12-31-2009, 03:10 AM | #111 |
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Re: Resolved,There is no point to statting up anything that is not a PC
I'm pretty sure we both need to agree on what "agree" means to have a meaningful conversation about this. Do you let the people you play with know that you will feel free to substitute die results based on your opinion of their role-playing?
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12-31-2009, 03:14 AM | #112 | |
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12-31-2009, 03:40 AM | #113 | ||
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12-31-2009, 03:44 AM | #114 | ||
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The Rules are the covenant by which we all agree to play any game. Once you start playing fast and loose with those rules, your not playing the same game any more. In the case of RPGing, your not playing a game at all, your just sitting around saying 'Wouldnt it be neat if....' There is nothing wrong with that, but it aint GURPS. The hubris comes I think from the idea that 'I as GM know whats best for the story' when its the unexpected that truly drives the game and tests the imaginations of GM and PLayers alike. If this were not the case, we wouldnt use dice at all. This is where GMing has gone afoul. GMing has become associated with story telling and we have lost sight of the fact that the story needs to be allowed to tell itself and even suprise us once in a while. It does that through dice and unexpected results. Nymdok |
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12-31-2009, 03:52 AM | #115 | |
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Having fun is not a bad thing. Having fun in a way you disapprove of is not a bad thing.
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12-31-2009, 03:56 AM | #116 | ||
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But myself and, i think, many others Gurps GM/player do not play such a game. In my games, outcome does not -only and always- depend on a roll of dices. This is not unilateral, it is know and accepted by all players. Quote:
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12-31-2009, 04:19 AM | #118 | ||||
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Or when i see no use for randomness in an event. And yes, it is purely subjective. When i tell the player : 'it is raining', i usually don't roll before on a weather chart. I decided, on my own free will as a GM, that it was raining. It doesn't make the game worse, or less of a game, in my opinion. Now, if a player ask me what the weather is, and i haven't decided, i may well roll it. But if i feel the game require rain, rain there is. Quote:
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12-31-2009, 05:34 AM | #119 |
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Re: Resolved,There is no point to statting up anything that is not a PC
Ahem, the issue is not whether we need to stat up everything. The issue is that some people don't want to hear 'wing it' as a reply to the question they ask on a forum. What's wrong with adding the nowing tag to threads where the OP doesn't want to get a 'wing it'?
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12-31-2009, 06:00 AM | #120 |
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