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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Just telling me, "you're wrong. Accept it and move on" is not an argument. Does someone have the description of intelligence in 5.5... -
Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Can you show me in the rule books where it says your attributes have no bearing on your character beyond die rolls?
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.That's a choice, not a requirement. As has been said, if you don't want your intelligence score to have any bearing on how smart your...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Like I said, your choice.
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.But what if their character isn't that smart?
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread OSR Why does OSR Design Draw You In?.That's why I play Level Up instead of WotC 5e. It's not missing those tools you mentioned.
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I could be missing something subtle, but I think everything you mention in your last paragraph could be done in D&D 5e, A5e, Tales of...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread OSR Why does OSR Design Draw You In?.I have a similar issue with players who prefer more narrative-focused, character-primacy games. It's frustrating, because that's just...
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Haha, this was my first guess since I'm in the same boat. Luckily, I have a very patient wife who will play cooperatively with me time...
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Its clean, it doesnt bother going into detail that should be reserved for a technical design or legal document, it understands that the...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread OSR Why does OSR Design Draw You In?.My favorite OSR games are not particularly light.
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread OSR Why does OSR Design Draw You In?.Couldn't agree more. No style of game both puts me in the driver's seat of my PC within the setting more comfortably and allows the...
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The feeling that player choice matters. If I do something foolish, then I can die. If I do something clever, I can bypass obstacles...
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Because the mechanics are written in favor of the dangerous world and not the players. I also enjoy the amount of freedom it gives the...