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But the player knows that it is a skill challenge, and if athletics is their best skill they will probably want to roll it six times...
Aug 10, 2025
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Why are we having a challenge mechanic if the characters are not in a challenge? What does nay of this represent? Why does arbitrary...
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Have you ever been burned out on a game that you've never even played before, because of that one person who just won't shut up about...
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So I am not quite sure how literally I should understand "the map and key" in the OP. Because I don't think that this is literally how...
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Which makes it very "mechanics first, fiction as colour." If the player invents something clever that should resolve the situation then...
Aug 9, 2025
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Yeah, this is why I always found them unsatisfying as presented. They simply do not do what I want them to do. The "gameplay" becomes...
Aug 9, 2025
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When Revenge was rereleased for the 20th anniversary, it pulled $40 million. A New Hope could be even higher.
Aug 9, 2025
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But that is not how it has been used here nor I think this is even correct.
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I prefer a mix myself. Race/Species/etc are intrinsically different than humans physically which modifies stats accordingly, but...
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And mythic. If you're created by the God of Elves, and he thinks that his folk should be able to talk together, he'll imprint elvish in...
Aug 9, 2025
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Except when the bioessentialism has to do with their actual biology though, right? Wings, scales, breathing fire?
Aug 9, 2025
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I think different biology will affect behaviour. I think super long lives species will have different attitudes than shorter live ones...
Aug 8, 2025
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I guess I should have specified that I meant behaviorally, which was the context when Umbran made that point. (FWIW, I've been saying...
Aug 8, 2025
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I really do not like replacing species with cultures that have mechanics tied to them. That easily gets way more offensive than the...
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I'm confused. The quote was "if culture can explain/provide whatever explanations we need for groups of sentient beings to "be" a...
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