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NNuminous reacted to aramis erak's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with
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It's worth giving it a shot if you're GMing. Especially as a hook... GM: Hey, A, which long lost love your character wants to reconnect... -
NNuminous reacted to Piperken's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Like.
Yes, I'm much more what is the game you're playing? 5E D&D campaign? Yes, I do more planning between sessions. Vaesen? Some planning...
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NNuminous reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Only if you don't count XP as a mechanic.
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NNuminous reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I replied to a post about "control over the fiction". I didn't know you meant worldbuilding. Players in classic D&D, if played in the...
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NNuminous reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
The bibliography for BW Revised includes Dogs in the Vineyard, Fulminata, Inspectres, My Life With Master, The Riddle of Steel and...
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NNuminous reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I feel like this is a little reductive or suggests that the Forge was more of a monolith than it was. For BW, by the time of BW...
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NNuminous reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
All I'm saying is that games are more than the fictional situation we are playing out. If I'm using Champions for a Hellboy-esque...
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NNuminous reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
This is a thread about mechanics, not game theory or philosophical sniping. Please take this line of discussion elsewhere.
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NNuminous reacted to Voidmoji's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
A subset of narrativism that I find to be particularly modern is more hardcoded genre emulation. Mutants & Masterminds generally...
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NNuminous reacted to soviet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I would normally think of 'modern mechanics' as those coming after the forge and 'system matters'. So, not necessarily narrativist...
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NNuminous reacted to Autumnal's post in the thread What rpg system would you use for a 60+ session fantasy campaign? with Like.
I’m given to understand we’re different people. :) I like these threads where people get to share their opinions and not jump on others...
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NNuminous reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Best RPG for Arabian adventures with Like.
Speaking purely from a systems standpoint: The book is zippy and, while people can and do die, the characters aren't OSR fragile (and...
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NNuminous reacted to Joshua Randall's post in the thread Which "Tactical" TTRPG Would Work Best As An X-Com Like? with Like.
Honestly? 4eD&D. Both XCOM EU/EW and XCOM2 combat feel very much like 4e combat. You could map many of the XCOM abilities directly to...
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NNuminous reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread Which "Tactical" TTRPG Would Work Best As An X-Com Like? with Like.
Lancer (link) Why it works better than any of the others for X-Com = - It is combat that is resolved ONLY via turn-based, hex-grid...
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NNuminous reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Which "Tactical" TTRPG Would Work Best As An X-Com Like? with Like.
Tracking it back, X-Com was based on the Snapshot and Ashanti High Lighting games produced for the Traveller RPG. So Traveller.