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The RPGPundit's Own Forum / Re: Oregon police can't do anything about riots unless right-wingers are present
« on: September 26, 2020, 04:25:49 PM »
It's easier to arrest people who obey the law.
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The RPGPundit's Own Forum / Re: Penthouse Article: Up In Smoke: Our Obsession With Safety Has Left Us Vulnerable
« on: September 26, 2020, 02:20:23 PM »Though since you brought up Cuties. Isn't it bullshit that they exploit little girls just so they can say exploiting little girls is bad? Am I the only getting whiplash by this lack of logic and common sense? What is the next Netflix movie? Puppy murder to show how puppy murder is bad?
Fuck. I'm going to regret this. Here I go.
No, everyone on social media has said this. The Babylon Bee did a mock article on killing puppies to show killing puppies is bad. It's a terrible argument because the film wasn't about trying to convince people that exploiting girls is bad. The film assumes the audience is already on board with that idea.
But everyone laser focuses on this because some people tried to use this argument about the message of the film and just muddied the whole discussion.
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The RPGPundit's Own Forum / Re: The alt right utilizes propaganda techniques, and btw it's happening on this forum
« on: September 26, 2020, 02:06:39 PM »And this is why I wish an asteroid would hit the Earth and kill everyone.
You seem pretty focused on the death of the human race lately. Maybe you should write a manifesto.
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Media & Inspiration / Re: Banned... an RPGnet cancellation brings me here
« on: September 26, 2020, 09:15:12 AM »Huh I didn’t realize the V. S. Junk was an insight from the d’Toc ... genius. Still I stand by the convergence of materialism, atheism, existence as priority over essence, and the triple wedding of these in the banality of Foucault.
Have you heard of James Lindsay? He along with Helen Pluckrose and Peter Bhogosian are the rascals involved in the academic papers hoaxes.
Linday goes pretty deep into Social Justice territory in order to understand and explain it.
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Pen & Paper Roleplaying Games (RPGs) Discussion / Re: Dramatic Scene Structure
« on: September 26, 2020, 09:11:22 AM »The thing I don't like about such a structure is that it forces the players into a particular approach. In a good RPG, the gamemaster presents the situation and the players decide what type of encounter it's going to be. It might be a fight, social interaction, a chase, a stealth encounter, comedy relief, high drama and tragedy, whatever. If the game is structured as you described, the approach is chosen for them, greatly limiting player agency and hence (for most players I know) limiting the fun.
Yep. I understand the need for structure in gaming, but it's possible to have too much structure, or to use a structure that doesn't fit what's happening in the game. I think the idea of beating the game into a specific type of storytellng scene is that.
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The RPGPundit's Own Forum / Re: 2020 Election Commentary
« on: September 25, 2020, 06:11:08 PM »7
The RPGPundit's Own Forum / Ron Paul has what appears to be a stroke on live TV.
« on: September 25, 2020, 02:19:27 PM »
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/09/ron-paul-suffers-apparent-medical-emergency-during-live-stream/
Ok, I hope he's ok. But between this, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Joe Biden, I'm wondering why there are so many people in government with one foot in the grave.
Ok, I hope he's ok. But between this, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Joe Biden, I'm wondering why there are so many people in government with one foot in the grave.
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Media & Inspiration / Re: Dark Crystal, Age of Resistance
« on: September 25, 2020, 10:44:39 AM »
And it's cancelled.
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance-netflix-canceled-one-season-1234778139/
Well, I am dissapointed. Despite it's flaws, the show had some really great moments, and I was hoping for a second season.
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance-netflix-canceled-one-season-1234778139/
Well, I am dissapointed. Despite it's flaws, the show had some really great moments, and I was hoping for a second season.
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Pen & Paper Roleplaying Games (RPGs) Discussion / Re: What are the BEST ideas from 5e? (other than Advantage)
« on: September 25, 2020, 08:40:34 AM »Then someone remembered the player had “advantage” on the check so the player rolled again and didn’t just succeed, they rolled a natural 20. Critical success!
No reasonable amount of static bonuses would have changed that outcome (they’d have needed to scrounge up +9 in conditional modifiers), but the reroll took it from ignominious death to a player describing just how they pulled off their amazing feat (as I habitually allow players who roll natural 20’s to do).
No static bonus could EVER compete with the endorphin rush of that. It was all the players were talking about afterwards. One of the players described it as a “saving throw vs. failure” and I found that description of it especially apt.
Yeah, I rarely hear people discuss how adv/disad increases the chances of rolling a crit or fumble. And having a re-roll can swing the result all the way from one to the other. While still keeping the numbers manageable.
I like re-roll mechanics for the reason you outlined.
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The RPGPundit's Own Forum / Re: 2020 Election Commentary
« on: September 23, 2020, 08:46:42 PM »You're not going to get me to feel bad about calling out the assholes that support escalating violence against others for their beliefs.That's not too far from how I feel about the usual assholes here. Welcome to the other side of theRPGsite's fourth wall.To be fair, you mostly post the same way these days.
Let me know when you get around to that.
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Pen & Paper Roleplaying Games (RPGs) Discussion / Re: Eclipse Phase 2nd Ed and Sex
« on: September 23, 2020, 08:40:00 PM »
Man, I got the impression that Eclipse Phase was a game about adventures in a transhumanist setting.
This writeup makes it sound like an RPG about fucking robots.
This writeup makes it sound like an RPG about fucking robots.
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Pen & Paper Roleplaying Games (RPGs) Discussion / Re: New Dune RPG (including Spivey interview)
« on: September 23, 2020, 12:07:57 AM »
Yeah, Precognition in the Dune universe is a sword with a lot of edges.
Trying to determine something with prescience can hide it.
Trying to change the future can cause it to happen.
Only Leto II had any kind of mastery over the future, and that's because he was willing to sacrifice himself to ensure the Golden Path.
Paul? It just taunted him with visions of the future he dared not change because he couldn't stomach the alternatives.
Just make it a cool RPG ability that prescience gives you a re-roll or something minor like that, and leave the prognostications to the doomed main characters.
Trying to determine something with prescience can hide it.
Trying to change the future can cause it to happen.
Only Leto II had any kind of mastery over the future, and that's because he was willing to sacrifice himself to ensure the Golden Path.
Paul? It just taunted him with visions of the future he dared not change because he couldn't stomach the alternatives.
Just make it a cool RPG ability that prescience gives you a re-roll or something minor like that, and leave the prognostications to the doomed main characters.
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The RPGPundit's Own Forum / Re: Penthouse Article: Up In Smoke: Our Obsession With Safety Has Left Us Vulnerable
« on: September 22, 2020, 09:21:04 PM »
Insert joke about "reading the articles" here.
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Pen & Paper Roleplaying Games (RPGs) Discussion / Re: What cyberpunk game to play for now?
« on: September 22, 2020, 09:19:38 PM »Cyberpunk 2020 while ignoring Cyberpunk Red Jumpstart or Cepheus Engine Clement Sector/Earth Sector.
Gotta go with this. I've got 2020 right now.
Though I've got a hankering to GM Mutant Chronicles lately.
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Media & Inspiration / Re: Banned... an RPGnet cancellation brings me here
« on: September 22, 2020, 07:21:28 PM »Thanks! Seems normal around here.
AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I'm not laughing to be cruel. We've had some interesting conversations over here.