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That too. No matter the system, you can add consequences instead of simple failures. Sure, sometimes straight-out failure should be an option, but in my mind that would be, like, a low-level rogue trying to pick an incredibly complicated, super-high quality lock created by a master locksmith...

That's really not the case. Take the typical locked door. It's pretty rare that failing to pick the lock would, in and of itself, cause something interesting to happen. The interesting things that happen are if the lockpicks break, if the picker takes so long that someone finds them (or their...

Yeah, I know. I was just hoping to get it a bit cheaper via KS. Ah well; I can wait.

Well, it does seem a bit odd that your primary stated reason for not buying from them seems to be their unreliability...

Yeah, but I don't want the physical book. I do pdf only. Bad eyesight.

Darn, they don't have one for just the magic book. (Edit: in pdf only)

If Bledshaw produced something that was to your tastes, would you buy it?

Hang on, weren't they going to limit the amount of money they took in? Are all these people just giving money at the "I support you without a reward" level?

This isn't something stupid someone did as a kid, though. This is current bigoted stuff.

Don't forget the number of people who will play online. When you only have a camera, it can be hard to read everyone's body language well enough to know if you've gone on too long or too often in comparison to others. If I get to run this, I may do the three actions per person thing, not because...

And games in general are pretty firmly in the wants category anyway.

Right. But there's also going to be less of the other type of piracy, where someone sends a pdf to their friends.

OK, maybe we should start with this: what do you think it means for a game to tell a story? Is this the same as a story arc or character arc, or is it something different?

A large number of people don't want to switch from their current system of choice. Some people really like combat, and most PbtA games (IME) are not heavily combat-focused, and what combat there is tends to be abstracted rather than tactical. Some people may not find their preferred genre in a...

I can accept paying a largish amount if I really support the company and want them to do well and know that they're going to put together a decent project. I think I missed how much this particular project's pdf is going for, though.

Double post, sorry.

I imagine that this is potentially to limit the inevitable pirating that comes with digital books. Since this is a limited run, there's going to be people who want it but won't buy it--maybe because of of Bledshaw, maybe because they don't have $200--but will download it. I'll wager that most...

This is a want, not a need. You can certainly limit your wants to things that are ethically produced or owned.

If the PCs go to the Valley Of Hill Giants, they’ll encounter hill giants. Whether they encounter one, three, or a dozen at a time can change. If the go to the Valley Of Lots Of Different Monsters Of All Power Levels, I have leeway over what level of monster they encounter. If they go to the...

I never said that at all. I clearly said that the dragon may not notice the party. I never said it wouldn’t kill the party. But having the dragon instantly spot the party and attack is the opposite of having the world not revolve around the PCs. Why do you persist in trying to make everyone...