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Managing a table of ten players is less like storytelling and more like air traffic control. In the heat of my weekly library sessions... -
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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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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. In the world of public library gaming, overbooking is more than a strategy; it is a survival mechanism...
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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Running any free event at a public library is an act of local heroism; running a weekly Dungeons & Dragons...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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As a DM I find DCs to be useful because I don't really know how my hastily sketched NPCs would respond, and because I know what the PCs... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
They do, but ultimately it is the GM who assigns them. And they can also say that some things are so easy that they automatically...
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Too few decision/customisation points for PCs. Unless you're a spells-known caster, by the time you hit third level you've made almost... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
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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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Well, yes, that's because they were actually a threat at the time, and he knew it. They weren't first level fighters and he rolled badly.
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
In my experience most players lean into the story and voluntarily have their characters make at least some bad decisions, without being...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Yes, the reverse is also true. Attempts to intimidate are not fear spells. Attempts to know if somebody is lying are not detect lie...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Once again, I think the solution to that is: 1) The player doesn't actually know what the NPC is. Leverage that doubt to try to...
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dbm replied to the thread Wolfenstein TTRPG Coming From Modiphius.Concessions in Fate model this, though the players really need to buy-in to the concept for them to work. There is too much ‘carrying my... -
The Firebird replied to the thread King Conan, is it actually going to happen this time?.I saw that too, and if anything it made me less confident. If you're talking about doing one movie, great. If you're talking about doing...
