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February 1983. As we step into a new year of gaming Ian Livingstone wonders what might come next. With Treasure Trap starting (or at... -
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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Lately, my Saturday afternoons at the local library have become the third pillar of a massive... -
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Ppemerton reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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Combining all the different, unrelated things listed under "Intelligence" doesn't convey a "strong sense of convenience"? -
Ppemerton reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
"Attributes don't matter until you have to make a roll that uses them." Why are attributes and HP different?
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GGarrettKP reacted to Sulicius's post in the thread D&D General The Revised Monster Manual was released 1 year ago today! How have you liked facing down and using the new monsters? with Like.
I think WotC saw more value in making a lot of solid stat blocks with those different roles.
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Ppemerton reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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I mean, any game that has stats pretty similar to D&D's I'm probably going to fold under the umbrella of D&Dishness for discussion... -
Hriston reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I'm not a very big fan of this. It's like the GM playing the game with themself. -
Ppemerton reacted to saviirkad's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Honest question, you mentioned that they're there to model some aspect of the character, how do the other things that form the model of...
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crazy_cat reacted to Nikosandros's post in the thread Traveller 5e coming from World's Largest RPG in cooperation with Mongoose Publishing with Haha.
Go directly to Minas Morgul, do not pass Rivendell, do not collect lembas. -
Hriston replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I love this example! Al Czervik (played by Rodney Dangerfield) is extremely effective socially. It's clear the background characters...
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Ppemerton reacted to FrozenNorth's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
You’re posting like « people should play their attributes » is what other posters are taking issue with. It really isn’t. They take...
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Ppemerton reacted to FrozenNorth's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
An 8 Int is slightly below average. I played an 8 Int rogue in 4e. He was uneducated and intellectually incurious, and I told the DM...
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Ppemerton reacted to Gradine's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
As a passive observer, I can definitely say that some of your posts read as strongly dismissive of other people's opinions that you...
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Ppemerton reacted to FrozenNorth's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
This is focussing on the wrong part of the issue. « People should play their stats » is uncontroversial. There may be some argument...
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Ppemerton reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Because there are always a variety pf people responding to you in more or less the same way I do about the same set of issues. It's not...
