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Xamnam reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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It's not about what's allowed and what is not allowed. For some groups and players, it would be acceptable, others would set boundaries... -
Xamnam reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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Late to the thread but my definition is pretty straightforward: railroading is when a player's action declaration would ruin the plot... -
Xamnam reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread We All Won – The OGL Three Years Later with Like.
I disagree. The CC license is much more sweeping and permissive than the OGL was and there's even less question about it being revocable...
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Xamnam reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread We All Won – The OGL Three Years Later with Like.
Read the first line of my post again please. Let me save you the click "I'm working on a show topic for my Lazy RPG Talk Show tomorrow...
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Xamnam reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
Most questions about RPGs, especially trad-leaning ones, are ultimately questions about the division of authority between GMs and...
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Xamnam reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I made the distinction between “a railroad” as a noun and “railroading” as a verb up thread. I think it’s an important one. Linearity in...
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OP did? I think I read a different original post . . . Shea put forth an idea, an argument, then asked for feedback. He's not telling...
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Xamnam reacted to RangerWickett's post in the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk? with Like.
A fair bit of the steampunk I've seen has a more romantic view of exploration, discovery, invention. New creations and new horizons are...
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Xamnam reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
Whist the subclass name is archfey, the text presents a wider range of ideas. After naming a few archfey is goes on to say this:
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Xamnam reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Love.
I find it helps to think of Warlock patrons as, well, patrons. You know, wealthy nobles who would pay artists to fund their art. It’s...
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Xamnam reacted to jian's post in the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk? with Like.
I think quite a few steampunk settings do have megacorps (or at least their Gilded Age equivalents, robber barons and their feudal...
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Xamnam reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread We All Won – The OGL Three Years Later with Like.
I'm working on a show topic for my Lazy RPG Talk Show tomorrow and thought I'd share the notes here to get people's thoughts. "you’re...
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Xamnam reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Again, if we talk about railroading as something the GM does, then we can break the implicit link between linearity and railroading. It...
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Xamnam reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Sure, but that's something you have to be very careful of as a GM. What's apparent in your mental frame as a GM often doesn't translate...
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Xamnam reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Love.
If lack of information leads to players not enjoying the progress of play, I would rather just tell them. Mysteries and puzzles can be...