Thomas Shey's latest activity

You can have both with the same person, in fact: "They really have a lot of insight when talking about X, but gods above don't get into...

That is for certain. I know GMs on occasion sign up for something they think they want, but find out they really dont. I know ive...

Most of mine don't fish that far afield; they're usually just exploring a new (but not radically alien) system or dipping into subgenres...

I think recognizing experiments inevitably are going to fail sometimes is one thing, but its another when you have a campaign setup you...

Well, there is a difference: the player was still a watchmaker god when he created the character. You can argue how much he "controls"...

Though I have to note Intergang was Apocalpyse-affiliated from its creation; the times when it haven't been have been the exceptions.

-- Aaaaaaaaaaaaand time to ignore the market for awhile?

Sometimes I start to a bit toward the end of a long run like that, but I'm very much a completist and have a non-trivial dose of OCD, so...

I was very confused until I realized that blocking is what is making this hard to grok. Carry on folks.

I think you're being a little blase about how easy it is to come up with a meaningful variety of such things that are equally impactful...

And do you think most people other than you would choose the more disadvantageous option in that scenario, or just the one that caused...

I think that's fair to an extent, but I think it risks consequence shopping (i.e. picking the one that rather than being most authentic...

I also should note that the confused effect was used rather more strongly in the prior edition, so its clearly been an evolving perspective.

I've got a player who responds extremely strongly to mind control effects. Even he thinks he overreacts some times, but its still a...

The salient point is that it brings out the unwanted. There is a conflict between what the fiction demands and what you the player would...