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It's not a question of how far in advance it has to be made up, it's a question of what's made up remaining the same regardless of what...
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Where how I read the kind of trad @Faolyn appeared to want to discuss in this reply chain being exactly what you describe as "the most...
Jun 21, 2025
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That's explained well, but... why a guard? The Sing test failure introduces a complication, but why and even how does that add a guard...
Jun 21, 2025
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We've gone through several examples and the lockpicking one is functioning as a generic example of narrative resolution. I posted...
Jun 21, 2025
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No, I think @Enrahim has it right here. People seem to be getting tripped up on the idea that random rolls are fixed content. Yes, they...
Jun 21, 2025
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Ok, first, your language is a bit confusing, as a trad sandbox adventure is not explicitely expressing what is happening. Rather it is...
Jun 21, 2025
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The DM did not drive the PC to go to that location. He did not drive the PC to try and open the lock. The drive was entirely from the...
Jun 21, 2025
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So let me get this straight. The only reason @The Firebird didn't like your preferred game was because of ignorance? Are we not...
Jun 21, 2025
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Right, I get why you're ok with this. But the thing is, Pattycakes isn't guaranteed to be around on a 10, so it really isn't just...
Jun 21, 2025
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I don't think the guard is equally fixed if they are fixed prior to vs after an action roll. I'm not asking about what scene the GM...
Jun 21, 2025
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If you have a specific issue with how I said I ran the game then please offer it. Otherwise a general "you are just bad at this" is not...
Jun 21, 2025
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I meant narrative games. But the same is true of all games--the GM probably shouldn't put stuff in the players don't know about yet...
Jun 21, 2025
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Of course. That's not what is being argued, though. What's being argued is that it drops to near 0, which is bupkis. There is no...
Jun 21, 2025
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So on that note what would be the preferred RPG for 30s-to-modern adventure spelunking? Pseudo-Indiana Jones, but party based? Savage...
Jun 21, 2025
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But that genre space is already pretty well served, so the license has the potential to drive sales (or pledges, realistically) in.a way...
Jun 21, 2025
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