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This is true. There some interesting ways to still give some agency to players. If a PC is affected by something that robs them of agency it helps, I feel, to turn it around in a positive way. So for instance.. * The big bad tough barbarian is suddenly overcome with dragon fear, ask the player...

I'm not great with IT, I tend to use Discord, but the positives are One can get through material rather rapidly in a short space of time It is very useful when the party is split, so 1-2 players. I use it particularly when I know it is likely to be a less combat heavy so ToM or no combat. No...

This kind of play, I feel, is fostered because of D&D where the overwhelming real consequence in the game is PC Death (even for NPCs). Lesser consequences are mitigated or ignored in service to the Hit Point god. So rational (always optimal) decision making is rewarded. EDIT: Thus you have...

What do you mean by the bolded part? You believe the players won't find session summaries useful?

From Russia with Love is my personal favourite too.

Ah I see my error! I focused on the neutral arbiter hence using referee and father examples instead of looking for an example of how the word fan was intended to be seen. I did think of the literary characters but summarily (and incorrectly) dismissed them for the shallow comparison between...

Yay, it is back to normal. Thank you!

I don't run narrative games so I have only seen be a fan of the players/characters here, but my impression as I've said upthread is that it is similar with many parts of the DMG 2014, where it offers good-natured advice on GM etiquette, handling different players and their creations. I do not...

Skywrite preoccupies dragons of Ascore

To those of you who use session summaries via AI, does it record the entire online session and generate a summary at the end with you just doing a read through and make corrections where necessary? If yes, how does it handle player chit-chat which isn't part of play?

You think that is what RPGs mean when they say be a fan of the PCs? Make sure they succeed or stack it heavily in their favour? EDIT: My take is that it is just good basic table advice for a GM. As there is good basic table advice in the DMG. In fact page 6 of the DMG (2014) at the top "...and...

Right, so what is your take on the comment upthread about you cannot be a fan and a neutral arbiter?

Lanefan and Max, you can honestly say you are not a fan of any of the PCs at the table in which you run games? Do you not find ways to include PC background in setting story? Do you not find ways to be supportive to associated NPCs including animal companions, familiars, constructs, intelligent...

Ah okay (in any given 15 minutes). Thanks!

So around 2,000 users out of 20 million? Let us assume 50% are dead accounts, so 2,000 out of 10 million - that is minute. EDIT: I'm not surprised. Given the advancements in techniques and rules with so many non-D&D games over the last 10-15 years you would have expected them to push forward...

I really really like Dalton (he was the Daniel Craig before Daniel Craig); Pierce is smooth, smoother than Roger Moore who was ridiculous; and And Connery is just iconic!

Can a referee be a fan of a sportsman and still be a neutral arbiter? Can a father be a fan of their kid and still discipline their child when need be?

These were excellent! This is what I was trying to get us to explore way upthread (thread moves so fast for me) instead of the discussion of Fail Foward getting stuck on a lockpick/cook scenario for a 1,000 pages.

Okay we agree on the longer than 5e's 6-second rounds! ;) I'd likely double the time each time for each additional attempt, thus allowing the roll but the wasted time would heighten the frustration of repeating the action which would either result in a terrible failure (i.e. lockpick bust...

Ah, you may be on to something, maybe it is a browser thing - let me check real quick! EDIT: Hmmm well I've tested Edge, Firefox and Shift and all don't give me the pop-up box anymore.