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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.Yeah, some people in the "no gaming is better than bad gaming" can't understand people who want to game enough they'll deal with a lot... -
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Finding enough people interested im roleplaying at all and with enough overlapping free time can be very very hard. -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e?.SotDL Banes/Boons add or subtract a D6 from the D20 roll involved; they don't stack, exactly, but they can cancel each other, and if you...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What System(s) Should I Suggest?.I don't remember how you feel about Savage Worlds, but it comes to mind. Do you want fantasy or something else?
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Which "Tactical" TTRPG Would Work Best As An X-Com Like?.I ran an XCOM campaign with Savage Worlds some years ago. The base management was admittedly an essentially added-on subsystem, and to...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Yeah, but thread drift is one of those things that tends to have kind of broad impact in what occurs on fora. Ironically in a way that...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.I'm apparently a source of mixed interest and frustration to my cardiologists. Edit: Just to make it clear that's not as bad as it...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Fifinjir's post in the thread D&D General DALL·E 3 does amazing D&D art with Like.
Me: Maybe I should stop asking for horrific abominations. Also me: A being resembling a towering walking storm cloud. When lightning...
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I try not to worry about this stuff. Players get to decide what they play, and if some prefer a "comfort build" all the time, that is...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e?.I agree with the first, but having the capacity to shut opponets temporarily out of actions can be very tactical in a "defeat in detail"...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e?.Good design from a game engagement POV. The biggest negative reactions I see in 13th Age are to Stun (which pretty much shuts you out...
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The upside is that DS has a bias towards always letting you do something on a turn. It’s not very cinematic to fail a Save Ends roll and...
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One might think that due the name "narrativism" but it is not true. Narrativism very much expects you to follow the rules, though the...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Well, that gets into the whole issue that I think lumping process sim and genre emulation together was badly aligned from the start.
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That would be more about encouraging thespian play; narrativist play does not prioritize thespian-style play at all (and it can be...