• Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    Ten bucks says the first group hasn’t had a single character die in the whole campaign, and the second group is all on their second characters due to the Sybian Incident

  • Match!!@pawb.social
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    1 month ago

    D&D? No thanks

    buys yet another no-violence rules-light queer indie rpg book

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      There’s “everything goes exactly as planned until one player derails the whole session unhindered by rolls or turns” rules-light and “let things flow more naturally and allow things outside the rules if everyone thinks they add to the story” rules-light though…

      Personally I much prefer the presence of rules which can be followed if convenient or desired, or ignored if you’d rather, but it is also equally valid to want to do collaborative storytelling/investigation without being derailed by bad rolls, I just know that dealing with setbacks and things not going to plan (which is different to things not succeeding in a pre-planned manner, but again equally valid, along with everything going well if you’d rather) is probably my favourite part

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        my take is that the rules are there to facilitate stories and gameplay, because most people are absolutely horrible at making it fun on their own.

        it’s just like playing minecraft, most people want survival mode so there’s some mechanical impetus to do things, you don’t generally end up with memorable moments on a creative server (you do end up with lots of neat art, however).

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    I want the first one but with high magic. Do you know how compelling the story can be when you’re fighting racist oppressors who have access to ‘Wish’?

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      I’m the opposite, I want romance, character death, low magic, a later era (1700s theming more than 800s), safety tools out the wazoo and in-game bigotry that my party can rebel against.

    • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
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      Yes, the term “in-game racism” is pretty broad. Does it mean anything that’s not a human, elf, dwarf or halfling has a KILL ME sign on it? Or when elves and dwarves don’t get along? Or that character races are called “races” instead of “species”? Is it racism when character race influences stats?

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        What if someone things humans are fine, but is against variant humans?

        I knew it’s just optional rules, but I think it’s funnier to think of it as an in-universe race of humans.

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      basically a safe word system for TTRPGs, LARPs, etc.

      in my experience they’re useful for large and/or public groups but if you have to use them with small groups of familiar people you’re probably just not a good match for each other TTRPG wise

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      Methods like the X card or „lines and veiles“, that you can use to define with what you are comfortable or not and to stop in-game if needed.

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      OSHA 1910.132(d)(1)(ii) mandates that safety tools needs to be clearly communicated to each affected employee.

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    I don’t want “lots of the safety tools”. I want something useful and effective, not just heaping a whole bunch on and assuming more is better.

    Honestly, you only need three at most: a way to set limits beforehand, a way to calibrate during and a safe word for when it goes wrong. Thats not “lots”

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        These examples seem mutually exclusive, but I’m not sure why you’re asking that. I’m saying the RPG landscape is much more varied than two opposing edge cases - which is how memes tend to misrepresent the world.

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    safety tools: oh-oh the dragon slipped and impaled itself on your spear which you did not know was actually +10 and guaranteed critical against dragons