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The Firebird reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with
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According to everyone who wanted get rid of species ASIs that +2 was the difference between a perfectly playable character and... -
Okay. I thought the +2 would have given it away, but fair enough. Mattering more meaning the fictional action in the specific...
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The Firebird replied to the thread Alternatives to map-and-key.In some cases those are covered by the double jeopardy principle. In others, the world. For example, why does the guard patrol change...
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The Firebird replied to the thread Alternatives to map-and-key.The post I was quoting was about resolving obstacles, not generating them. When I am resolving obstacles, I do so as an observer--my...
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The pedantry is acting like the former doesn’t imply the later ‘A lot of thinking and discussion about the play of RPGs seems to default...
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The Firebird reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread Alternatives to map-and-key with Like.
The fiction evolves causally due the actions of the characters. The mechanics merely represent this. This is different than the GM...
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So, the giants did indeed have concrete predetermined motivations. The players did put forward logical counters. The maths was skewed in...
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the more broadly you want to define skill challenge the more case based the criticisms of it are going to be. 4e skill challenges were...
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I think social skill challenges in certain social situations can make sense. Primarily ones where the NPC motivations and reasoning...
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The Firebird reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread Alternatives to map-and-key with Like.
The characters could observe the keep from afar, they might want to roll history to see whether they might know something that would...
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The Firebird reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread Alternatives to map-and-key with Like.
I mean you can keep denying it all you want. Skill challenges force the fiction to conform to the rules instead of other way around...
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Maybe if you directly addressed the criticism, because I don’t follow the significance of whatever point you are trying to make here...
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The Firebird reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread Alternatives to map-and-key with Like.
But that is not what the rules actually do. Rules do not care about obstacles, they care about the number of successful checks. Thus if...
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I’ve gotten that vibe before about my play as well, but it’s usually quickly dismissed Why though? If the premise is this band of...
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In the very first line of your OP you go much further than identifying a fairly well known method, you say most play defaults on an...