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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Sometimes I do one, sometimes the other. Even when playing heavily IC though, in face-to-face play I'm not doing heavy immersion; I... -
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And we come again to the continually derived conclusion of "different people play different and like very different things, even when... -
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Sure, I'd agree with that. And there's nuance here too; I've definitely known players who will roleplay a hearty personality during the...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread RPGs that you feel trip over their own cool ideas with Like.
Every Game Group I Have Run Numenera: "This setting is awesome, but why do characters and character options feel so conceptually limiting?"
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What is the single best science fiction novel of all time?.Its a slightly odd choice, but if you backed me into a corner I'd say Zelazny's Lord of Light.
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I've presented my problem with that before; I don't see any point in repeating it again. And if I'm going to bother to have the rolls...
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Thomas Shey reacted to TheSword's post in the thread Why do so many campaigns never finish? Genuinely curious what others think with Like.
My top five reasons campaigns end early 5. GM burn out from time pressure / life gets in the way 4. TPK or character death 3. Something...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Actually, I'd argue in full-blown token play, you aren't even playing yourself; you're probably making utilitarian decisions different...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Well, in my case it doesn't hurt that I think a lot of social skill systems are overly simpleminded in the first place. That's just as...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Any successful social roll against a character tells them, to some extent, how they thing. There's nothing else I can see a successful...
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Thomas Shey reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
You’re mixing things up again. No one uses skills for NPCs to influence PCs as you’re stating. I don’t believe anyone has advocated for...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Its more the case that I don't expect everyone's internal models to be consistently so strong that they'll override gamist self-interest...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.There's still going to be things you may do when the roll made them seem convincing in a way that would make you second-guess yourself...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.I'm not very mechanically competent. I was even worse in my younger days (when putting together a version of myself for the game system...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.The only time I see censure as more appropriate there is when someone doesn't consider the impact on the group and/or game as a whole...