“What I don't like about Waterdeep”
I think my greatest
complaint is
Completely and utterly based on not
knowing a god damned thing about Waterdeep and thinking you know shit about
other stuff. Yes, we know. I’m pretty sure you’re projecting your own issues
here. And I say that as someone who doesn’t actually like the Forgotten Realms.
But at least I don’t make shit up to explain why.
“Do rpg players have too
limited a view of fantasy?”
Some do, sure. Because they are
people, and that’s how people roll.
“Is scifi difficult to
RPG?”
No.
Am I hanging around
weird players?
Weird? No. Possibly shitty? Yes.
“Controversy and Likely Game Participation”
When a game you're
unfamiliar with is the subject of a lot of heated discussion, do you feel drawn
towards the game (so you can join in, read/play it and know what people are on
about, maybe be on the 'cutting edge' of the gaming zeitgeist), or away from it
(that is, you can be put off a game from the buzz surrounding it.)?
Neither. With the assumption of
only two outcomes, this is a pretty stupid fucking question.
“Do "The Narrative" and "Character
Immersion" clash?”
Lately I've been
thinking about various systems; what they do well, and where they are
deficient.
That’s a lie. I’ve been reading
your posts. All you’ve been thinking about lately is how to try and troll the
boards.
Do "The
Narrative" and "Character Immersion" clash?
No. That was easy.
“Oddest or most outrageous rules misunderstanding”
You know, 10 years ago, I believed
this basic question received real, honest answers. Anymore, I’m pretty sure
half of the responses are made up bullshit.
“[Setting Riff] Earth 'invades' Firefly's 'verse”
Wow, as far as setting riffs go,
this one is both painfully unoriginal and
stupid.
D&D: The "Players Call in the Authorities" Problem
(Hoard of the Dragon Queen)
what should I do
when the players want to 'bring in the cavalry', i.e., when they're trying to
rustle up lots of help from the authorities?
Uh, let them try? Maybe it will
work. Maybe the authorities don’t have the manpower to spare. That’s the kind
of thing you’re supposed to figure out as DM.
the players are
trying to gather an entire armed force from the local authorities to go along
and stop the cultist caravan (see Chapter 4).
Good for them. That’s smart
playing. I assume you already know what kind of manpower is available, right?
If not, you really should.
I'm not sure how to
keep the player-characters (one of whom has a Noble background) from requesting
You shouldn’t be doing anything to stop them from requesting
such aid.
and getting massive
amounts of aid from the authorities in Greenest & Elturel (or rather, their
analogues in my campaign world).
Whether or not they get that aid
should depend on their reputation, their skill rolls, and the already known
manpower available. This isn’t hard to figure out.
I don't want to shut
down good ideas & not reward player initiative.
It really sounds like you do want to do that.
[Scopaesthesia] Spellcasting without mana
Character can cast
spells as long as he succeeds. When he fails he is mentally exhausted and can't
cast any more until he rests for a few minutes.
Characters can
choose the power of spell and they can be pretty sure they'll be able to cast
low powered spells. Increasing power increases the chances of failure. You
choose how much you want to invest in your spell.
So there would be no
mana or anything to track. Just failure = stop.
My idea was to use
it with divine (sort of) casters in my setting in "God giveth and God
taketh" kind of way. I'd appreciate to hear your feedback on this - what
do you all think about this?
Sounds like a modified version of
the system used in Shadowrun. Which, barring a couple of exceptions, works
really nicely. Don’t know that I’d use it for divine casters though. But then,
if I was completely customizing the system, divine casters would basically work
using Entreaty magic from MSHRPG.
Why does it seem like every game now-a-days has a meta resource
mechanic?
Uh, because you’re going out of
your way to only consider the game that do, while ignoring the ones that don’t,
Mr. Have Only Been Around for a Month
and Is Asking Troll Questions. And that’s
not even going into how you’re completely misrepresenting the mechanics in
question. Gee, agenda much, Mr. Odd Die?
GM is a Jerk??
As a GM of over
thirty years experience it concerns me that not a week seems to pass on these
forums without at least one "My GM did this in-game and I think he/she's a
jerk - what do you think" type posts. But very little in the way of
"A Player did this .......etc".
Ah, I see, you’re not actually
reading the forums.
And I guess that is
what worries me the most about all these GM criticisms. New GM's need time to
learn, to develop, to grow in their confidence and competance, they need to
pick up the tools and skills they need to get better every time they play. And
constantly criticising what is already an involved, exhausting, difficult
"task" is really not going to help anyone.
None of which has to do with jerk
ass GMs. And if you consider GMing to be
an “involved, exhausting, difficult task”, then maybe you aren’t cut out to be
a GM.
try some quite,
positive, friendly feedback, and if you are still unhappy then take on that
mantle yourself - if you can!!?
How do you know they don’t and
where do you think a lot of the fucking GMs come from, you fuck stain?
