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I agree with you about being forward facing, so the players don't have to guess the stakes. When the skill system is leveraged in the...
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2LM has already mentioned that this will not be using the DC System (the system from Outgunned), but a new system (let's see how...
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It’s a counter. When you succeed it goes up, when you fail the failure side goes up or some other complication. It’s non-spatial except...
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Yeah. I think the key is probably the forward facing nature of this? Like "you will achieve this goal when you get to full" changes the...
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The version of this I'm most familiar with is the 4e skill challenge. Just thinking it through, the challenge consists of: *A threat...
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One alternative to Map and Key that may fall under Event Based (maybe?) is the reliance on Clocks/Countdowns of a goal with GM fronted...
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Just watching the stream on KoLC and he mentioned something I've never seen before. They call out games to do things that Draw Steel...
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Please tell us about it when you run it so I can live vicariously lol.
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At the moment, Knights of Last Call is doing a look at the game. It's going to be a long video, so if you have the time and want to...
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I had a version of this yesterday. The PCs killed the acid crawler which exploded into a number of slime ... so the PCs just walked off...
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Just to second this the cards are generally great and they plus the character sheets with basic class information on them are a literal...
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Also, thinking narrative first we’ve had two combats in a row now where the players taking out the clear leader meant a...
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That chimes with the response from the two players in our group who've come straight from D&D. It does play reasonably fast, there is...
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I'm really looking forward to running the Modern Urban Fantasy thing I've been putting together. Coming from more of the book side of...
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And another benefit at least with my group is that the players aren't so keen to roll the dice (even though 54% of rolls are with Hope)...
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