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I think the best way to look at TAZ is by thinking of it more as Griffin leading them through a video game's story. The structure of his campaign feels more like a JPRG with how it's divided into chapters, and the story beats he wants to touch on. Obviously he gives his players a ton of leeway within that structure, but there's still the overarching narrative they're being led through. I love it either way.
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:Feng Shui is such a fun game. It sure seems like it! My only slight issue is that it looks like it leans toward being kinda shallow in everything except describing combat. But it also looks like it's oriented toward one shots/short campaigns, so it's not a huge one.
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BigRed0427 posted:I don't play DnD at all (Despite wanting to but never finding a group) but it does seem like there are multiple points where any other DM in Petals to the Metal, from what i've read, would have given the gang a game over. One for killing the Hammerhead, another for Tacco being out of spells during the final boss fight Griffin is taking a story first approach over rules and trying not to kill off the PCs. Honestly is I was a DM, thats what I would do. I mean, game over is a really relative concept when it comes to pen and paper RPGs. Like the only things that really mean the end of a campaign are the entire party dies, the DM consciously ends the campaign, or enough players stop showing up consistently enough that the campaign falls apart. And even total party death isn't enough to stop a campaign if everyone likes the setting and plot arcs that are happening. My personal DM philosophy is that when playing with a group for the purpose of telling a story, the game mechanics exist to help tell that story, and the more interesting or dramatic the story gets, the looser the mechanics tend to get. Or as Gary Gygax famously put it, "A DM only rolls the dice because of the noise they make."
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Greatbacon posted:My personal DM philosophy is that when playing with a group for the purpose of telling a story, the game mechanics exist to help tell that story, and the more interesting or dramatic the story gets, the looser the mechanics tend to get. Yeah - I haven't played much DnD but I'm way less into the idea of a DM who rules-lawyers everything to death vs. a DM who fudges the game mechanics sometimes in order to make it more fun/exciting.
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BigRed0427 posted:I don't play DnD at all (Despite wanting to but never finding a group) but it does seem like there are multiple points where any other DM in Petals to the Metal, from what i've read, would have given the gang a game over. One for killing the Hammerhead, another for Tacco being out of spells during the final boss fight Griffin is taking a story first approach over rules and trying not to kill off the PCs. Honestly is I was a DM, thats what I would do. I don't play it either, but it seems like he's always got a backup plan for the players failing so as to keep the story going. Klarg showing up in that race doesn't make a ton of sense, and they had to retroactively  but with magic to explain it. I imagine if Taako hadn't fallen off, Klarg wouldn't have appeared at all.
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PostNouveau posted:I don't play it either, but it seems like he's always got a backup plan for the players failing so as to keep the story going. Klarg showing up in that race doesn't make a ton of sense, and they had to retroactively Uh, didn't they rescue Klarg earlier in the arc?
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:It's not even edition wars man, I'm talking about systems that aren't D&D at all. I don't know what you want to hear? It's great that you've found The Best Ruleset 
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padijun posted:I don't know what you want to hear? It's great that you've found The Best Ruleset that's not what he said at all though? just that 5e (and all d&d in their own fashions) is objectively flawed in some really lovely ways.
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Grognards act like they're arguing even when they don't really disagree.
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Ariong posted:Uh, didn't they rescue Klarg earlier in the arc? Yeah but he was still pissed. No real reason for him to show up charmed to save the day other than to keep the narrative going.
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Jesus gently caress DnD sperg chat Griffin is an awesome DM and he almost makes me want to play DnD. Almost.
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Griffin is an awesome DM and is running DnD in a way that makes it fun. Running straight rules in 5e tends to be very un-fun. I just got to chapter 2 of Petals to the Metal and had to pause when Trent got his butt cut off. Gonna be sad when I run out of this and have to wait a normal time in between them.
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Is Griffin's team good enough to beat the Elite Four? It seems pretty alright.
