally speaking it's...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers.The rules for journeys in several games (mentioned by me above) do a great job of handling stuff like that as exploration challenges.
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"Oregon Trail" definitely needs to be only part of the gameplay loop. Oregon trail makes things interesting by having river crossings...
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Sure, and planing is 90% of job. But it's rather boring as game play loop. Once you start your journey, you might as well play Oregon...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers.I loved Oregon Trail, so comparing RPG play to it doesn't dissuade me. And boring is of course relative. Lots of folks enjoy a planning...
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Nice list, which has some I hadn't thought of. My work in progress below. I conceived of it as some kind of 2d4 or 2d5 table but the...
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I can think of: Finding treasure Finding mundane or arcane resources Finding new lands to settle/leading settlers to same Finding new...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers.Which is why planning your route and supplies is so important, to make up for the stuff you can plan for, like blizzards and ice devils.
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Well you've accuracy described the players at my table...