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TwoSix reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Vincent Baker on narrativist RPGing, then and now with
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So let me unpack my apparently somewhat cryptic statement. I don't assume that any significant portion of the RPG playing public... -
TwoSix replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.It is totally fair to do that. Your judgments will probably be wrong, but such is life!
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TwoSix replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.But it doesn't represent an explicit action that could be taken (and be aware of being taken) by the character, which from my...
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TwoSix reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Yeah, I’m a mid-millennial and the oldest in all but one of my groups by a good bit. My Tuesday group is all <30, and we met by me...
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TwoSix replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.I use my own judgment, of course. Deciding who is acting in good faith, who is acting poorly but with good intent, and who is just a...
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I agree that it's worth keeping them distinct. I'm not sure that the two genres necessarily have a lot of trope overlap, except insofar...
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TwoSix replied to the thread What are you reading in 2026?.There are definitely subsets of LitRPGs that aren't also protal/isekai; the most common of which are "System Apocalypses". Dungeon...
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I just finished reading Matt Dinniman's 2020 LitRPG novel Dungeon Crawler Carl, and I'm pleasantly surprised by how it lived up to the...
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Guy, Ryan, Pedro and Matt stop reading now. The forgotten Realms are great. They have history, high magic, fantastical locations and...
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TwoSix replied to the thread Help me Brainstorm: Fantasy Roanoke for Daggerheart.Time loop. The colonists are gone the first session or two, and then suddenly reappear, thinking the time is still a month ago. This...
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TwoSix reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Help me Brainstorm: Fantasy Roanoke for Daggerheart with Like.
We are starting an in person Daggerheart campaign tonight and I could use some help in brainstorming the foundational stuff of the first...
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TwoSix reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I've certainly seen it play out that way to some extent, but that turns on questions of passive versus active participance tendencies...
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TwoSix replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.People who can't accept criticism of their likes are just as bad as people who continually bash things they hate. (It is fair to be...
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TwoSix reacted to soviet's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Well, to be clear, I don't particularly voice those criticisms. I certainly don't storm into positive conversations and say them. I...
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TwoSix replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.Oh sure, I certainly wouldn't frame it as a "must not". Just good advice for making life a little less painful.