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Everyone Is Bowie, surely? You can throw in Jareth the Goblin King for the guy who always whines about non-fantasy games.
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CitizenKeen posted:I've printed out the pages. They all print at the same size as the book (10 & 1/8 inches by 6 & 5/8 inches). I feel like, by the time you run through the game's 52 issues, you'll have enough mastery to just be writing out your own stuff, anyway. The game, under the hood, feels very Powered by the Apocalypse-esque (vis a vis playbooks) - there's no such thing as a Villain Archetype. You can use perks from any Archetype. If you have to ask, you can't. That's good to know. Regardless, I am looking forward to the game.
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Jun 19, 2019 03:02
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Antivehicular posted:Everyone Is Bowie, surely? You can throw in Jareth the Goblin King for the guy who always whines about non-fantasy games. As soon as Bowie does cocaine, everyone wins simultaneously.
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Jun 19, 2019 03:06
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Antivehicular posted:Everyone Is Bowie, surely? You can throw in Jareth the Goblin King for the guy who always whines about non-fantasy games. And who's playing the Thin White Duke?
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Jun 19, 2019 03:51
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My friend ran Everyone is Jason Voorhees and I don't think that'll ever be topped.
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Jun 19, 2019 10:07
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The Improv for Gamers book unironically contains Everyone Is Fred Schneider.
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Jun 19, 2019 10:49
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This is a shot in the dark but there used to be a GURPS Space system generation spreadsheet floating around the internet that would do all of the heavy lifting for you. The author took it down after discovering there was some edge-case errata that didn't work and I've scoured the 'net but apparently it's been lost forever. No chance that anyone around here is a digital pack rat who kept it on a drive, is there?
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Jun 19, 2019 23:17
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Zurui posted:This is a shot in the dark but there used to be a GURPS Space system generation spreadsheet floating around the internet that would do all of the heavy lifting for you. The author took it down after discovering there was some edge-case errata that didn't work and I've scoured the 'net but apparently it's been lost forever. e: misunderstood the question
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Jun 20, 2019 01:07
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You've lucked out Zurui, because I do have a copy. Enjoy. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ioB7bkcSwx8cVndtGf2OGtTqZJzUB6iP/view?usp=sharing
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Jun 20, 2019 01:47
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CHIMlord posted:You've lucked out Zurui, because I do have a copy. Enjoy. Holy poo poo. I was convinced this was lost to the bowels of the internet just like that really great Chekov/Kang fic I once read. Thank you!
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https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/c2z4f4/we_know_the_rules_laywer_but_how_do_you_handle/ So I'm curious. In this thread, hyphz seemed to indicate they were, to borrow the phrase from the reddit post they made, the "world lawyer", and wondering if it's okay. Then, in the reddit post, hyphz seems to come across as the GM struggling to deal with this kind of player? Which I guess is my question, hyphz? Are you struggling with the right way to be a player, or to be a GM?
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Jun 20, 2019 21:21
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Dissociative personality disorder or the use of a Jekyll/Hyde like chemical. Case closed.
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Jun 20, 2019 21:35
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Please don't summon RPG Stymie.
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Jun 20, 2019 21:45
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CitizenKeen posted:Which I guess is my question, hyphz? Are you struggling with the right way to be a player, or to be a GM?
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Jun 20, 2019 21:49
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I recognize that "all of your answers are helpful and reasonable but I'm going to double-down on the premise that this is actually an unsolvable problem even though I explicitly phrased it as though there must be solutions" approach to argumentation. It is not an honest question seeking helpful answers, it's a channel for complaining seeking sympathy for your plight in the guise of one.
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Jun 20, 2019 22:17
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Don't drag discussions over from discord and reddit without anything actually prompting it.
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I feel like this has been said before a hundred times re: hyphz, but every one of his questions boils down to a gaming style where the GM is the holy plot-giver whose goal is to inflict a rigorously-prepared plot on the players, and the players' goal is to resist this with all their might by asking inconvenient questions/going off on tangents/just not buying into the premise. It's toxic and adversarial on both sides, to varying degrees, and it makes it impossible for him to understand games like PbtA where everyone's improvising and building the plot... or, really, any game where people are cooperating and mutually enjoying the story, even though it's what this whole drat hobby is about.
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Wrestlepig posted:Don't drag discussions over from discord and reddit without anything actually prompting it. I apologize if I ran afoul of some Goon Etiquette. It's two pages back on this thread, he's presenting the opposite POV for the conversation in two different forums, and I thought mentioning reddit here (since reddit is free) rather than mentioning SA in the reddit post (since SA is gated) made more sense. There's no way to frame/ask the question about the dichotomy without referencing a different forum. Antivehicular posted:I feel like this has been said before a hundred times re: hyphz, but every one of his questions boils down to a gaming style where the GM is the holy plot-giver whose goal is to inflict a rigorously-prepared plot on the players, and the players' goal is to resist this with all their might by asking inconvenient questions/going off on tangents/just not buying into the premise. It's toxic and adversarial on both sides, to varying degrees, and it makes it impossible for him to understand games like PbtA where everyone's improvising and building the plot... or, really, any game where people are cooperating and mutually enjoying the story, even though it's what this whole drat hobby is about. I get that. I'm more interested in why in this thread he's the player and in the other thread he's the GM of the same situation.
