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A Calm Converstation (hopefully) on GM Improv

Started by rgrove0172, December 13, 2016, 05:52:23 PM

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crkrueger

#555
January 07, 2017, 02:40:39 PM
Quote from: rgrove0172;939281death throws.
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;939296"throes."
Quote from: cranebump;939297Seriously? Give the guy a break, gramps.

Yeah, he could be talking about Saving Throw vs. Death. :D
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Gronan of Simmerya

#556
January 07, 2017, 03:28:41 PM
Quote from: cranebump;939297Seriously?

Absolutely not.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

rgrove0172

#557
January 07, 2017, 03:45:06 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;939299Yeah, he could be talking about Saving Throw vs. Death. :D

Yeah, yeah, that!  Rather I could blame auto correct but I think I just whizzed past without thinking.

AsenRG

#558
January 07, 2017, 05:35:01 PM
Quote from: rgrove0172;939303Yeah, yeah, that!  Rather I could blame auto correct but I think I just whizzed past without thinking.

Save vs Autocorrect:D!

Would that be a Luck or an Intelligence save? I'm talking Tunnels and Trolls, of course;).
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Gronan of Simmerya

#559
January 07, 2017, 06:56:00 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;939300Absolutely not.

For the comedy-impaired, that's "absolutely not seriously," not "absolutely not going to give him a break."
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

crkrueger

#560
January 07, 2017, 07:01:02 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;939326For the comedy-impaired, that's "absolutely not seriously," not "absolutely not going to give him a break."

Oh, who are you kidding, it's both. :D
Even the the "cutting edge" storygamers for all their talk of narrative, plot, and drama are fucking obsessed with the god damned rules they use. - Estar

Yes, Sean Connery\'s thumb does indeed do megadamage. - Spinachcat

Isuldur is a badass because he stopped Sauron with a broken sword, but Iluvatar is the badass because he stopped Sauron with a hobbit. -Malleus Arianorum

"Tangency Edition" D&D would have no classes or races, but 17 genders to choose from. -TristramEvans

rawma

#561
January 09, 2017, 12:02:40 AM
Quote from: rawma;938450Description of irrelevant detail is essential for world building, not the generally short fiction that Chekhov wrote. And world building is more an RPG thing than tightly plotted fiction is, especially around here.

Quote from: Black Vulmea;938476. . . the fuck?

Clearly your definition of either "irrelevant:" or "essential" is very different from mine

"Irrelevant" meaning not relevant to "the plot", as was discussed earlier. Context is important.

Quote from: cranebump;938505True, though I'd say that description of irrelevant detail is of greater necessity for immersion than for world building.

If I'm building an RPG world, I'm not going to use non-essential information.

If I'm going to get flowery about the throne room of Princess Ella IV, then I'm likely to throw in something I consider irrelevant, from a plot standpoint (well, it will be irrelevant until someone reacts to it in some way).

And cranebump understood the context.

Quote from: Black Vulmea;938525Ex-fuckin'-zactically.

And now apparently Black Vulmea does too.
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