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Ggban007 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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I don't think that is true. it is based on vibes emulation of those Appendix N books, because that is the inspirational litertaure for... -
Micah Sweet reacted to Reynard's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
I think Micah is talking about diagetic rewards -- that is, following a characters motivations leads to rewards in the fiction, not on... -
Ggban007 reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Specifically, the claim was that the tropes they emulate are those of "D&D-derived fantasy". They can't have been designed to emulate...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out.Say rather that all that reads as "meta" to me, as in unconnected to the setting in which play takes place. It is a level above the PC...
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Ggban007 reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Yes, when I chose the word recursive, I was thinking of a conversation like this; - D&D mechanics are designed to emulate a genre. -...
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Ggban007 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I never said there wasn't a genre of heroic D&D-inspired fantasy, I said that it seems problematic to identify the mechanics of D&D as...
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Ggban007 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
If that fantasy is derived from D&D then calling out the mechanics of D&D as genre mechanics based on those books seems, um, a little...
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So mighty adventurer. You are starting at level 1 the future awaits. I will be rating the classes based on how good they are level 1-4... -
Dire Bare reacted to soviet's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Note how you have made 'I want to play race X' the same as playing an evil PC, or making the game some sort of awkward sexual harassment... -
NNeonchameleon reacted to Reynard's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
I think Micah is talking about diagetic rewards -- that is, following a characters motivations leads to rewards in the fiction, not on...
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Ggban007 reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Sorry, I didn't see that. I haven't even come close to reading all of your post, but from what I have seen you sure seem to suggest that...
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el-remmen reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D General Mechanics of starting a combat & ending a combat with Like.
This is very interesting and thank you for sharing. I like that it give a clear incentive for strategic planning and I absolutely think... -
NNeonchameleon reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
I run player driven campaigns pretty much exclusively. There can be GM driven segments if the players actively pursue such things, but...
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Ggban007 reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
‘if push comes to shove’ does not mean there never is compromise, it means that if a compromise was attempted but cannot be reached, the...
