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Zzakael19 reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General 1s and 20s: D&D's Narrative Mechanics with
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What "strawman arguments" specifically are you talking about? As to the rest, it's unclear to me why you're so seemingly upset. I'm... -
Zzakael19 reacted to prabe's post in the thread D&D General 1s and 20s: D&D's Narrative Mechanics with
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Or use "fail/succeed by X" mechanics, if you need Extreme Success/Failure. (In a game where you're just rolling the 1 d20, at least.) -
Zzakael19 reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General 1s and 20s: D&D's Narrative Mechanics with Like.
I don't think it is a separate topic really, given how linked they are, and that player world building quality is frequently cited as a...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General 1s and 20s: D&D's Narrative Mechanics with Like.
I feel like a very large proportion of objections to narrative mechanics boil down to an unreflective dislike of the idea that anyone...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative.Not necessarily, there’s an expectation your Experiences and Backgrounds have a say here. Somebody with an experience of “canyon...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative.It also does the “don’t hide obvious stuff” and includes examples of specific deeper questions for certain Environments that are...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Kichwas's post in the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative with Like.
Not directly but it does have the tools for them to talk that problem out and make a 4th option that is a mesh. Any group can do that...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative with Like.
The easiest way to deal with it, especially for folks not used to narrative mechanics, is to have the GM be responsible for inviting the...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative.Yeah, the way they cast the GM moves from softest-hardest and stick “ask questions” right there at the top is an excellent example of...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Elvish Lore's post in the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative with Like.
And one more thing... I've said this elsewhere, too... being able to bank Hope and Fear -- not necessarily having to deal with the good...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Oh absolutely, the rules just remove some GM power over adjudication in terms of both FITD/PBTA. But it’s not like I’m not fundamentally...
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Zzakael19 reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That's not really the "first half", that segment is almost entirely "provide opportunities", while "follow their lead" is a single...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative with Like.
Yes it's explicit that you shouldn't be rolling for things that have no real consequences or are trivial. It does undermine this...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative.I’ve now read through the PDF and honestly I’m a lot more impressed with what they’ve done here then I thought coming from the playtest...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Perhaps. Note that I wasn't the one to first use that word. On the internet, there's a tendency to describe the other guy with...