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SableWyvern reacted to Umbran's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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There's a bit of a gap between "knowing the difference between them" and "actively denigrating one" though. General purpose tools are... -
SableWyvern replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.We're talking about whether or not someone is designing with intent, or aimlessly. Here you appear to be explicitly stating that it is...
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SableWyvern reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Most generic games I can think of, like GURPS or Fate, are clear products of a worldview and are because of that actually decently...
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SableWyvern reacted to billd91's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
It's not a question of special purpose or general purpose tools here. It's the extremely value-laden comparison of intentional vs...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.It would depend on the specific game, but part of the intent is obviously to allow a variety of settings and/or styles to be played. At...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Interesting. IIRC, that seems to line up with literature, but not with art, where I believe Modern means 1860 - 1960. But it's this...
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SableWyvern reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
oD&D through B/X and 1e did have intentionality; Gygax was just very bad at explaining what he was trying to do and the saving throws...
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SableWyvern reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I'm on the side that thinks that OD&D (and Gygax's AD&D, at least up until the end of the PHB and for good chunks of the DMG) had a...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I can't really speak to Palladium, as I have little experience with it. TMNT seemed reasonably coherent to me, but I'm not going to rely...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Well, I also don't think it's fair or reasonable to claim you should never just play with mechanics for the fun of it and see what you...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.MERP (1984) and one of the RM2 companions (1988) offer static manoeuvre tables with two or three degrees of failure and three degrees of...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.This sounds like the sort of thing I was talking about earlier, where "intention" is being linked to making sure every mechanic overtly...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Well, it's easy to say that you should have a goal when you're designing a mechanic. I tend to say something along these lines...
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SableWyvern reacted to billd91's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Honestly, this kind of thing just tells me that people discussing "specific intentions" vs "creating aimlessly" are incredibly pretentious.
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SableWyvern replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I think I agree with this. It's not so much that the Forge was dealing with new concepts or revealing a previously hidden truth that...