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Old 07-09-2011, 04:23 AM   #21
Anders Gabrielsson
 
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That may work well for some groups, but unless you know the rules really well AND everyone's mental speed in playing the game is well-matched to their characters' reflexes in combat it's going to distort things badly, I think.
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Old 07-09-2011, 07:01 AM   #22
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That may work well for some groups, but unless you know the rules really well AND everyone's mental speed in playing the game is well-matched to their characters' reflexes in combat it's going to distort things badly, I think.
Just makes it more realistic, people hesitate all the time in real life, in games characters often behave as if they're omniscient.
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Old 07-09-2011, 11:37 AM   #23
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Just makes it more realistic, people hesitate all the time in real life, in games characters often behave as if they're omniscient.
Exactly. Olympic-caliber fencers have lost to much less skilled fencers because they hesitated when something unexpected happened. I've beaten a national champion in this way (not that I was any slouch -- state champion two years in a row -- but I wasn't anywhere near his same level).
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Old 07-09-2011, 02:11 PM   #24
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My point is that you mix character competence and player competence. It's like that never-settled discussion on playing out talky scenes or using social skills.

I'm not saying You're Doing It Wrong, just that it's not for everyone.
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