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On 2024-09-16 at 09:48 +0200, Kyonshi wrote:

The Discworld RPG gleefully ignores "modifiers to dice, and anything
crunchy" in favor of puns

This is a very nice idea.

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On 2024-10-26 at 12:06 +0200, Kyonshi wrote:

Well, kind of in the spirit of Pterry, isn't it?

Indeed.

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On 2024-11-06 at 22:33 +0100, Kyonshi wrote:

which reminds me that Pterry once described in an interview how he
taught middle-aged office ladies to play DnD and they proceeded to
torture their way through the dungeon

Then they actually did role-play. In my old D&D group decades we
enjoyed the game, but I think we never even attempted to suspend
incredulity or play the part: it was just silly fun with friends. For
the office ladies it actually worked. Who knows if this style of rules
with no “crunch” is the right thing to make role immersion easier.

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Scruffy Beard <ask-me-in-public-if-you-want-my-address@address.invalid> wrote:

Who knows if this style of rules with no “crunch” is the
right thing to make role immersion easier.

Maybe to some people, it will be. To me, the RPG should be many things together, including crunch, role immersion, combat, tactics, story,
random chance, etc.

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On 09/11/2024 17:58, Scruffy Beard wrote:

On 2024-11-06 at 22:33 +0100, Kyonshi wrote:

which reminds me that Pterry once described in an interview how he
taught middle-aged office ladies to play DnD and they proceeded to
torture their way through the dungeon

Then they actually did role-play. In my old D&D group decades we
enjoyed the game, but I think we never even attempted to suspend
incredulity or play the part: it was just silly fun with friends. For
the office ladies it actually worked. Who knows if this style of rules
with no “crunch” is the right thing to make role immersion easier.

Being neutral/chaotic was always you friend :-)

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Steveski

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On 09/11/2024 17:58, Scruffy Beard wrote:

On 2024-11-06 at 22:33 +0100, Kyonshi wrote:

which reminds me that Pterry once described in an interview how he
taught middle-aged office ladies to play DnD and they proceeded to
torture their way through the dungeon

Then they actually did role-play. In my old D&D group decades we
enjoyed the game, but I think we never even attempted to suspend
incredulity or play the part: it was just silly fun with friends.

If everyone at the table is having fun then you're playing it right. I
hate the gatekeeping attitude that if you're not acting, improving,
making tactical decisions, min/maxing or whatever, then you're not doing
it right.

The challenge comes when there are a variety of styles at the table.
Then it becomes important to make sure there's a bit of something for everything. A puzzle for the puzzlers, tactics for the tacticians, and
acting for the actors. If they can't all be accommodated then that's no
ones fault, it just means the group doesn't work and needs to split up.

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Matthew Hambley

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