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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.You are generating a binary when I am asking about a spectrum (why do people keep doing that?). I am asking you if you require zero... -
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Well, I thought we were talking about such checks dictating how PCs behave… the major thrust of your argument is about how you know and... -
Micah Sweet reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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We should probably make sure the rules prevent it from ever happening, just to be safe. -
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The thing I hate about 5e is where the GM has to physically punch you every session.
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Do you need 100% agency to enjoy the game? Fair enough but that's just another subjective preference.
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Micah Sweet reacted to bsss's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
A general space of approaches to game play where the outcome of a social encounter or social rolls is not a "here is how you act"...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I don't want to speak for @Thomas Shey , so I'll let him explain if he wants.
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Micah Sweet reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
This is because what you’re describing isn’t an example of thoughtful design. You’re just kind of taking an instance of D&D play and...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.What I mean is it felt like the mechanics took priority over the fiction. The old, "tripping the cube" issue with 4e.
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Micah Sweet reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Depends on what you mean by "mechanics first". It very much avoids a lot of loosey-gooseyness in how you're supposed to handle things...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
That's why I ran a couple games of Fate at one point, but concluded "uncomfortable" was a vast understatement to how it made me feel as...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I wouldn't describe the first as automatically "cheating" (though I do think it easily can be gaming process), but yes, I think having...
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Micah Sweet reacted to mamba's post in the thread RPGs that you feel trip over their own cool ideas with Like.
they said how they went about establishing their system, as I said, using a blank slate and experimenting, so yes, I can deny that. As I...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.When I played it seemed very mechanics-first in philosophy, which also reminded me of 4e.
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Micah Sweet reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Yes and no. There are a lot more specific non-combat mechanics (including feats that influence them) than D&D 4e had in that. Skill...