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Ppemerton replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Well, on this we fundamentally disagree. Games like Maelstrom Storytelling, HeroWars/Quest, Sorcerer, The Riddle of Steel, Burning...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".The relationship between (i) resolution mechanics and (ii) the capacity of a RPG to yield story without anyone having to author story...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".You won't get a story out of AD&D 2nd ed, played according to the rules - that is, protagonists in a conflict with rising action, and...
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Ppemerton reacted to gorice's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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To expand on this: someone (I think it was Ron Edwards) once said that an RPG needs to have some things that are fixed, and some things... -
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Yeah it’s a story to me. I’m making character choices based on what they would do but it’s through the prism of value rather than...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Nearly 16 years ago, Eero Tuovinen wrote this: Here’s how games like Sorcerer, Dogs in the Vineyard, some varieties of Heroquest, The...
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Ppemerton reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
There's a big difference between giving agency towards what kind of scene will be presented versus how the scene will be resolved. Many...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".There's no "collaborative storytelling" in Sorcerer or Apocalypse World, if played in the way the rulebooks set out. For instance, from...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.To me, it seems that you're not fully responding to the bits that I've bolded: The worry about "do I want to find out if I can be as...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread Torchbearer 2e - actual play of this AWESOME system! (+).This post is a re-post from another active thread. Given that it is all about TB2e actual play, I thought I'd repost it here. A post...
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Ppemerton reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
In all honesty you need to find better games. One of the things I look for in a game I'm considering for a campaign is whether there at...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I dunno about the players, but over the years I've found a variety of RPGs that don't have the lack of depth/stability that you...
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Ppemerton reacted to Nytmare's post in the thread Torchbearer 2e - actual play of this AWESOME system! (+) with
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My game is a written game in Discord, and I've had a couple players who look back on their adventures with rose-colored glasses, till... -
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I'm totally onboard with that! In my current campaign, my theurge learned to play the fiddle from a water spirit (heroic Orator --... -
Ppemerton replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I tend to think Be fans of the players' characters is fairly clear. That's not to say that it's especially, let alone narrowly...