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prabe replied to the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason.Blades in the dark calls them successes--in that graphic upthread, they're not in the "bad outcome" bundles--and tells the players they... -
prabe replied to the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason.Well, mixed outcomes almost never feel exactly like success to me, which means games that intentionally center that outcome in the...
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prabe replied to the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason.Yeah, he's the GM. And I'm enjoying it more than I probably make it sound. I haven't bothered with Deep Cuts, but I get the sense it...
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prabe replied to the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason.My experience is that it's the tale of the characters persistently failing to get anywhere, unable to do anything without making...
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prabe reacted to Pale Violet Light's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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I was at my barber’s today, and while I was waiting my turn AND for half of the time I was in the chair, there was a guy having a phone... -
prabe replied to the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason.We get bad results more than 75% of the time, no matter how many dice are in on the thing. It's seriously Stepping on Rakes: The Role...
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prabe reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason with Like.
I have all the rolls I've made in my game written down. I should crunch the numbers sometime. I mean, 3% seems really low for no die...
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prabe reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason with Like.
My joke about my bad luck notwithstanding, thinking about it more, I'm not sure that I agree with this if I'm reading it correctly. I...
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prabe reacted to djotaku's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
I remember reading this when it first was written, but in my quick perusal, it looks like I didn't make a reply back then. Throwing in...
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prabe reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Pretty much what I expect from something trained on conspiracy theories and Twitter [stuff]posts.
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prabe replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.
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prabe reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason with Haha.
I was going to make a joke that Harper could have just called it Rakes in the Dark, but light sources seem to have little to no...
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prabe reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Since I run my games in the same room I paint minis, draw battle maps, and build terrain, I use the occasion/excuse of gameday every 3...
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prabe reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
New crafting/painting space + work bench set up. I really shouldn't have bothered because in a couple of weeks the "walls" (really...