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I mean, the Reddit thread doesn't explicitly say he's the GM, just asks how GMs deal with it Edit: I think it's that he is the player in this game and is unsure about doing a thing as a player that stresses him out when he is GM. He's trying not to be "that guy". That's my read. I guess he can confirm or deny later. Jimbozig fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Jun 21, 2019 |
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Boy "helldump" has really lost all meaning, huh? Oh did I find someone I know posting about something on-topic in one of the biggest internet social media sites in existence? Better throw my computer out the window and rinse my eyes in bleach in case I wind up mentioning it on another forum, or someone might waste ten dollars to call me a serial killer.
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CitizenKeen posted:I get that. I'm more interested in why in this thread he's the player and in the other thread he's the GM of the same situation. Probably because he's tired of people pointing out that he's running games for abusive people who mock his interest in non-D&D RPGs and who hold no real power over him but he refuses to cut ties with.
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Kai Tave posted:Boy "helldump" has really lost all meaning, huh? Oh did I find someone I know posting about something on-topic in one of the biggest internet social media sites in existence? Better throw my computer out the window and rinse my eyes in bleach in case I wind up mentioning it on another forum, or someone might waste ten dollars to call me a serial killer. Haha holy poo poo that red text is loving pathetic. At least whoever it was is helping Lowtax with his new back so it's not all bad.
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Apologies.
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Antivehicular posted:I feel like this has been said before a hundred times re: hyphz, but every one of his questions boils down to a gaming style where the GM is the holy plot-giver whose goal is to inflict a rigorously-prepared plot on the players, and the players' goal is to resist this with all their might by asking inconvenient questions/going off on tangents/just not buying into the premise. I'm generally on the side of tight game design, encounter balance, and tools for handling bigger-picture stuff like domains, organizations, and mass conflicts, but it's possible to follow that instinct too far.
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Halloween Jack posted:I'm generally on the side of tight game design, encounter balance, and tools for handling bigger-picture stuff like domains, organizations, and mass conflicts, My players are lucky when I remember to wear pants.
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Mystic Mongol posted:My players are lucky when I remember to wear pants.
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Jun 21, 2019 16:35
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I had to stage-manage an event on the day of my last game, so I showed up wearing a three-piece suit.
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all my games are online so none of my players realize that i run the game completely in the nude because its summer in georgia and routinely 100+ degrees
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Serf posted:all my games are online so none of my players realize that i run the game completely in the nude because its summer in georgia and routinely 100+ degrees
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I hope that none of you previous posters have an uncovered webcam and are planning to play on Roll20. That site has the video + voice settings enabled by default.
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Serf posted:all my games are online so none of my players realize that i run the game completely in the nude because its summer in georgia and routinely 100+ degrees that's how I've always imagined you, tbqh. it's not unpleasant.
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Serf posted:all my games are online so none of my players realize that i run the game completely in the nude because its summer in georgia and routinely 100+ degrees The real secret is everyone is naked but assumes no one else is. The traditional garb of an online gamer is socks, cheeto dusted fingers, and a smile.
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Can confirm that the entire state of Georgia walks around naked during the summer months. It's the only way to survive in this fetid hellhole. The sunburn on your genitals is worth only sweating a few gallons a day.
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PinheadSlim posted:The real secret is everyone is naked but assumes no one else is. The traditional garb of an online gamer is socks, cheeto dusted fingers, and a smile.
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PinheadSlim posted:The real secret is everyone is naked but assumes no one else is. The traditional garb of an online gamer is socks, cheeto dusted fingers, and a smile. How dare you accuse me of smiling while doing serious gaming.
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PinheadSlim posted:The real secret is everyone is naked but assumes no one else is. The traditional garb of an online gamer is socks, cheeto dusted fingers, and a smile.
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Splicer posted:Just your fingers?
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Dunno the appropriate thread, but back in the day Paizo's Dungeon Magazine had four maps detailing parts of the Greyhawk setting. I owned them all and decided today to hang them all up together. Click the image to enlarge. Libertad! fucked around with this message at 08:03 on Jun 23, 2019 |
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My map fetish has probably kept me more perpetually engaged with tabletop gaming than has any other factor, so I personally thank you for that rad post. And now I feel like I need to find those four back issues at Gen-Con this year.
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Dr. Quarex posted:My map fetish has probably kept me more perpetually engaged with tabletop gaming than has any other factor, so I personally thank you for that rad post. And now I feel like I need to find those four back issues at Gen-Con this year. There's one for Faerun too I think dragon must have had it? My friend had dragon magazine not dungeon Edit: yes https://paizo.com/store/books/dragon/products/issues/forgottenRealmsMap
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