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Zzakael19 reacted to bedir than's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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I agree with all of this, except the idea that "stories have a structure...RPGs are messy" Stories are quite messy. Two people can read... -
Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [Name Change]Red Hand of Doom Conversions.How did you link to the fane? Did you on-screen Azar Kul more and frame it as a decap strike or something?
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place.I'll say that compared to the profiles on the Incredible Creatures page, the ones in Mike's book are a lot "tighter" written. They...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place.I did today! It does kinda emphasize that DH's adversary design can feel a little flat IMHO, but really does fill in the fiction of a...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
In all honesty you need to find better games. One of the things I look for in a game I'm considering for a campaign is whether there at...
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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.
Huh, well, I don't think I completely agree. My first disagreement is that contract bridge players are somehow the straight equivalent...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
See, that's sort of exactly what I'm taking shots at. I used contract bridge, a very old and very popular game as an example, and this...
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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.
It's possible that you are overestimating the amount of deep thinking the average player does about game mechanics. I don't disagree...
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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.
Oh yeah, there's a lotta different nuts in that there granola, for sure. Some of those secondary issues lie mostly with the GM I think...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Though even in games not focused on fight-to-the-death, you have to have things set up so that's not only functional but attractive...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
My issue regarding "desire paths" is with "I don't think it's too far a reach to suggest, that if you create a mechanic that negates the...
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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.
Here's an interesting article from Clayton Notestine at Explorer's Design about mechanics, dominant mechanics, and designing by omission.
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place.I’m probably going to grab it because I’m curious about the dragon, haha. I’m wondering if they took inspo from Draw Steel! since its...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place with Like.
Ooh. Cool. Thanks. FYI for everyone: it is also available on DriveThru.
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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.
Despite its importance generally, I feel like we should perhaps set issues of immersion aside here. The scope of that conversation is...