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Thoughtfully considering everyone's comments. Regarding the arbitrariness of clocks: The table was introduced to their 1st countdown... -
The way I describe it isn't insulting to both the players and the GM? It also doesn't gloss over the degree of control the players have...
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A possible alternative to map-and-key as described in the OP, and possibly somewhat resembling the way "best interests" are generated in...
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The Firebird reacted to robowieland's post in the thread Cairn Second Edition Offers A Character Driven Dungeon Crawl with
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Characters in dungeon crawls tend to be on the light side. This happens for a variety of reasons, whether you’re talking about... -
The Firebird replied to the thread Alternatives to map-and-key.It isn't about being hidden or not. It's about whether the player's action declarations make a significant difference in resolving the...
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I did understand it more broadly. My understanding was that much of the active, "on camera" parts of the setting is mapped out in at...
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The Firebird reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread Alternatives to map-and-key with Like.
It is very different. See my prison escape example. In skill challenge the players have less input, as no matter what they do, they have...
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The Firebird reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread Alternatives to map-and-key with Like.
Ok. Then I definitely do not think "map and key" is the default. Perhaps @Micah Sweet understood it more broadly as well? So you then...
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I guess my interest here is that my play often gets described as map and key and while I can’t say it’s devoid of maps and keys they are...
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The Firebird reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread Alternatives to map-and-key with Like.
It is from the DMG1. The challenges have set of primary skills, and there is no indication that the GM should prevent the players from...
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The notion that there is some finish line and progress bar eludes me. The constraints on the DMs narration are the fiction, including...
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I was soured on SCs after trying them out with the original rules a few times. Never bothered revisting when they "fixed" them in what I...
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If only it actually stated any of the above in the DMG. As it was, it just felt to me like a creaky, overly mechanistic way to resolve...
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The Firebird reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread Alternatives to map-and-key with Like.
But that's what skill challenge rules say, They have set of skills you can use and then set of secondary skills that might face higher...
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The Firebird reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread Alternatives to map-and-key with Like.
Thank you for the explanation and example. This seems good to me; that the different approaches produce different outcomes and that...