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I don't have NPCs betray the PCs anymore.

Started by Shipyard Locked, August 04, 2015, 09:15:34 PM

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Harime Nui

#90
August 29, 2015, 02:17:57 PM Last Edit: August 29, 2015, 02:21:02 PM by Harime Nui
I'm running my first campaign in a long time now since I finally admitted the old campaign had died (after nine years---admittedly with a two year gap in there--it was hard to let go).  It's a solo game for my remaining player, so it's essentially everything he likes---political intrigue + conspiracies, no wilderness, no dungeons.  He is a nobleman with a lot of social power but he also has to make allies/patrons in court to get anywhere.  It's fun but it's barely recognizable as D&D which makes me sad, but that's not the game my friend wants to play.  Maybe if I had Birthright...

Harime Nui

#91
August 29, 2015, 04:52:04 PM
Quote from: Bren;851442The sniper hit a moving target with a flintlock rifle from 1500 feet? That sounds unlikely to me with a flintlock black powder gun, rifled or not.

I just remembered what I actually did in that encounter:  it was a long rifle with spells of True Strike etched onto attached brass plates.  The rifleman (having the Use Magic Device skill) just read one off before firing.  Shoulda said so but it's been a few years since I ran that game

Opaopajr

#92
August 29, 2015, 05:02:58 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;851935Ever play World of Warcraft?  Every starting zone is full of medium to high level players running around killing squirrels, cows, sheep, and other critters with one hit point, no XP, and no treasure.

"Death to harmless, fluffy critters!"

Yeah, I know. I have played WoW... I got bored from the "first 20 lvls free" enticement, and quit somewhere around lvl 10 I think. Wasn't there a few early level quests where you had to kill so many deer and stuff and return? It's all a vague blur of me getting tired of looking at hotkey buttons waiting on their timers to reset.

But at least that sort of masturbation is mostly out of sight, out of mind — except for PC Rooms.
Just make your fuckin\' guy and roll the dice, you pricks. Focus on what\'s interesting, not what gives you the biggest randomly generated virtual penis.  -- J Arcane
 
You know, people keep comparing non-TSR D&D to deck-building in Magic: the Gathering. But maybe it\'s more like Katamari Damacy. You keep sticking shit on your characters until they are big enough to be a star.
-- talysman

Opaopajr

#93
August 29, 2015, 05:07:03 PM
Birthright is good, by the way. The challenge is in bokkeeping the NPC regents and reminding your players that it is not a Four X game. (Basically, you are more than a server for NPC regents plotting, that going on adventures and visiting the world at least a few times a year is important.)
Just make your fuckin\' guy and roll the dice, you pricks. Focus on what\'s interesting, not what gives you the biggest randomly generated virtual penis.  -- J Arcane
 
You know, people keep comparing non-TSR D&D to deck-building in Magic: the Gathering. But maybe it\'s more like Katamari Damacy. You keep sticking shit on your characters until they are big enough to be a star.
-- talysman

Omega

#94
August 29, 2015, 06:04:52 PM Last Edit: August 30, 2015, 04:30:05 PM by Omega
Quote from: Harime Nui;851940It's fun but it's barely recognizable as D&D which makes me sad, but that's not the game my friend wants to play.  Maybe if I had Birthright...

It is barely in modern D&D. But the endgame for O/BX/BECMI/AD&D was the castle/kingdom. Especially in BECMI. So political intrigues fits right in with D&D. Birthright may be another, but I know very little on it past doing some line readings for a recording.

nDervish

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August 30, 2015, 05:27:18 AM
Quote from: Skarg;851924Right. I meant A-Tactical as in "Not-Tactical", since the OP wrote their main objection seemed to be to the presence of anyone using a tactic against them. (Heaven forbid they take cover or not  simply charge-and-kill-and-win against everything.)

Ah, right.  Got you.  I missed the hyphen and assumed the "a" was just an indefinite article rather than a negating prefix.

Quote from: Skarg;851924I wouldn't say Power Gamer was the same thing.

Agreed.  Power gaming and power fantasies are two different, but often related, things.
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