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Nytmare reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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It's pretty hard to argue against. Unless you are prevented from playing in some manner, you are not being excluded. You simply... -
Nytmare replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".That's the thing though, "good" arguments rarely evolve organically from spurious conversation. They need to be crafted. Speeches are...
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Nytmare reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I don't think that making it like real life is possible. I think you can make it engaging by playing it out, and so you should do it for...
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Nytmare reacted to Campbell's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I mean if a player isn't giving me enough information I'm going to ask for more clarification. Just "what does that look like?" and if...
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Nytmare reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
How many times IRL have you felt forced to agree to something that you didn't want to do? How many times in game? How many times IRL...
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Nytmare reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread How Complex Do You Prefer Your TTRPG Systems In General with Like.
"Simple rules with deep implications." -- Jon Hodgson, Handiwork Games
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Nytmare reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread How Complex Do You Prefer Your TTRPG Systems In General with Like.
To me there's complexity of inputs and complexity of outputs. D&D 3.X maximises the complexity of inputs. You've 32 skills plus four...
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Nytmare reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Here's a character sheet from Cthulhu Dark: Name: Jack Occupation: Longshoreman I GMed a session of Cthulhu Dark where someone played...
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Nytmare reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Let me quibble a bit (although I actually more agree with you on this topic.) Games with detailed, exception-based rules (I'm thinking...
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Nytmare reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I think you're misreading my post. I'm saying the rules exist to check "narrative contrivance". Transferring authority to the setting...
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Nytmare reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Yeah, I see this kind of comment fairly frequently, and I know I’ve seen you say it plenty of times. To me, it makes about as much sense...
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Nytmare reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Why do people who want to stick with the old edition need to buy the new edition? What's the point of a new edition other than to do new...
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Nytmare reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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I only like chocolate ice cream, every meal I eat is chocolate ice cream, anyone that ever eats any other kind of food is morally... -
Nytmare reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I've always found it weird that people who enjoyed aspects of AD&D/3E D&D but didn't enjoy 4e D&D regard themselves as having been...
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Nytmare reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Ugh having to imagine all those things sounds positively exhausting!!!!