Ratpick posted:

There's an animated series in the works already for what it's worth.

Jimbozig posted:

Nope. Not going to judge it before it's published, but this seems more like a "wait and see" than a "get hype".

fool_of_sound posted:

"DungeonWorld is mediocre", he said, throwing the grenade into the thread.

fool_of_sound posted:

I addressed this in the post right above you, but 100% of that is in the GMs hands; trying to do anything interesting in DungeonWorld is a game of 'GM may I?, and thus the main 'mechanic' of DungeonWorld is convincing your GM to let you get away with as much as possible, because there are no satisfactory combat mechanics to fall back on. This is fine out of combat, where rolls are supposed to all have story impact, but in combat this quickly leads to GM fatigue when players are asking you to adjudicate multiple special actions every turn.

e: Basically, the narrative is there, but players have no direct control over it, other than suggesting things to the GM, and as such it isn't really a mechanic in the same sense as the narrative control granted to the players by FATE points.

fool_of_sound posted:

Most of the PBTA games I've seen resolves 'I fight the thing' as a single die roll (or a short series of opposed rolls representing gaining and losing the upper hand), with the standard failure/partial/success roll with standard narrative impact. DW is trying to emulate D&D and similar, so it breaks off it's combat mechanics from the other systems, centralizes the game on them, and requires multiple rolls per fight (substantially more than the second version above) using damage/hp/special effects.

fool_of_sound posted:

Spare me your patronizing fanboyism, thanks.

Simian_Prime posted:

I guess it just didn't go far *enough*?

DM: "Your party arrives in front of The Floating Caves of Danger, where the Three-Headed Amoeba King and his armies are hoarding treasure and threatening the Gnomish Isles! There is a barred crystal door sealing the entrance! What's your first move?!?"

Player: "Hmm... I don't really want to, y'know... "Interact with things"? Ill just make a "Complete the dungeon" move!" *rolls a 7*

DM: "Ok, Elfrick the Elf dies (sorry, Steve), but you go through the Caves and defeat the Amoeba King. Everyone gets 1,000 coin and a level. Well, that was fun... see you all next week?"

Ettin posted:

Kai Tave posted:

It's not even relegated to Western RPGs. You get it in other places too like Shadowrun where the balkanization of the US results in a resurgent Confederate States of America for some reason.

Captain Foo posted:

diagnosis: is a cat
closed: GETADOG

paradoxGentleman posted:

What are some good places to hunt for PbP games?

TheLovablePlutonis posted:

Thats not weird at all you loving freak. The maid who worked on my home irl took my clothes off to bath all the time when I was a kid but the only one who porked her was dad which is why he got a divorce.

Reene posted:

no please no

potatocubed posted:

Wasn't it last August that Sammy G dominated the chat thread?

Captain Foo posted:

Splicer posted:

Now someone google dream it.

TheLovablePlutonis posted:

The Sex loving gangtag..

Effectronica posted:

People can tell when you're fronting.

TheLovablePlutonis posted:

Notice "deez nuts".

Ojetor posted:

Under the benevolent gaze of their Japanese overlords, Sega.

Countblanc posted:

What about them?

TheLovablePlutonis posted:

Those have some lovely rear end gameplay dude.

Potsticker posted:

They aren't even as good RPGs as Doom RPG for old feature phones.

TheLovablePlutonis posted:

Unlike modern Bethesda games even the shittiest Compile Heart pile doesnt require mods to be playable and even those have better story than Mass loving Effect.

TheLovablePlutonis posted:

AIDS

bunnielab posted:

I suspect that being a space racist is the only way to deal with alien contact. I think the general lesson of human history is that "colonize or get colonized" and I don't want no bug-man overlords. Same thing with Skyrim and those cat people, I just don't trust them not to bury turds all over the city and to not piss on my backpack given the chance.

paradoxGentleman posted:

Oh, so by "ability scores" you mean stuff like D&D stats? Strenght, Dexterity and whatnot?

dwarf74 posted:

I am also cool because I hate things other people like.

Potsticker posted:

I forget, is storygamer cool or an insult on SA? I'm not down with the lingo around here.

Potsticker posted:

Unironically? But like I prefer to refer to them as pigs. Or piggies if they're small and cute.

My Lovely Horse posted:

Never take a Pawniard to a gunfight.

Andrast posted:

Too bad none of the games after Morrowind actually show any of that cool lore.

Serf posted:

Yeah, the mechanics of Elder Scrolls are less important than getting down the setting and tone. It's such a weird, dense world with lots of interesting stuff to explore, you don't really need to worry too much about which game you'd run it in.

Rand Brittain posted:

What is the best way to start learning inDesign, anyway?

Serf posted:

After we're done with the Gorilla Communes, the tigers are coming for you.

Trollhawke posted:

I'm not sure where to ask these questions, but I was wondering:

• Is there a trad games IRC still running about?
  
• Why is Monster Hearts so popular, especially in PBP on these forums?
  

Thanks in advance.

Len posted:

do you know the channel?

Parkreiner posted:

Because bad media makes for good gaming (tm Laws and/or Hite).

paradoxGentleman posted:

I am going to be honest here: my gut reaction was to jump to the defense of three out of four of those.