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Blog: Investigating obvious problems in FRPs

stormbirddstormbirdd Registered User new member
edited September 2010 in Critical Failures
Cranky Druid here with a third post on the topic of investigating unwieldy fantasy concepts. This one's called "Evil by the Numbers". Check 'em all out, or not, as you like. If you do glance at one or more, feel free to leave a comment there. Thanks.

http://deadstaydeadinc.blogspot.com/

- Verdre

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  • Owen EdwardsOwen Edwards Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    stormbirdd wrote: »
    Cranky Druid here with a third post on the topic of investigating unwieldy fantasy concepts. This one's called "Evil by the Numbers". Check 'em all out, or not, as you like. If you do glance at one or more, feel free to leave a comment there. Thanks.

    http://deadstaydeadinc.blogspot.com/

    - Verdre

    Well-written, though at this stage I really hope most DMs here are aware bad guys aren't just bad guys in story terms. Of course, some tabletop games are aiming towards the video game experience - cf early DnD in general. Some people need what amount to walking integers to play with - they call them goblins.

    But yes - other DMs, like me, want the violence to be seen as horrid and tragic even if it's necessary.

    YMMV, basically. Some evil clerics have no backstory, because that's not fun. ;)

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  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Wow, some elitism up in this thread.

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Are you asking us to read your blog post?

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  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Probably better to post it here in its entirety so that the thread doesn't get shut down, yeah.

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  • Super NamicchiSuper Namicchi Orange County, CARegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    i would like to point out that opting not to give each monster a name and a backstory is not some sort of inability or deficiency in intelligence, it's because kick-in-the-door is a perfectly valid and fun way to approach the game

    and i thought we had finished with that whole tired discussion about video game-ization two years ago

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  • Owen EdwardsOwen Edwards Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I think it's always a valid point to make - it's just that that discussion DID have a conclusion, and that was that it was each group's own damn business what they did for kicks round the gaming table.

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  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    elitist article wrote:
    They are living entities where anything can happen.

    False. They are not living at all!

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  • Owen EdwardsOwen Edwards Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    THEY'RE ALIVE TO ME BRO

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