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Avoiding the Immersion-Break: Luck Points & Such

Started by Jimbojack, December 30, 2015, 06:56:04 AM

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Justin Alexander

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May 06, 2016, 04:02:13 AM
Quote from: Xanther;895988The belief in luck as a very real thing is the norm in western European culture, viewed over the last few thousand years.  The idea it is not real, is a very recent one, and one not even believed by all today.  I suspect it may be a very old belief in other cultures as well.  Am I the only fantasy RPG player who didn't read every old English epic or Norse saga they could get their hands on?

Sure. I've read the Norse sagas. The idea of getting lucky or being lucky is very much a common thing. The idea that everyone has the ability to choose when they're going to get lucky is very much NOT common. I actually can't even recall a single character from the Norse sagas who possesses an ability like that. The suggestion that all of them do is, AFAICT, an absurdity.
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rawma

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May 08, 2016, 05:11:40 PM Last Edit: May 08, 2016, 05:50:24 PM by rawma
Quote from: Manzanaro;896049but what you won't see much idiomatic reference to is stuff along the lines of, "time to spend a luck point", or "don't worry, I have tons of luck right now!"

The latter idea isn't unknown among people who believe in luck, which covers a lot of gamblers, players and athletes. Some seem to save up particular rituals to invoke luck for important moments, which suggests that they believe that the luck can be exhausted (if only in the sense of making the ritual ineffective). As for the phrase "spend a luck point," I would expect that could become as common as references in everyday life by RPG players to making saving throws, which otherwise wouldn't seem to be an idiomatic reference beyond "I got lucky" or "dodged a bullet".

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Quote from: WizardofthePress;896743all my d20s are rolled out of luck

Luck exhaustion spontaneously referenced in another thread.
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