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darjr reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread OSR The Gygaxian Naturalism Appreciation Thread with
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I agree. Gygax's Simulationist sensibilities (compared to a lot of modern games, and no matter what he said when trying to sell his... -
Micah Sweet reacted to darjr's post in the thread OSR The Gygaxian Naturalism Appreciation Thread with Like.
Gygaxian Naturalism I like when random tables would work too. Basically the same thing anyway. I do love when neat new ideas I never... -
Remathilis replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.That's the rub; a good player can make a Dragonborn warlock fit like a glove and and a bad player can make a human fighter stick out... -
Micah Sweet replied to the thread OSR The Gygaxian Naturalism Appreciation Thread.I agree. Gygax's Simulationist sensibilities (compared to a lot of modern games, and no matter what he said when trying to sell his...
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Micah Sweet reacted to AlexofBarbaria's post in the thread OSR The Gygaxian Naturalism Appreciation Thread with
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I love Gygaxian naturalism and wish it were more present in the OSR. There aren't enough autodidact beardos getting out of their depth... -
Micah Sweet reacted to the Jester's post in the thread OSR The Gygaxian Naturalism Appreciation Thread with Like.
I'm a big fan of Gygaxian naturalism. Things like gelatinous cubes having evolved to live in dungeons are awesome. I think that we can...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I get that. My solution is just to avoid any mechanics that try to enforce genre altogether, except in specific situations where I feel...
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Another aspect of player skill vs character skill is what about new players? Expecting a 1st time player to know about D&D tropes on... -
What about when the game steps in to cover for player lack of skill? (Maybe the answer to the OP is, "what the designers say is...
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Knightfall reacted to Tellerian Hawke's post in the thread Kulan: Knightfall's Crisis in Bluffside Game [OOC] with Like.
Tim will wait until Ice Storm ends at count 12, and then make a withdrawal up to the guard house, if possible. -
I have seen the same with new players and story. Fun to watch. But still, if that player took a Hulk Smash character, no amount of...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Player skill vs character skill?.What if they just say, "I try to pick the lock" without any mention of noise? Do they know they're not actually rolling to pick the lock...
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Voadam replied to the thread Player skill vs character skill?.It’s all choice and preference. There are rpgs where your actual skill at swinging a sword versus your opponent’s actual skill... -
The idea that I as a player have to figure out the trap when my avatar in the world knows more about traps than I ever will has always...