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Ppemerton reacted to Retros_x's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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I mean obviously, I don't just load as the DM some lore drops. The lore should always come from a gameable context, but especially if it... -
Ppemerton reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Meanwhile for me what I get by actively letting everyone create is never what I want and is 90% of the time actively better than what...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.This resonates with me, even though the game of the RPG is very important to me. Because the game itself is a social thing, in the sense...
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Ppemerton reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I think some of this comes down to how we personally decide our expectations. When I go out to dinner with friends, I'm not expecting...
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Ppemerton reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I don't see any trade-offs in the games I'm running, unless you mean that by being selective with who the group comprises such that...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.I was thinking about this thread cycling home yesterday evening, and was puzzled by what seems to be an assumption made in many of the...
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Ppemerton reacted to DrunkonDuty's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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So there's a lot of chat in the thread about player vs. gm, and the player's right to add to lore vs the gm's right to resist other... -
Ppemerton replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.The notion that there is some sort of trade off between player and GM enjoyment of the game - on some posited spectrum from "dancing...
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Ppemerton reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Love.
Fate points are only abstract in the sense their effect isn't specified until you use them. And are abstract in that way so they CAN...
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PAh ok I get what you’re saying and you seem to be agreeing with me to some extent. If I sacrifice character for plot, then I’m not...
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Ppemerton reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
Well, I think I'd argue that those both are going to set some of how players expect things to work, and if you want to steer around them...
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PI think it means you care about trying to get it right. You care that it feels right. You think 'maces are better against platemail...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+].I don't think that it really makes sense to talk about a "sim aspect" to fiction writing. Simulation is an attitude towards, or an...
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Ppemerton reacted to AlexofBarbaria's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
He does kind of tank an entire army in The Scarlet Citadel, until the dark wizard Tsotha-lanti hits him with a Hold Person.
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Ppemerton replied to the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+].Your reference to "pressure" here makes me thing I may have not properly understood your earlier post - apologies for that! I now am...