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payn reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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(looking out the window at someone rummaging through the bins for empty cans) You know, folks who say they love D&D and love the TTRPG... -
That's only true if you can't lose. Far as I know, nothing about a linear campaign mandates that.
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payn replied to the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 2.Not, really no. As development of human society we have moved largely passed scorched Earth type wars. Nukes have been around for quite...
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payn reacted to Laurefindel's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 2 with Like.
War is ugly no matter what, but despite all the horrors that are happening today and have happened over history, we are showing a lot of...
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payn reacted to Mongoose_Matt's post in the thread (Traveller) ICS Papers: The Fifth Frontier War - Out Now! with
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The ICS Papers: The Fifth Frontier War is now out on PDF! You can grab your own copy right here: The ICS Papers: The Fifth Frontier War... -
payn reacted to RealAlHazred's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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I got a recruiter email asking if I had twelve years or more experience using AI tools. I weep for the future of my profession. -
payn replied to the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 2.There also seems to be a lot of wholesale writing off of the enemy in the essays. As if having the power to nuke by button would be used...
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payn replied to the thread D&D General DMs, how do you handle 'split party' situations?.I actually find it more challenging and thus more rewarding when the entire party is present and has to act accordingly in character...
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payn reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General DMs, how do you handle 'split party' situations? with Like.
Plenty of players are able to distinguish player knowledge from PC knowledge and personally, I find having players leave the table to be...
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payn reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General DMs, how do you handle 'split party' situations? with Like.
Same - I cut back and forth.
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payn replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Thats a rather broad claim that could use some unpacking. Any specifics? Like railroading, I think folks are generalizing their...
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Not @UngainlyTitan but, in answer, see where that leads. The players are often surprising, they're on the ropes but pull out the clutch...
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I think that this only happens when the DM is too bound by the text and does not tune the encounters or makes logical npc responses to...
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Interesting. I would think a "true" sandbox is railroad proof, there would be absolutely no need for any kind of railroading. But if...
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payn replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.