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The One OSR Rule the Pundit Thinks D&D 5e Most Needs

Started by RPGPundit, August 16, 2019, 08:17:58 AM

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Opaopajr

#75
August 28, 2019, 06:32:44 AM Last Edit: August 28, 2019, 06:35:47 AM by Opaopajr
??? What the hell are you all fighting out there, Terminators? :o S'mon experience is closer to mine because even monsters have their own motivations and stakes beyond "death is the final solution for PCs! :mad:" Some creatures are about instinct & survival, others about territory, others about status, and so on.

I am imagining Terminator 2 where the T-1000 is running them down on the freeway, finally on foot -- but even then there were moments when the protagonists got away and had a chance to breathe. :p Somehow I am imagining all these zombies and hobgoblins marathon sprinting (nostrils aflaring, and a grimace of determination) down 'ye foolish PCs who break rank'. :D Dude, put down the MMOs and Action flicks, and tone things down. :D
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.
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S'mon

#76
August 28, 2019, 06:59:29 AM
In most CRPGs it's pretty easy to flee, and I do it a lot. I do remember playing Oblivion and an Orc vampire pursuing me from its lair across what seemed like half of Cyrodil, and some Skyrim sabretooths pursued me from outside the Vermina temple back to Dawnstar - my tactic when that happens is to flee to the nearest city & into a warrior/knightly lodge or guard barracks, and leave them all to it. :D

WillInNewHaven

#77
August 28, 2019, 09:00:48 AM
Quote from: S'mon;1101207In most CRPGs it's pretty easy to flee, and I do it a lot. I do remember playing Oblivion and an Orc vampire pursuing me from its lair across what seemed like half of Cyrodil, and some Skyrim sabretooths pursued me from outside the Vermina temple back to Dawnstar - my tactic when that happens is to flee to the nearest city & into a warrior/knightly lodge or guard barracks, and leave them all to it. :D

My first PC spent several gaming sessions with a giant constricting snake in hot pursuit. He had made an omelet of a couple of her eggs. She wasn't fast enough to catch a person on foot or on horseback but every time he settled in to do something, here would come the snake again. When Jakeem was finally ready make a stand, his Druid girlfriend charmed the snake and it hung around for a bit and then left peacefully.

HappyDaze

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August 28, 2019, 03:16:09 PM
Quote from: Alexander Kalinowski;1101188It's not coincidence that casualties were the highest during routs or retreats in medieval battles.
Yet they still happened despite being rationally a bad idea. The whole point is that broken morale can lead to irrational actions.
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