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zarionofarabel replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.That's way too much stuff to read, can I just play an Elf like in Lord Of The Rings? -
zarionofarabel reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Player skill vs character skill? with
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Absolutely. I'm a firm believer in it, and it's really, really, really hard. Yeah, huge mistake. If they didn't already know what... -
zarionofarabel replied to the thread Player skill vs character skill?.I started watching AP videos for the first time a little while ago and have now seen a fair number from a whole bunch of different...
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zarionofarabel reacted to DrunkonDuty's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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I came into this thread expecting more conversation about making a setting that matters to the people playing the game. And so that's... -
zarionofarabel replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.That's why I became a fan of The Most Generic Fantasy Setting Ever (tm). Someone upthread made a comment about how using generic elves...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.Yeah, this is why I pretty much stick with a-historical games set somewhen in Earth history. So much easier to do lore wise. Plus many...
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zarionofarabel reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread What was your 1st RPG and what was your favourite campaign about or best memory? with Haha.
The first published RPG I ran was Fighting Fantasy. My most memorable event was sitting around an outdoor table at school during lunch...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread What was your 1st RPG and what was your favourite campaign about or best memory?.My first TTRPG was Red Box D&D but I don't really remember any of the adventures or campaigns we played (I was like 8). My second was...
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I make my players lift heavy weights rather than make a Strength check. And Dexterity checks? That's what that tightrope is for!
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I am fortunate to not have been burned by this myself over much. However, the sort of language I constantly see go hand in hand with...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread Player skill vs character skill?.That seems to be the exception, brand new players. I'm not sure what happens or when, but at some point players lose the "interact...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread Player skill vs character skill?.Burning Wheel and Burning Empires have "one roll combat" as an optional way to resolve combat, especially if the combat is of little...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread Traveller 5e coming from World's Largest RPG in cooperation with Mongoose Publishing.All I can say is eww...gross... Why would you want to ruin a system as awesome and eloquent as Traveller by making it D&D 5e? Why does...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Committed Hero's post in the thread Secrets of low-prep homebrew [+] with Like.
Asking players to come up with things at the table is the way to go. Simply by being there they are in the right mindset to create. Even...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread Secrets of low-prep homebrew [+].Reuse, Reskin, Reboot, Recycle! All NPCs in the same archetype have the same stats, because I loath making stat blocks and most games...