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payn replied to the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static?.Pat of that is open world aspect of some of these games. They dont know if you are going to the goblin cave or the trog swamp first or... -
Static, because I have played a few systems now where, RAW, characters actively got worse at basic things as they leveled up. Unless...
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payn reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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This brings me back to my original contention - the railroading is about inappropriate use of GM force to prevent players from moving... -
payn replied to the thread How do you like your steak?.
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payn reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Moya, ‘the World’s First Biomimetic Robot’ Emulates Human Features Down to Body Temperature with Like.
What? This is literally the only reason laws exist.
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payn reacted to Gradine's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Yep, it's definitely been one of these days
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payn reacted to Aeson's post in the thread Moya, ‘the World’s First Biomimetic Robot’ Emulates Human Features Down to Body Temperature with
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Sorry dude, not even a droid wants to hear about your D&D character. -
payn reacted to CM's post in the thread Moya, ‘the World’s First Biomimetic Robot’ Emulates Human Features Down to Body Temperature with
Haha.
Finally, someone who'll listen to me talk about my D&D characters. -
payn reacted to jian's post in the thread Moya, ‘the World’s First Biomimetic Robot’ Emulates Human Features Down to Body Temperature with Like.
No, it has to mean internal temperature (and in fact the article says a human core temperature of 32-6C, which is a bit low but I guess...
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payn reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I’m not sure how a puzzle constitutes a railroad by itself; being forced into the situation where the GM says thou shalt not continue...
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James Van Der Beek has died. https://people.com/james-van-der-beek-dawsons-creek-star-dies-at-48-8754227
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payn reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk? with Like.
Well, I would disagree with that sentiment, in a couple of ways. "-punk" is about rejection of the status quo - whatever it happens to...
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payn reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk? with Like.
Why not? Because steampunk is a reaction to cyberpunk, not merely a time-shifted mimic of cyberpunk. Cyberpunk is about the...
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payn reacted to Scribe's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Good thing about skipping out on news, is you don't see all the depressing stuff. Bad thing is, it still happens.
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payn reacted to Gradine's post in the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk? with Like.
The biggest issue is that a lot of time steampunk settings and stories forget that the word includes "punk"