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<blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 3432757" data-attributes="member: 6562"><p>Very good point(s), but you illustrate why flavor is hard: people seem to take it <strong>very seriously</strong>. Some players of mine are examples of this, and it's made me wary of flavor that tends to exclude rather than flavor that merely explains.</p><p></p><p>When it works right, the flavor helps you understand the metaphor of the mechanics: for example, "Heart Tether" tells you that it's binding a heart to something. It's true that it's more flavorful than strictly necessary -- something like "Vitality Link" might be idempotent in descriptiveness -- but neither is it exclusionary.</p><p></p><p>One of my players was hesitant to use the Ruby Knight Vindicator class. ("He's not some kind of crusader for his cause! He's supposed to be diplomatic!") Flavor that's over-specified is just another kind of poorly done, IMHO.</p><p></p><p>However, you're probably right that I'm erring on the side of minimalism. Far better might be to add an "adaptations" section at the end of each bit, which would also give me a nice editorial aside about the intent of various things.</p><p></p><p>Thanks, -- N</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nifft, post: 3432757, member: 6562"] Very good point(s), but you illustrate why flavor is hard: people seem to take it [b]very seriously[/b]. Some players of mine are examples of this, and it's made me wary of flavor that tends to exclude rather than flavor that merely explains. When it works right, the flavor helps you understand the metaphor of the mechanics: for example, "Heart Tether" tells you that it's binding a heart to something. It's true that it's more flavorful than strictly necessary -- something like "Vitality Link" might be idempotent in descriptiveness -- but neither is it exclusionary. One of my players was hesitant to use the Ruby Knight Vindicator class. ("He's not some kind of crusader for his cause! He's supposed to be diplomatic!") Flavor that's over-specified is just another kind of poorly done, IMHO. However, you're probably right that I'm erring on the side of minimalism. Far better might be to add an "adaptations" section at the end of each bit, which would also give me a nice editorial aside about the intent of various things. Thanks, -- N [/QUOTE]
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