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The story of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is a tragedy of American history: a cautionary tale of class bias, social anxiety, and... -
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It is with some measure of irony that in this month’s editorial Ian Livingstone asks “when will we see a British RPG on the scene?” It’s... -
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I launched my first session at my local public library, and I’m pleased to report it was a success. But it was not without a few bumps...
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Christian Hoffer posted the thread Wizards Hires Erin Roberts as Game Designer for D&D in *Dungeons & Dragons.Wizards of the Coast has made another D&D game designer - this time tapping Erin Roberts, creator of the Godsbreath setting seen in... -
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Voadam replied to the thread Undead Origins.FRS1 The Dalelands (2e) 2e Restless Dead, Dead: ? Restless Spirit of a Fallen Warrior: ? Ghost: There is a local legend that tells of... -
tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General [+] For (hypothetical) 6e: Which arcane caster class should be the "simple" one?.Bad idea. Give it class specific abilities tied to class level for scaling like multi attack rather than auto scaling cantrips tied to... -
Reynard replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Something I want to add: long stories are both granular and fractal. Just like a chapter in a novel might be a story in and of itself... -
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I would say that how the PCs interact with the world and it's denizens generates events, not story. Story comes from the telling of...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".The story of Lord of the Rings existed long before you decided to just watch the middle portion, so yes, it was a story by then, or...
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Reynard reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I would say that how the PCs interact with the world and it's denizens generates events, not story. Story comes from the telling of...
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Reynard replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".It is definitionally not a complete story.
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I agree with all of this, except the idea that "stories have a structure...RPGs are messy" Stories are quite messy. Two people can read...
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Matrix Sorcica replied to the thread D&D General [Name Change]Red Hand of Doom Conversions.I don't remember the details, it's been 15 years... But heavily foreshadowing of Kul during the campaign, and then some clue at the... -
tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General [+] For (hypothetical) 6e: Which arcane caster class should be the "simple" one?.When I started running levelup§ I told more than one player who always play very little other than this warlock/sorlock something along...
