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Xamnam reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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While with D&D in particular because of its market-juggernaut status that could theoretically be true, it at least requires explaining... -
Xamnam reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
But suspending the D&D part of the forums would stop you talking about D&D. Publishing a new edition doesn't do anything to stop you...
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Xamnam reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I tend to agree. I write about railroading not as an attempt to set some standard that you can't break, because I break it myself. I...
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Xamnam reacted to JohnSnow's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Agree to disagree. The game needed a way to resolve characters being good at things other than combat, and basing it entirely on...
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Xamnam reacted to Gradine's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
The problem with this is that the term "railroading" is never going to be able to drop its derogatory baggage. And so insisting that...
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Xamnam reacted to Gradine's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
The presence of tracks, whether visible or invisible, does not a railroad make. Neither does adding one-off bottlenecks (like a...
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Xamnam reacted to TheSword's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It’s a tangent and not related to the OP but I can’t agree with you here. There is a huge difference between the - as you say - popular...
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Xamnam reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
While I don't entirely disagree, this is an area people tend to feel fairly strongly about, so in some cases it may not be so much...
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Xamnam reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I mean, railroading as a term is "fraught" in the sense that it's generally considered to be pejorative if used to describe a particular...
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Xamnam reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
My sense of railroading is based less on agency and more on the use of GM force. I think that linear adventure design is fine and I'm...
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Xamnam reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I've never played BitD, and don't know it super-well, but thought I'd have a look at what the rules say about clocks: Progress Clocks |...
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Xamnam reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Yes, of course you think it was clear. You stated it. But I don't think it was clear because you said "do you stop..." so I asked...
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Xamnam reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Your goal as a group is to produce compelling fiction. Your characters have goals, but they're a piece of the fiction, not the point of...
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Xamnam reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Fiction -> mechanics -> fiction. If you're missing that first step, you're doing something other than what the game wants. It doesnt...
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Xamnam reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
In the defense of lots of people, Blades and/or PbtA can be a real issue to grok when you come from different kinds of games without a...