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TwoSix reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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I think the idea that lore is set in stone once set does a harm to our ability to take creative risks and iterate on a game's design. I... -
TwoSix reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Oh, the world HAS very much told grognards of WoD to go stuff it. :) When nWoD came out it was so successful, it got two editions, and...
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TwoSix reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I think the point he's making is the results aren't always the same. Faster is only a guarantee of fastness, but not necessarily...
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TwoSix reacted to Jahydin's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Just lack of complexity. For instance, Non-Modern: Modern:
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TwoSix reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Not even Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. In AD&D 1e an orc did 1d8 damage, which is a reasonable benchmark. Your average second level...
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TwoSix reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
This post brings up interesting points I was thinking about... not aimed at anyone in general, but as an aside to what makes lore matter...
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TwoSix reacted to Mecheon's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I'm talking a post event thing. 'Lizardmen' can be substituted for any non 'four humans, elves, dwarves and gnomes' race that the party...
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TwoSix reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Penguin Random House Announces New D&D Romantasy Book with Like.
That’s incorrect in the context of Romantasy. “Cosy” is simply used as an antonym of “spicy”, which means sexually...
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TwoSix reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread Penguin Random House Announces New D&D Romantasy Book with Like.
Nah. I believe what they're saying is that D&D, of its nature, is an adventure with, to some degree, relatively "high stakes". "Cozy"...
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TwoSix reacted to humble minion's post in the thread Penguin Random House Announces New D&D Romantasy Book with Like.
There's a fair bit more that defines the 'cosy' fantasy genre than simply the explicitness of the sex scenes. Cosy fantasy doesn't even...
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It looks like you've fallen into the trap of believing that high percentages mean much of anything when talking about a few points of...
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.Ok, but what argument are you making, then? Are you saying that the numbers don’t matter? Is there a magnitude where they start to...
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TwoSix reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
Exactly. Balance is never perfect, and one should never strive for perfect balance--doing so produces something like tic tac toe, or at...
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if i had a choice i would rather try to find a method that expands the options provided by the balanced method rather than going into...
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TwoSix reacted to Truename's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
I leaned hard into a player-driven approach for my last campaign. (5e 2014.) It worked okay, but not nearly as well as I hoped, and my...