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Playing #AThousandThousandIslands in #dnd5e :
Here's the house-rule document, in PDF- athousandthousandislands.com/download-5e-ho…
And that post *already* has long-ass notes. But talking shop about game design is fun, I guess? So, thread:
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Here's the house-rule document, in PDF- athousandthousandislands.com/download-5e-ho…
And that post *already* has long-ass notes. But talking shop about game design is fun, I guess? So, thread:
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My fave RPG rule texts are ones that trust players.
Games like Knave and Troika! set their ethos by what they *don't say*, as much as the rules they provide:
"You are sharing a cool experience with friends, here's a scaffold, climb all over it and build something together"
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Games like Knave and Troika! set their ethos by what they *don't say*, as much as the rules they provide:
"You are sharing a cool experience with friends, here's a scaffold, climb all over it and build something together"
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PS: Troika! still has, in my estimation, the best "what is an RPG?" section ever written. Basically:
"Oh wow you are getting into RPGs for the first time, here's what it is, don't be scared, just go for it, I'm so excited for you!"
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"Oh wow you are getting into RPGs for the first time, here's what it is, don't be scared, just go for it, I'm so excited for you!"
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🦋HOUSE RULES FOR A THOUSAND THOUSAND ISLANDS🦋
Some light hacks of 5E for #AThousandThousandIslands. This is basically the first time we've thought about RPG-system stuff for the zines.
Yeah yeah, it's D&D -but hey, *I* play D&D, okay?
athousandthousandislands.com/download-5e-ho…
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Some light hacks of 5E for #AThousandThousandIslands. This is basically the first time we've thought about RPG-system stuff for the zines.
Yeah yeah, it's D&D -but hey, *I* play D&D, okay?
athousandthousandislands.com/download-5e-ho…
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I'm pleased with the tweaks to xp and skills. (These may seem like trivialities, but I'm the opposite of a rules-design guy, so ...)
Also: Mun Kao made a character sheet, inspired by the flow-chart-y excellence of #MothershipRPG . (Note the "Allies & Pets" column!)
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Also: Mun Kao made a character sheet, inspired by the flow-chart-y excellence of #MothershipRPG . (Note the "Allies & Pets" column!)
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Also: remember that demon hunter who fell in love with one of their targets?
Here they are, as a D&D character class!
(I wrote most of their abilities / powers in natural language, so adapting them to any other ruleset *should* be painless?)
athousandthousandislands.com/download-demon…
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Here they are, as a D&D character class!
(I wrote most of their abilities / powers in natural language, so adapting them to any other ruleset *should* be painless?)
athousandthousandislands.com/download-demon…
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🚨RPG DISCOURSE ALERT🚨
This has always been the most obvious thing to me:
"TTRPGs are a conversation; how you get people into the conversation is design. How you describe a particular place, how you’ve drawn a particular character are as important as mechanical rules."
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This has always been the most obvious thing to me:
"TTRPGs are a conversation; how you get people into the conversation is design. How you describe a particular place, how you’ve drawn a particular character are as important as mechanical rules."
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"TTRPGs are a conversation", particularly-
It feels like a useless thing to point out; every instance of RPG play (that isn't solo play) is obviously "people, talking".
But I've come to realise that this simple observation underpins everything I want do, re: RPG design.
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It feels like a useless thing to point out; every instance of RPG play (that isn't solo play) is obviously "people, talking".
But I've come to realise that this simple observation underpins everything I want do, re: RPG design.
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The idea that everything said at the table-
"They've left a key on the table. Do you take it?"
"My character hates dwarves ..."
"Yes, but what *direction* do we flee in?"
Is play. Is the heart of the game, working. Not just when conversation triggers resolution mechanics.
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"They've left a key on the table. Do you take it?"
"My character hates dwarves ..."
"Yes, but what *direction* do we flee in?"
Is play. Is the heart of the game, working. Not just when conversation triggers resolution mechanics.
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