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TwoSix replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Sure. I mean, this isn't dissimilar in style to Fate, where a player can accept a compel on an Aspect to get a Fate point, but isn't... -
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Yeah, its largely not going to be visible from the outside; that's why I can slip from Author to IC fairly easily most of the time and... -
TwoSix reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
You want slightly different things out of it than I do. That shouldn't be a surprise by now.
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TwoSix replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.It's pretty hard to tell the difference 99% of the time. Narrating your choices as being grounded in character concept and backstory is...
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TwoSix reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Yeah, but if you were running for me you'd have to deal with the fact sometimes I'm making decisions on what I think would be...
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TwoSix replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I'm sure I could play at your table, I'm ultimately pretty flexible. I just probably wouldn't play a character focused on social checks...
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TwoSix reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
In fact, as I noted earlier, I played almost purely in that mode when MUSHing for quite some time many years ago. I just find that FTF...
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TwoSix reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
How exactly are you "surprised" by the actions of your PC over whom you have full control at all times, with zero influence of any kind...
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TwoSix replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Yes, it's a fundamental incompatibility in our perspectives.
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TwoSix reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Yeah, I think that mistaking those moments of “wow, I wasn’t expecting that to happen” related to character that may crop up...
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TwoSix reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Well, not exactly. As I said, my decisions for Clara in my game of The Between were made in actor stance more than any other. That I’m...
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TwoSix replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I mean, I think the core distinction is that I don't feel the weight of that discovery if the discovery is a choice I make as a player...
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TwoSix replied to the thread Why do so many campaigns never finish? Genuinely curious what others think.I haven't had too many games not end, but I also run games that are intended to be pretty short (between 12-18 sessions). I don't find...
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do You Start At Level 1?.Voted rarely; looking through my last games, we've started at level 1 3 times in the last 10 games.
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TwoSix replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.To be clear, I was doing full inhabitation play 30 years ago; this isn't a case of people "not getting" what you're talking about. You...