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I don't think GM fiat reduces player agency if the GM is fair. If by saying "Idea #324 is not possible given the current state of affairs in the setting" I don't see that as limiting the players very much as the whole point is to adventure in a particular setting. I do believe in the absolute...

If an enemy is stalking the party and using stealth to avoid detection, then I need to make the rolls but if the roll is a success the party does not know about it. Now, I roll dice randomly behind the screen all the time not just when something is really happening. This has two effects. It...

Conversation involves multiple people and here at least there are far more D&D people.

Traditionally, I've liked zero to hero games. Zero being fairly competent but not heroic. Traditionally I've viewed D&D this way. I don't go with the 0 level is the most common level idea. So science fiction, post apocalpytic, are two other genres that fit this scheme. I've not really...

yes I've bought a ton of stuff already. I'm comfortable with the rules. I'm on the sjgames.com boards a good bit as well as here. I come here mostly to discuss theory.

I think shooting a gun is about nerve. If you are shooting at a target at 30 feet you won't miss often with only minimal training. At 9 feet you can it the target with your eyes closed. That is far different though when someone else is also trying to shoot you. If you have the nerve to aim...

I will be teaching it to experienced roleplayers who have never played GURPS.

I don't like pineapple on pizza but I don't care what other people eat on their pizza.

On these boards, I find it fun to discuss game design theory and what all gaming companies are doing but D&D does seem to be the topic of choice here.

I am necroing thread but interesting topic. I want to play some GURPS. I like the detail it gives me for the NPCs and the rules as physics. I like that it is a toolkit that I can mold to any approach I want. If the sessions run smooth, I will adopt it. I also like the idea that later I can...

What we have here is numbers of buyers and average volume for that group. Group A 100 1000 Group B 1000 100 Group C 500 200 All three of those groups are equally valuable. Grognards as a group that plays D&D is definitely one of the smaller groups but...

Absolutely. If you do happen to roll that one monster on the random table that can avoid the alarm. I think if dealing with "jaded" players you build trust for a bit. If nothing happens, or the alarm just works enough times, you shouldn't be suspicious if it goes the other way on a rare...

As a published product, it would be hard to do a big city. I'm not saying someone in the wild can't adapt it. You could though publish a town and say it could be here in the forgotten realms or there in Greyhawk.

I think grognards would support new things but at ever level they like the idea of things being droppable into any setting. So if you make a book of taverns you could offer something for a variety of settings. Its like the old 1e modules were droppable almost anywhere. They had multiple...

You write stuff down ahead of time. You flesh out the NPCs motivations. How hard is it for you to guess your favorite sitcom characters actions? Not hard right? You need to know your NPCs/Monsters well enough and have enough written down that when you do have to make a judgment call it is...

You and Thomas Shey are right. No way is it universally detectable. I would say though that over time depending on how it's happening it might get detected once which is enough to shatter trust. Though just changing numbers up or down slightly would likely never get detected. So not...

It is in the eye of the beholder. (Forgive the pun) I think it's a problem if you are playing in my campaign. Every GM has a tolerance level for rules lawyers. I got my fill early in life and my tolerance is now low. And where I come from, rules lawyer is universally viewed negatively...

This is an extremely important point. This is why GMs need to prep ahead of time. They need to use wandering creature charts they made or got up ahead of time. If a wandering monster comes up who can circumvent the alarm that is valid. If another that can't comes up that is valid too and it...

I'm getting up there myself. Right now I am still working hard though so it's even harder. Eventually I plan on slowing down and I at least think it will be easier. I don't generally find understanding the rules all that hard. I still read rules just for fun. I like some new mechanical...

Who knows but I own all the 1e D&D stuff. I own almost all the old DCC module line. I've been into GURPS lately and have bought a good bit there. If I like something I invest in it. You are right though that if all game companies vanished tomorrow I doubt it would affect my own amount of...