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I'm maybe not communicating what I (and @pemerton) are saying. In the 'moment' of making an NPC decision, you're not thinking about the...
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This caught me off-guard, particularly the last point, but I found it quite clarifying. I would have inverted that when discussing what...
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I've got a low bar. The thing is, if someone does have Narrativist priorities then I can talk with them about living world stuff as it...
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Some further thoughts on my Living World Sandbox campaign as a result of working on my actual play writeup. 1) People, Not Plot, Drive...
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This is one of those things that's a nightmare to describe and it's often the Narrativist final boss. Let's say your warrior has been...
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As a group, I'd say we're middling here. Intimate relationships tend not to get a lot of screen time, but drama in general certainly can...
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I appreciate the compliment. Among other things, one of Blades in the Dark’s creative goals is outlined like this: And the main...
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I mean I'm jumping the gun because I don't really know how sable or bedrock actually play. In principle all the stuff you mention is...
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The first thing to remember is that people are the most interesting thing you have in a setting. You may have a killer magic system...
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I am interested in that, did you answer it in one of your previous posts?
May 18, 2025
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I don't know if we're just circling back because I could have sworn we talked about this a bit earlier, anyway. I would consider the...
May 18, 2025
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I still have a post coming where I lay out my thoughts and address some of your previous responses but this is interesting. I think...
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Eh, as far as I can make out @SableWyvern and @Bedrockgames are Narrativists. They like the drama stuff and play is emergent. That's my...
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I've got a longer reply I can make but if I add: Situation play So we have: adventure based, scene based, sandbox, situation, does that...
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What's a scene based adventure?
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