Recent content by Seramus

Hard to say. I intentionally use dice-based gaming systems to interject randomness into my stories - I have an old background in freeform gaming where everything was either collaborative, or I decided everything that happened, and I really appreciate how the dice can take the story in new and...

I think the system intentionally avoids giving a mechanical incentive to choose permanent death. There are some minor influences, like ensuring a critical success if the player thinks it might save other characters from going down, or having the chance to stay in the fight if they Risk-it-All...

Ashley also loves gambling. Facing some great win vs some terrible consequence is right up her alley, and she was so incredibly tempted by the option. After that, people saw just how incredibly hype her Risk-it-All moment was and the excitement became infectious.

Did you see Brennan resigned from Dimension 20?

I tend to come up with my backstory as I play. The more I spend time in the skin of my character, the better feel I have on their personality, and the better I can come up with really resonant reasons for why they act the way they do. Back when I used to write backstories before I started...

You can pet the druid, but they are pretty wild. You can pet the bard, but they like to play.

3,056 km, but the real danger is Wyoming during the winter. Winds can get up to 130 kph, and combined with the snow choking the passes past Laramie and Evanston, it's sooo easy for trucks to get rolled or slide off the road. One winter I counted 41 trucks all trapped or crashed onto the...

The DFW show is actually really tempting to me, because Travis is the one GMing it. And the last time he GMed a game we got Grog's One Shot. So whatever is happening is sure to be chaotic and hilarious.

Travis Willingham, clearly!

To be fair, I can drive through Dallas, Irving, Arlington, and Fort Worth without even noticing the slightest break in the cityscape. :P

It's certainly invisible most of the time, unless you're reporting the impact to the players a lot. I do a fair amount of ToTM, so I keep track of things like "Because they used a slow effect last round, the enemy doesn't quite reach them this round", but unless I verbalize it to the player they...

Fear is somewhat of an illusion, since the GM is always in control how difficult the narrative is outside of Fear using situations. If things ever get really rough because your players are rolling Fear after Fear, the narrative after the battle can be a little easier to balance it out. If your...

Generic adjectives used to advertise your game. It's lost all meaning for me! Your character creation options are deep and engaging? Says who? Your setting is rich and full of colorful characters, with a gripping narrative? A reviewer can say those things, but using those adjectives to describe...

I assume she will beat the BBEG and suffer no lasting consequences.* But she might be entertaining along the way! *Bonus points if she gets cursed with incredible power.

I want to throw a rotten tomato at Ivan every time he ignores content. :cry: