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Zzakael19 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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I don't think I'm in "hot demand" as a GM. I'm certainly not part of a "service industry"! I just have a thing I like doing - RPGing... -
Zzakael19 replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Surely there's some middle ground between "DM is god of all they survey" and "I'm just a wee service animal GM." Maybe we could call it...
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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.
Argh. I want nothing to do with this verbiage. Service industry? Get back. It's about matching expectations and playstyles, not...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
The GM who fails to fulfill player needs plays solo. Serve is only appropriate for paid DMs.
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.lol. We're playing a game together, we all create a cohesive group as a whole. It's straight up standard group...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place.Yeah, we're basically playing significantly different games! I only use notional sketched maps and never give positional advantage...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Retreater's post in the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place with Like.
I really enjoy Daggerheart. I'm running two campaigns currently (Witherwild and Motherboard). I'm finding that I like it more than I've...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Retreater's post in the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place with Like.
My players often resort to tag teams when they're facing adversaries that are generating clocks. For example, I think the Medusa will...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place.Your experience is so wildly different from mine it's baffling. If you're not playing with a large group (both of mine are 4 PCs) I'm...
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Zzakael19 reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
That's a good point. I can definitely see the difference between the GM creating a mass of stuff for players to pick and choose from...
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Zzakael19 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
In my experience, they are certainly connected. I don't think that makes it a necessity. One can have a player-driven game that is an...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread What Is Your Favorite Linear Adventure/Campaign.Yes, there's a good bit of work out there on moving it to 5e. ...I've also had the thought it would make a good Campaign Frame for DH...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Lidgar's post in the thread What Is Your Favorite Linear Adventure/Campaign with Like.
Age of Worms and Red Hand of Doom are both really good.
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Zzakael19 reacted to Tigris's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
Of course 4E is not for everyone, but one thing 4E was is it being honest. 4E did not try to use any illusion of choice. It presented...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out.Right, I think this ties back to my post a few pages ago. If what you're doing is basically pre-creating a big swathe of content for...