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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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TSR Inc. published Dragon #102 in October 1985. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features gully dwarves... -
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Results available through the dice are fine IMO, provided those results are filtered through the character of the NPC and that NPCs... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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In my experience most players lean into the story and voluntarily have their characters make at least some bad decisions, without being... -
Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.1) The PCs and NPCs are IMO the same in the setting, and who's playing them shouldn't change their need to respond to setting effects...
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FrogReaver reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
You'd think so, but often I've seen it go a different way. We don't choose our table mates exclusively for playstyle compatibility... -
Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I suggest no such thing. Your character can be a rat-catcher that dies at the next kobold fight. But the player still has only one...
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MarkB replied to the thread Is a Crossover TV series or Movie between DCU & Star Trek possible now that Paramount & WBD are merging..Just have the Trek come to the heroes. Trek does time travel all the time. Star Trek: The Heroic Voyage. The Enterprise crew, facing... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Not if the GM is playing the NPCs true to their knowledge, personalities, and capabilities within the setting. Even Sauron was... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
You are assuming both that there is a minimum amount of time required before anyone can be "invested" in a character, PC or NPC, enough...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Not if the GM is playing the NPCs true to their knowledge, personalities, and capabilities within the setting. Even Sauron was...
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fantasmamore reacted to Dyson Logos's post in the thread The 5 'Tiers' of TTRPG Publishing with Like.
Mainly the timeline. I expected that to start in 20 years, not imminently. -
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
And what I'm saying is that if NPCs cannot use social skills to hyperbolically "mind control" PCs, then I think the reverse should also...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
The PC is in the world. Everything they know and everything that can affect them and drives their responses IMO should come from the...
