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What if the player decided when their character died? For dramatic purposes.

Left For Dead - The Roleplaying Game

I say, there are already plenty of fun 'rules-lite' games out there so why not take D&D and make it the most fun, intricate, complex set of rules possible?

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Then do you feel the true arbiter of backstory a player creates is the game system itself? "That guy" can be a warforged and pick a special race because technically it is in game. But my character can't have a signet ring that might... get me out of jail if I flash it around or other perks like...

Not at all. Simply enjoying the conversation an expressing me feelings. I am legitimately interested in the way you see the role of GM. For myself and the main group I play with, GMs are in essence hot-swappable because we see them as basically just another player at the table, albeit with a...

I made sub-optimized choices for my character because it was what was appropriate for the situation/action and the character's theme that I was roleplaying. Repeatedly.

An interesting point of view. What about games that do not have this metric? For example: Classic (or the more recent Mongoose version) of Traveller? When a player writes something down as backstory or as a note about their character you feel they are writing that as a way to 'get one over'...

None of the above really... It's more of a refinement process. When someone speaks up and says, "Hey, that idea of yours is a little out there for the game, here is why... blahblah" and raises the issue it is not an automatic veto but more a flag to get others to think about it, brainstorm how...

In my view, the parts of the whole (that is, everyone who is actively playing in the game) are the final arbiter of what is right or wrong for the game, not solely the GM. Taking your situation about the warforged, I would have pressed it to the rest of the players. "Does everyone thing...

What if one or more of the players came up with the idea or basis of the fictitious game, but another person offered or was chosen to GM it? You see the GM as more than just "a referee" then I take it? Ahhh. Now this is an important factor and certainly shows our angles of approach to this...

You believe then that the fictional world or space the game takes place in is in the sole hands of the GM then, yes? What if you are not playing a game where you start at a higher level, or does not uses levels at all?

You answered but I'm not sure you realize it Janx. As a player, creating a player-character claiming "My parents shipped me off to wizards school. I just graduated." means as a player you have just created part of the fiction. Everyone else playing including the GM agrees and understands that...

Any Cowboy Bebop fans around? Has anyone got anything to say about this game: Bounty Head Bebop?

What if defining the character's backstory in some detail determines the characters ability in the present (i.e., in game)?

On a completely unrelated note: the 'necromancer' in that pseudo Magic card sort of kind of looks like his head is emerging from a women's woo-hoo. IYKWIMAITYD. Just saying.

I think that's all Canada exports is maple syrup right? ;) Have you ever tried maple syrup over rice? It's like eating hundreds of tiny pancakes. Aww man, love the stuff. I use it as a general sweetener in my coffee, over cereal in the morning...

What self respecting person doesn't own a copy of that game? :p On a more serious note, I think the idea is cool and might work well in say a Duet style One Player - One GM game but fear that in a typical several player game, something like playing out a game of Mastermind when a character...

Like pulling out a MasterMind board for the player to solve to pick a lock?

Hmm... Freihofer's famous chocolate chip cookies. Legend claims that the bakery needed special machines to mix the batter because of how much molasses they use. Famous Lunch, Gus's and Hot Dog Charlie hot dogs (small, 3 inch long hot dogs with goodies). Although they have spread to many...