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soviet replied to the thread Maintaining your secret identity.Yeah I'm aware of the Authority (and Planetary), two very good reactions to this concept. -
soviet replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.I'm not sure visiting fascist regimes holds much appeal regardless of their surveillance capabilities.
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soviet replied to the thread Maintaining your secret identity.I think if you have the power of superman then you have a moral imperative to topple certain regimes through violence. All the comic...
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soviet replied to the thread Maintaining your secret identity.I don't think people are as craven as you suggest. I also don't think that billionaires are a representative sample of people's...
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Really? Most governments have shown they're willing and able to keep secrets for decades, even a century or more. Here in the UK we're...
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soviet reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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And the idea of running a campaign with it (or Rolemaster, or ACKS, or any other sim-heavy system) is very exciting to me. The value of... -
soviet reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Upthread, I posted quite a bit about some sorts of approaches to the setting-oriented RPGing that you describe: These posts advance...
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soviet reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
Inspiration, Advantage, Bonus XP As to Why - It incentivises players to proactively pursue goals
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soviet reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Why does the DM always and the Players usually? The implication is that in a conflict of wants, the DM wins all disputes. There is never...
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soviet reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Okay. But contemporary refers to what is current and happening now. The fact that contemporary classical music started in 1945 doesn't...
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soviet reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Yes, when I chose the word recursive, I was thinking of a conversation like this; - D&D mechanics are designed to emulate a genre. -...
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soviet reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
And this leads to why this sort of conversation makes me want to tear my hair out. When I think of mechanics in tabletop RPGs that try...
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soviet replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.So you're conceding that players don't meaningfully impact what happens in play? You're The Author and they're just replaceable audience...
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soviet reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I don't assume its automatically used universally. I think there are people who have made it clear that they're measured to various...
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soviet replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.Note how you have made 'I want to play race X' the same as playing an evil PC, or making the game some sort of awkward sexual harassment...