Recent content by soviet

Doesn't this underline the importance and resonance of non-lethal consequences? The characters aren't just 'Yolo, I'm still alive so nothing else matters'.

Everyone I've ever loved has been killed. My home is in ruins and everything I fought for has been lost. My reputation is gone and my name is a joke. My magic has been burned out and my limbs were chopped off. I'm trapped in this dungeon for the rest of my days, with only maggoty bread to eat...

This is a common sentiment when this topic comes up, but what it really reveals is the shallowness of the campaign in question, or the (ironically) replaceable nature of the characters within it. One of the things I aim for in my campaigns is to give player characters a stake in the setting (a...

You don't play that out? WTF man

It's fairly trivial to do in any conflict resolution invent-your-own-trait games like Fate, HeroQuest, or the legendary Other Worlds (I think the author even posts here).

Quite right, don't let the others influence you.

You said you're an IP professional but your reference is wikipedia. You say you haven't read any other games, so they don't influence your ideas. How then can you know how derivative they are, or how original they are? Presumably though you have read and played D&D, so I'm interested to know...

I think a bit of stealing is OK! Tarantino describes some of what he does as stealing. Somewhat tongue in cheek, but I don't see an issue with lifting a particular component of something as either an homage, or to set it into a different context, or just to do it better.

Don't bring anchovies into this

If you haven't had authentic pizza in Naples it doesn't count, all you've experienced is sparkling cheese and tomato bread discs.

If it looked cool it was for affect If it achieved something it was for effect If you felt ill afterwards it was for infect

I wonder if you've ever read Elfs, by Ron Edwards. You might find it interesting. Essentially the characters are dumbass lowlifes, and one of the things you can put points into is Dumb Luck, where you declare two separate intents - one representing what you the player wants, and one representing...

So, all art, all movies, all TV, all books, all RPGs other than yours, are immoral?

A lot of indie style games these days openly list their references and inspirations. It's a good thing to be influenced by other creators, and to acknowledge that.

Just to be clear, your position is that art that takes inspiration from other art is immoral?