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The problem with this is that the term "railroading" is never going to be able to drop its derogatory baggage. And so insisting that... -
I think DCs should correspond to actual difficulties, but the game should also have guidelines about what sort of DCs correspond to...
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I mean, of course there are sandboxes where this is not really a problem at all, but there is a broad spectrum between sandbox and...
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payn replied to the thread Which team will win Super Bowl LX?.Ritchie claims that “jumping and gyrating like a monkey” necessitates switching off with his DJ but the camera wasn’t switched when that...
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I'm impressed. I literally can't think of a less satisfying, worse way to produce TNs. It embraces neither the fiction, nor the game...
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payn reacted to aiouh's post in the thread D&D General Hasbro CEO Says AI Integration Has Been "A Clear Success" with
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It's gotten to the point where Executives feel obliged to say that they're deploying "AI" for "efficiency gains" in a fear of Investors... -
payn reacted to diceexmachina's post in the thread D&D General Hasbro CEO Says AI Integration Has Been "A Clear Success" with Like.
Translation from Execuspeak: "We have enabled Copilot on all Microsoft apps in the company and disabled the user permissions to turn it...
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payn reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D General Hasbro CEO Says AI Integration Has Been "A Clear Success" with
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payn reacted to Basic Expert's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with Like.
In your terms, always static. Otherwise, you're looking at a skill/DC increase treadmill. What's the point of increasing your skill if...
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payn reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D General WotC Continues D&D's Advance To Digital First Brand with Like.
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payn reacted to Twiggly the Gnome's post in the thread D&D General WotC Continues D&D's Advance To Digital First Brand with Like.
I assume that the long term goal is making Beyond the primary delivery system for D&D content, and that physical product will be...
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payn replied to the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static?.As a PF1 guy, I prefer a static bounded accuracy type system like 5E.
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This came up in he Daggerheart General thread and I thought I would move it to its own thread for discussion. In games that havel...
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payn reacted to tleilaxu ii's post in the thread What is the single best science fiction novel of all time? with Like.
100% for me, the holy trinity is Le Guin, P.K. Dick, and Jack Vance. The first book I would recommend to new readers of each would be...
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payn reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
The thing is that you're moving the goalposts from "stolen from the PCs, especially in an invasive way with no respect for precautions...