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Vael reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with
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Yeah absolutely, unless it totally breaks my personal conception of the world I use stuff like that to ask the player to explore the... -
Vael replied to the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T.As for putting a player on the spot ... same happens when it's their turn in initiative. But for world-building issues, here are two...
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Vael replied to the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T.TBH, expecting a sharp divide of Player and GM responsibilities on world-building seems short-sighted and ... maybe if people are so...
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Vael reacted to Senior_WotC_Janitor's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
On my dying day one thing I know I will be glad of is that I will never have to hear the word "immersion" again and listen to people...
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Vael reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
Maybe that GM bit off more than they could chew, and maybe have been better served to ask "You know NPC. Describe your disposition...
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Vael reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
A thing to remember here is we're talking about Daggerheart - a game which very clearly makes it evident over and over in the text that...
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Vael reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with
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The answer, as almost always, is to talk to everyone you play with before play begins and Justin Alexander flips over the table mid-game... -
Vael reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
It’s just another style of play. 🤷♂️ Calling it a “GM Don’t” sounds extreme.
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Vael reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
Daggerheart builds in a degree of player-contribution as a core expectation. It's in the Player's Agenda/Principles, and the GM stuff as...
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Vael reacted to UnplayedRanger's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
I don't think I've ever been "immersed" in a ttrpg, so I don't really get it when peopel talk about distrupting it. I have been engaged...
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Specifically for PBP, I couldn't make the DH initiative work in a reasonable timeframe (reasonable to me being everyone goes at least...
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Vael reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
I am a big fan of introducing minor NPCs that way. Immediate connection.
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Vael reacted to nyvinter's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
And if you're uncertain, ask your players about things that their characters would know. Don't do "what do you see in the chest?" but...
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Vael reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
As a GM, I am always "on the spot" to provide Description On Demand. Multiple times per scene usually. Why not offload some of that...
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Vael reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
First of all,we should not take anything the Alexandrian writes particularly seriously. Second, asking players to fill in details...