ThyTTY

That’s me. Once you remove the pressure I’m a mess

Well, “screams” is “krzyczy” in Polish so I guess this is accurate. Imo it would be funnier with the actual word.

Thanks for the red circle, I was really lost there for a moment

I wonder if it has anything to do with alphabetical order… No, that’s not it

No thanks

First thing that came in to my mind was Gears of War with its specific third person view and hiding behind covers. I don’t think it was the first game with that mechanic but the most influential one

Once you finish New Vegas you will “forget” to post screenshots, right? It was just a way to sell New Vegas to others?

I respect that.

I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED IT

Java Script

While I agree with the sentiment when a show like South Park influences anyone’s political decisions then they are lost anyway

But the novel is based on a screenplay so…

I liked the original. It’s been a while since I’ve had a single thought about the game so I’ll check it out. It starts as a horror but turns into a classic shooter later on. I remember it being good anyway.

It’s time to stop thinking a phone should be premium

MS has been using Linux on their servers for years

Where can I find beforehand which laptop supports S3? Are there any know brands that do?

But that’s the whole point, I don’t know beforehand what any result would mean. Yeah, generally by habit you think higher roll is good and low is bad but you can’t apply it to every scenario. Let me visualize how it works for me

“What’s in the sewers? I don’t know, let me see. I rolled 14. Maybe it’s something good? Maybe someone friendly? No, it doens’t make sense in this context. It should probably be a hideout of crocodile people gang.”

Did I know 14 would mean that? Should it? Is it good? Bad? I could also not roll. I could use a coffee stain to decide. I could toss a paper clip.

Personally I don’t consider it as fudging rolls just because dice is involved. There are no procedures. I use it to guide my imagination because I have it right here before me. Tarot deck? Usually not, but it’s also a fantastic tool to do so and you may interpret it however you want. But I agree with you that drawing death 3 times is rather self explanatory and it’s an obvious disaster (also what a fun one!). But a die result is just a number without meaning, it only gives me a starting point for my thoughts. It’s a habit; a tick; a real object that binds me with the virtual world. Not a roll to hit or a skills check.

If that’s fudging rolls for you then I guess I need to stir up some dice to get my flow going.

Because the result has no meaning, it’s not a roll in a gaming sense. It being 20 or 1 makes no difference, it’s just to spark something in the imagination.

I was worried someone might take it this way. Fudging rolls means stating the result of a secret roll was different than it was in reality. What I’m talking about is using a die to inspire you what should happen in a situation where rolling is not applicable. Players decide to go to the sewers for some reason. What’s in there? I don’t know. Yet. There are no rules on what to roll when they go to the sewers now. I may ask them what they expect to find. I may draw a card. I may roll a die. I may consult the random encounters table. It’s not a “roll” in the gaming sense, it’s a way to get some inspiration on my next description. But it’s like with a coin toss, sometimes you know what should happen when you make the roll and before you even see the result.

I’m all for rolls that make sense. If it’s an encounter, of course you should always roll. I roll in the open and players know what hit them and whatnot. The consequence is damage and/or death. But if you’re a thief and want to open a simple lock and nobody’s is trying to defenestrate you at the moment? No need to roll, failure is meaningless. You just killed a dragon? No need to persuade the king to help you. That’s a reward for doing something beforehand. But oh my if an orc swings at you with his axe I’m gonna roll the dice right in front of you so you know that critical was not fudged.

I skip rolls if players are either super prepared or their failure will not mean anything. But as I said earlier, it needs trust between players and the GM - I don’t make their lives harder as a punishment, I do that for the storytelling. And they don’t try to work around me because we skipped a roll for athletics when they had a full day to climb a tree.

Oh but that reminds me. I was metagamed recently. When the team tried to decide what to do with a defeated enemy one of them said “let him live, he will come back as a sidequest. When we kill him then that plotline is dead as well”.

Well he was not wrong but that needn’t to be said.