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I really like this idea. For TTRPG with life path creation, I own Mongoose Traveller 2, Star Trek Adventures, Cepheus Engine, A Time of... -
One of the things I dig about Mongoose Traveller is providing a bonus if you can tie another PC into an event that is rolled during...
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The Traveller system introduces PCs to each other from college into their careers. Going all the way back to childhood is interesting...
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So, I love life-path systems (like Traveller). I've used them in my own games (like WOIN). I also like it when systems generate PC...
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Parmandur reacted to beta-ray's post in the thread Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer with
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I hope you meant cartography, otherwise that is kind of out of bounds. I read through this entire thread. I feel terrible for the hire... -
Parmandur replied to the thread Cosmere picked up by Apple TV.Indeed! Frankly I would love it if someone did a long form TV version someday that has all the songs, Tom Bombadil, the Scouring and all...
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Yeah, it’s a matter of pacing and rhythm as well as content. The BBC radio version picked that up better than the movies.
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Parmandur replied to the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized.I do not agree with Kendi across the board myself, but I find the separation out of racist ideas very helpful. Anyone can have racist...
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Parmandur reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
Again, not buying what Ibram X. Kendi is selling. What’s being described is hard coding racism into policies, not defining racism...
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Parmandur reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
Absolutely! The “paper bag” test is a real thing.* One of my cousins was dating a great guy: 6’ tall marine, infectious smile, built...
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Parmandur reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
You have no way of knowing, but they weren’t. I’d bring up my white- or whomever-hating family members and they’d tell me “that’s...
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Parmandur reacted to GreyLord's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
Those arguing here that there has to be a Power Imbalance for there to be racism means that I could never be a racist for the most part...
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Parmandur reacted to Bravesteel25's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
I think it's because your mentors are confusing systematic racism with bigotry. Systematic racism, to me, definitely requires some sort...
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Parmandur replied to the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized.In terms of thinking through these issues, I have found that Ibram X. Kendi definitions of racism super helpful, particularly framing...
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Parmandur reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
It does, but I still see some quirks in my community’s discussions of racism that indicate a drive to frame it as a distinct and...