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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Let's Talk About Character Resources To Power Abilities.Hot take telling everyone who doesn't play RPGs you prefer that they're actually playing wargames. -
Micah Sweet replied to the thread Why I Hate Skills.Not to my mind. Encounter rolls determine the diagetic likelihood of having an encounter in a particular area. Makes sense for the...
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If you're going to flatly reject the premise, I can't engage. My point is that if you treat setting truths as encoded in the rules...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Why I Hate Skills.Exactly. I don't want to think in terms of story when I play my PC. They're in the world, and all they know (and all I can fairly act on...
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I agree with your point broadly, but I think we would call exactly the opposite things in that situation "meta-gaming." XD Knowing the...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Desdichado's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with
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In my experience, that's usually how it works. People get the idea that railroads are terrible, sandboxes are great, so they decide to... -
Micah Sweet reacted to VHawkwinter's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
In my experience most players don't set goals and doggedly pursue them, they mostly react to what happens around them. Occasionally one...
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Micah Sweet reacted to VHawkwinter's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Sometimes we play a CoC one-shot if people cancel and it would be inconvenient to run our usual campaign. One of the guys has run it...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Belen's post in the thread Yes, 'The Algorithm' REALLY IS Like That with Like.
Modern social media is a predatory arena that promotes surface, at best, interaction while really just a platform to push narcissistic...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I've never played CoC any other way. In my world it's a con game.
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Micah Sweet reacted to VHawkwinter's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Sounds like Call of Cthulhu. Not a game I want to play a campaign in, but there are some RPGs that work better for one-shots with...
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Micah Sweet reacted to VHawkwinter's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
GURPS has a bunch of disadvantages you can take that require self control checks. If you . 3.0/3.5/PF1 had them for self control if...
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I strongly disagree with this one. If it represents something in the setting, but the character is using it subconsciously; whilst the...
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Micah Sweet reacted to jian's post in the thread What are you watching in (late 2025 and) 2026? with Like.
Watched The Last Action Hero for the first time in decades and yes, it’s still somewhat messy but damn if it hasn’t held up well. Arnie...
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Micah Sweet reacted to VHawkwinter's post in the thread Let's Talk About Character Resources To Power Abilities with Like.
Sounds good. These are fun. I like them so long as they make sense from an in-character perspective. Willpower as a cognitive strain...