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greatn posted:Is Griffin's team good enough to beat the Elite Four? It seems pretty alright. He'd have to play pretty smart. There will be losses.
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Holy poo poo http://nerdist.com/enter-the-adventure-zone-with-a-new-graphic-novel-series-exclusive/
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Sushi in Yiddish posted:Holy poo poo That quote from Clint. He's a national treasure. Also this sounds rad.
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Holy poo poo, I want that graphic novel in my hands yesterday!Mr E posted:I just got to chapter 2 of Petals to the Metal and had to pause when Trent got his butt cut off. Gonna be sad when I run out of this and have to wait a normal time in between them. I know other people have said it but I wanna underscore, especially with all this tabletop chat, that anyone looking for people sticking to the rules and actually letting characters gently caress up, do unexpected things, and ruin scenes with critical-failure rolls in a podcast should listen to Friends at the Table. The Marielda season is split into a couple of parts, both with good-for-listening tabletop systems, and it stands apart from season 1 despite sharing a setting with it. Most of the audio issues that make the first couple of seasons almost unlistenable have also been resolved. The only thing I continue to not like about it is that Austin seems so against railroading or roll-fudging that some episodes just descend into a massive trainwreck of roll failures made by characters who are supposed to be cool and good at their jobs and whose actions are narrated by players who don't really sell those failures as interesting/funny. Good if you're actually playing, not so good listening.
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Sushi in Yiddish posted:Holy poo poo Carey's drawing it? This is going to be so great.
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I will predict with absolute certainty that there will have to be an Adventure Zone animated show sometime in the future. I think a graphic novel would be a huge step towards this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F0lZ3JDOzI
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Dnd is bad. Flophouse is bad. Goof is god. There is no god but goof. (My Dad is...62) Also I'll never forgive Griffin for giving that Azu whatever blue roundbody a slave name. He HAD a nickname you Pokémon tyrant. His name was not RANDY. At least recognize that in death!
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Sushi in Yiddish posted:Holy poo poo Hot fuckin' drat
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Did the graphic novel change Klaarg's name to G'nash? That's... odd.
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DoctorWhat posted:Did the graphic novel change Klaarg's name to G'nash? I mean, part of the first arc was literally just the boys playing a D&D module straight. Might have to make a few changes.
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I mean, did Klaarg's character even have a name in the original module? I imagine there wouldn't be much use for diplomacy there if you weren't a wizard with a charm spell.
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Bobulus posted:I mean, did Klaarg's character even have a name in the original module? I imagine there wouldn't be much use for diplomacy there if you weren't a wizard with a charm spell. As a matter of fact, I just checked the module and Klarg's name comes from the actual D&D module. That explains it. Bummer, though.
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He'll always be Klarg to me, dammit
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Neverwinter, Rockport, and Fandolin also probably getting renamed.
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Griffin was playing with the name Highwinter recently...
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Looking forward to the boys' adventures in Alwayssummer, Stoneharbor, and Pfandolyn
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That live episode was choice. Just really letting tres horny boys be petty dicks to each other, but the way they accidentally step on each others' toes is even better. They cannot work together, even when they're trying.
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I'll have you know that Brad Bradderson is a great character.
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Yes, he is quite great.
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Yeah Stuart Wellington is great on this episode.
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I liked that they hosed around in the easy dungeon so much they had to rush through the real one.
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Drunkboxer posted:I liked that they hosed around in the easy dungeon so much they had to rush through the real one. I was so positive griffin was going to call travis out on spell slots, but he was having so much fun...
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I'm a terrible person that never listed to MBMBaM before, so I decided to start with episode 1. I was giggling from the very intro song. I'm on episode 2 now and the intro song still makes me giggle.
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Mordiceius posted:I'm a terrible person that never listed to MBMBaM before, so I decided to start with episode 1. I was giggling from the very intro song. I'm on episode 2 now and the intro song still makes me giggle. I have some bad news
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greatn posted:I have some bad news Yeah, ABBA broke up  E: over 30 years ago
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