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Zzakael19 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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This argument is silly. You can't run a game without players either, and the fact that there is usually more than one player isn't the... -
Zzakael19 reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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Absolutely. The game is what happens at the table with all the players (minus holidays, illness, etc.). Design and prep is strictly a... -
Zzakael19 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Absolutely. For me, it's up there with "trade offs" as a completely unhelpful framework for making sense of a voluntary leisure activity...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Design and prep by the GM? I think that might be true of some games, but certainly not all. Any argument that says prep is more...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I think 'serving' is a terrible way to characterize RPG play. I think it's more useful to start with the idea that everyone at the table...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Vincent Baker on narrativist RPGing, then and now with Like.
Yup. TV source material that inspired the game usually goes this route. Characters come and go, sometimes even the main characters...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
The Merry Mushmen do marvelous work. Three thumbs up. Don't ask about that third thumb...
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Zzakael19 reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
My friends and I played a heck ton of Star Wars back in the 90s, and not once did they steal plans for the Death Star. In fact they...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.Man, I'm just glad I'm not that into any fairly immutable 1st party setting lore! I'm glad that I'm not wedded to anything where new...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Vincent Baker on narrativist RPGing, then and now.Sure, there’s suggestions in the game on slowing it down or speeding it up (core is 6+2x level xp for next level, extending that out is...
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ZI GMed a session of Mythic Bastionland this afternoon, with my regular group. I introduced it to them as a game of weird questing...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
Adventurers are mercenaries and while they are great to have available when Dark Lords begin gathering minions or the monsters are...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Artamo's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
On the other hand, real life explorers were not exactly beloved by many of the locals of the places they were “discovering.”
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Zzakael19 reacted to the Jester's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
The novel Perdido Street Station shows a group of adventurers and the way people view them is much like you describe. Well worth a read...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart General Thread [+].For those who might be running one-shot intros, somebody did an excellent job remixing the Sablewood Messenger’s adventure into...