From Silvercat, in this thread:
Thanks, but I think
I'm just not going to GM anymore.
The gaming world thanks you. Can
you retire from playing and posting about games also? Thanks.
Question regarding AD&D sexism
I was watching a few
videos the other day, and a couple by a fellow who has reviewed Mutant Epoch
(the reason I was watching the vids, curious about that game) and he has
several videos on the tube and there was one where he got on a bit of a rant
regarding sexism and role playing games, and pointed to how sexist AD&D was
because human females had a lower strength limit than males.
Well, that’s a boring intro.
This struck me as
odd, I always thought chain mail bikinis were much more sexist than a different
strength limit for females
You’re wrong.
Is this a consistent point of view in the
table top rpg community?
No PoV is consistent in this
community and you know that.
I had never heard
that particular point made to point out sexism in RPGs before.
You’ve been on site for 11 years. I’m
pretty sure you’re a fucking liar. Also, you’ll note that the thread goes onto
134 posts, in which all of yours are attempts to defend this practice. So I’m
pretty sure that you’re a fucking liar, and
a fucking jack ass.
Lawful Good and party conflict
I am playing in what
looks like my last rpg and I thought try something different. I made a lawful
good monk who respects life to the point that he refuses to kill unless he is
left with no other choice. Normally I play chaotic blood thirsty because that
is the only way I can play something other than games on my phone.
That’s nice.
So I made a monk
that fights but doesn't kill living monsters and has prevented other party
members from killing unconscious prisoners. Apparently this is causing party
conflict to the point that every time a fight starts there is 30 minutes of
complaining because my character won't kill anyone living. So the next game I
will be throwing my monk into the first stupid conflict that will kill him so I
can stop wasting my time.
Ah, going the immature child route.
Nice choice.
My problems aside,
have other people had similar problems with lawful good characters causing
party problems?
No, because you’re a stupid child.
My players are not.
Allowing your players to cheat
Yes, I allow my
player to cheat. And by that I mean that I never challenge them on what they
claim the dice shows or audit their character sheets. This used to be my own
dirty little secret, but within the last year I have made in an explicit policy
at any game I run: You, the player, are allowed to cheat! My experience is that
this will generally result in one of two different kind of behavior.
Whoop-dee-fucking-doo for you,
JCAB.
I realize that there
may exist a TYPE 3 player, out there in the wilds, who will take a license to
cheat as an excuse to dominate the game and play the ultimate Mary Sue
character, but as far as my experience tells me they are so rare, as to border
on the mythical.
You do realize that your experience
is so fucking miniscule and insignificant that you don’t get to declare
something as mythical, right, fuckwit?
I think it is with
cheating, as it is with the effectiveness of torture as a terrorism-prevention
tool, internet feminism or the government; Everybody would benefit from
focusing on the actual events happening in the world and spend less time
debating theoretical corner cases.
You think stupid things. Because
you’re a stupid person.
From PerceptiveMan in this thread
(Note, PM has been on site for a year, and posts mostly trolling bullshit):
Originally Posted by Efaun
You do realize you are defending a
"right to cheat" in a game, yes? Your point of view is totally alien
to me.
It doesn't influence
anyone ELSE'S fun
Hey, look, it’s the kind of jerk
who thinks he gets to decide what does and does not happen for other people. I
bet if we search, we’d find similar positions from you in threads on sexism and
racism.
your opinions on Tagalong NPCs
what about all of
you?
Sometimes they work, sometimes they
don’t. Seriously. There are just too
many factors to give a blanket answer.
Does "support" matter?
It does to some people, it doesn’t
to others. Unless you’re particularly stupid, you already knew the answer to
this question.
To me? Not really.
Daily Show - Jon Stewart finale
I thought Jon
Stewart's last episode was deeply indulgent and even kind of boring.
Okay. It was. That shouldn’t have
been a surprise to anyone. But I should point out, Wolfwood2, that in your 11
years, you’ve consistently been a fuckwit moron.
Specificity of violence. Or, just how much you watch your enemy
writhe before he goes still.
I recall, from a
while back, a post mentioning how they were okay with fighting and violence,
but not detailed violence or gore. Not American-fetishization-of-violence,
slasher-movie, never-seen-an-anatomy-book type gore, but just... "from the
lateral cut across the abdomen, you can see his intestines beginning to bulge
forth."
That seemed kind of
backward to me. I mean, you're okay with beating someone's head open with a
hammer or exsanguinating them with a dagger, but... you avert your eyes to the
consequences? A bit hypocritical, no?
No, it’s not hypocritical. Don’t
use words you don’t understand, person who has been on site for a year and a
half but posts like someone’s sockpuppet.
That's just weird to
me
It’s not weird to you. You’re a lying
troll fuck. I have my suspicions about who you are, but sadly, no evidence.
