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zarionofarabel reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with
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well this thread spurred me into grabbing the full copy of the game and proposing it to the group of folks I do a lot of short trials of... -
zarionofarabel replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.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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zarionofarabel replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.On the internet!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.I got V5 a little while ago and I think the lore changes are great! I also think the system changes are top notch too! I can't wait to...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out.Uh...not the people I play with. I haven't had something like that happen since the early 90s.
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zarionofarabel reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
The advantage and/or inspiration to which you are referring is a reward to the player for what the GM considers positive behavior. It...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out.This will probably make me sound like a dummy, but that's normal for me... I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Is it possible for...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
Say rather that all that reads as "meta" to me, as in unconnected to the setting in which play takes place. It is a level above the PC...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Reynard's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with
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I think Micah is talking about diagetic rewards -- that is, following a characters motivations leads to rewards in the fiction, not on... -
zarionofarabel replied to the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out.But, Inspiration and Advantage are mechanical effects, aren't they? Those are both mechanical things. So called "setting stuff" would be...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
Inspiration, Advantage, Bonus XP As to Why - It incentivises players to proactively pursue goals
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zarionofarabel reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
Just because there's a high stakes situation simmering away in the background doesn't mean the PCs have to specifically engage with it...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out.I run player driven campaigns pretty much exclusively. There can be GM driven segments if the players actively pursue such things, but...
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zarionofarabel reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
Even in a player-driven game, it's still the GM's role to determine complications and to frame opposition to the player's goals. The...
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zarionofarabel reacted to pemerton's post in the thread How does your group handle an absent player? with Like.
It depends on the game. Eg in our Traveller game, the character are all part of a ship's crew, and so are all "there" where the ship is...