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Which do you prefer: "up front" disadvantages or "constant" ones? Or none at all?

Started by PoppySeed45, November 27, 2011, 09:52:53 AM

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Opaopajr

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December 09, 2011, 06:42:27 AM
Essentially it's true, you can expect players to metagame the hell out of everything.

This is especially so if they feel RPGs are something to "win against," in spite of other people involved and this being ideally a shared form of fun. I don't think there's a way to take that aspect of human nature out of games in general, which is why I don't want it as system option present if I can avoid it. But if it's going to be there by the system's own emphasis, letting players take a big dump on the shared table experience, I found having it less in my face repeatedly tends to keep my blood pressure down. YMMV.
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