The OOC Hangout Thread (New people introduce yourself here!)

[Magni Prime]

waiting and seeing.  

[Magni Prime]

What Ifs are great. Nothing like a starting point and letting the players move on through and see where it goes. 3nodding  

[Magni Prime]

I think that is a hidden benefit to only getting to game once a month. I get to avoid having to stress how things are going to map out for the immediate future for my group. I have time to figure it all out.  

[Magni Prime]

Also allows me time to research and find new things to incorporate into the world to flesh it out some. One of the things I am most proud of is that this doesn't feel like I'm reading from a book. The world feels 'lived in' and organic. There are reasons for people acting/dressing a certain way. Societal norms that are different from one race to the next.  

[Magni Prime]

I like to think of it like a song. You hear the music, and note the lyrics . . . but you don't study the minutae of every moment in a song. The combination of them is far better than any one part. I try to touch on what I feel is important at any given moment, and let the imagination of my players fill in the gaps. That makes it far mroe interesting for them, and easier for me.  

[Magni Prime]

Just two days ago, I had a long skype conversation with my brother where we went over a lot of things. One thing that is both enthralling and terrifying for the players in my game is that . . . they don't have hit points. I have not given them a numerical representation of their health, so they don't know how tough they really are. ninja I told him that where the wound lands is just as important as how damaging it is. With point-value systems, I could stab you in the arm a dozen times and kill you. Short of bleeding out, that makes no sense. Instead, I like to factor in how one is hit as much as what they are hit with. The creativity works well there.  

[AlwynRowanwind]

I wanna play  

[Magni Prime]

Me too, Alwyn.

The death spiral is not bad, and it makes sense that you do more poorly as you become more and more wounded. Video games like Resident Evil do this by slowing down your walking speed as you become injured. Such hampers your ability to run away.

most games I am aware of allow you to aim specifically for a spot on an enemy, and there are difficulty adjustments to take into account. I'll add those in if they become necessary. Seems only fair.