The Gaming Den

Zak, What I had to prove was that produced the results PL wanted for a group. But, you didn't, PL said so. How would PL know if my group is experiencing the results he asked for? If PL wanted different results or a diff group, he shoulda said. Or at least explained alllllllll his weird requirements...

I can plug in the DC system expectations. If climbing a knotted rope is DC 5 and climbing a sheer wall is DC 30, then I know that climbing up the side of a house with handholds is going to be somewhere in between those two, probably mid-way or maybe slightly higher. So: if you know +1 for a round i...

All joking and trolling aside, because let's be honest, that all I have done to him from the beginning. I think I have figured out what Zak's problem is. He spends all day at his 9-5 watching incredibly hot women get plowed by men.... Male talent doesn't generally hang out on set watching other mal...

Your social system is still absolutely identical to DM fiat, which is not a rule but pulling a value out of your ass. Your "system" is just your guideline for where in your ass you will pull said pronouncement from. How is that different than the DC-difficulty system then? I mean, the onl...

They have been readdressed to you. As I said, I'm not gonna go back and quote mine because people already have. Each time they do you never address it. I'm not going to be yet another person who goes quote mining to prove you wrong just for you to just dodge AGAIN. You can quote me on this, Mguy. P...

I did not know your gaming style required or involved "no original material". Is that so? I mean, don't get me wrong, if so: it is shit. (Do you therefore pick you characters' names off a list like Dungeon World? ) But when I made this remark I did not realize it applied to you, or anyone...

Dude. THE CRITICISMS OF YOUR RULE WERE LAID OUT RIGHT AFTER YOU MADE IT. You CANNOT go on saying that you don't know what he means because yo seriously just have to go back and read what he said about it over the pages that follows you making the damn rule! Every criticism I'm aware of has been add...

Mechanically, chess has less potential for abuse than D&D. Of course, chess generally isn't a form of roleplaying. Can we agree that a defining trait of D&D (if not all RPGs) and some wargames that inspired it is that they (unlike many similar things like a cosmetically reskinned computer R...

If there is a criticism I haven't addressed, say that. So far as I know, I am actively talking about every part of the rule that has been criticized ... he was asked for a social currency system and produced something wasn't a social currency system at all . We can discuss whether it was terrible, ...

I do fully admit that I have only clicked to read a trace amount of Zak's posts and that was too many. I still feel comfortable in the answer I provided. Due to the caveat at the end of the question "like PhoneLobster wanted?", I stand by my "No", as it is my understanding that ...

the substance being how you think other gaming styles are shitty and for stupid losers, and that therefore it is hypocritical of you to claim that no one can say that your gaming style is bad. Zak S wrote: in order for any tabletop RPG to not be shit, it include and must require the creation of new...

So after 18 pages of dick waving, did we actually get rules for giving apples to the herald so he can speak on your behalf like PhoneLobster wanted? I said this already: if the NPC believes the herald represents you, they get the bonus. That's it. I'm curious, since this is obviously and provably w...

Why are you on Kaelik's side at that point?--he posts a disgusting pointless insult (the entire content of his post) and then I respond and you blame _me_ and not him? I do not understand. He said mean things about you on the internet!? That scoundrel! That fiend! How dare he!? What the fuck is wro...

You're choosing an arbitrary point after which you think can insult me freely and ignore what I say because I used "shitting fit" to describe you without asking for clarification first; given that, do you think it would be unfair if I used the exact same logic to ignore and belittle you a...

Quote: 61. Are you saying that when I get attacked and called names, that attempting to address that attack is "changing the subject"? If you address that attack instead of addressing the subject then...yeah. Oh no--I always do both, sooner or later. Kaelik's post contained nothing other ...

55. Are you saying that you assume all NPCs are infinitely malleable?

I'm saying that NPCs need not have rote responses.

Not an answer. Yes or no: do you assume infinitely malleable NPCs who can be (without magic) persuaded to do anything?

Quote: 55. Again in case you missed it: Are you trying to prove "abusability period"? or "a subjective level of abusability Ancient History considers unacceptable"? I think we covered objective, inarguable abusability back on page 1, post 1. Your rule has the potential to give a...

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53. Do you agree that a competent GM is essential equipment, like dice?

No. .

Then we play a different game, with different assumptions. Anybody who agrees with this should not ever again construe anything my blog as directed at you or about the game you play.

Keep it in mind that not all games are happy-go-lucky pull-it-out-of-my-arse-as-necessary affairs. Some people like to play actual game modules, though ghost along knows why, which have a defined plot (choo! choo!) and probably an adventure path. Some gamemasters like to spend quite a bit of work d...

I called "stupid" or a "liar" and you doubt my evidence--ask for it and you'll get it Okay. You've accused me of being stupid. Give me some provable evidence that doesn't equate to "AH disagrees with what I said." "Shitting fit"--saying that proves you are st...

ANCIENT HiSTORY: "38. So when there's a design problem which pits (A) increasing computational simplicity vs. (B) reduced abuse potential, the person advocating for A has a real but unmeasurable pointand person advocating for B has a real and measurable point?" "If you can't quantify ...

But Zak, your argument has always been that your audience is better . You've been pulling the "training wheels" bullshit since forever.. I like rules that fit people I like to play with, and freely admit that's subjective. I call rules I don't like rules I don't like. You like rules that ...

First of all, that the challenge was to make a social currency system, which we can all see is in no way the same thing as a modifier to a social roll. I know you're not real smart, Frank, but could you explain the difference. The idea of what a "social currency system" would be if not th...

But Zak, your argument has always been that your audience is better . You've been pulling the "training wheels" bullshit since forever.. I like rules that fit people I like to play with, and freely admit that's subjective. I call rules I don't like rules I don't like. You like rules that ...

If you add subrules about norms and typical behavior you just pulled out of your butt that are bad, that's not a problem with my rule, that's a problem with the new, dumb rule you just made up. But with your rule, you need to assign a value for the apple (or whatever item they surprise you with) th...