Chris S. Sims

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 25, 2024 at 19:07 UTC

No shit. Plagiarism machines. No idea how many times more we have to say it.

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Chris S. Sims @chrisssims.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 25, 2024 at 18:30 UTC

Hey, it's likely we have a parasocial connection, and I'm thankful if it's more than that, but so many of you have had a positive impact on my life, and I appreciate you. Thanks for being there. You matter to me.

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Chris S. Sims @chrisssims.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 25, 2024 at 18:30 UTC

I love you, Phil!

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Chris S. Sims @chrisssims.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 25, 2024 at 18:01 UTC

BTW, it's a little weird to hear Austrian teens use American slang, but that's the way it is. I like it!

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Chris S. Sims @chrisssims.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 25, 2024 at 17:38 UTC

My eldest got braces today. She looked in the mirror after getting them and said, "I slay in braces." I couldn't be happier, folks.

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Chris S. Sims @chrisssims.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 09, 2024 at 09:05 UTC

Totally. Some of the encounters were built to obviously scream "you shouldn't tackle this head on," which has been sidelined in a lot of modern design. (To the detriment of play, in my opinion.)

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Chris S. Sims @chrisssims.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 09, 2024 at 09:03 UTC

Right! I agree with your points. But it was the kind of thing you had to learn to eyeball within a gamut rather than rely on mechanical construction. In any case, modern D&D system is hardly perfect at balance either, still requiring tweaking after learning to eyeball things.

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Chris S. Sims @chrisssims.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 09, 2024 at 08:59 UTC

That said, the common areas (12 orcs) belie those attempts at balance in favor of a sort of bizarre realism. All I'm really saying is that smart referees and players can come down on either side of the issue in good faith. There are examples of both sides.

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Chris S. Sims @chrisssims.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 09, 2024 at 08:58 UTC

But to be fair on the other side, published adventures, including Keep on the Borderlands, gave some examples of attempts at balance, sequestering harder caves in the Caves of Chaos farther back in the ravine.

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Chris S. Sims @chrisssims.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 09, 2024 at 08:55 UTC

The sticking point is the phrase "cared about" in this case. To some, to "care about" something, a game must give you good tools to accomplish that thing. It's fair to say that, frex, early D&D didn't do that for encounter balance. Telling the referee to "consider it" isn't the same thing.

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Chris S. Sims @chrisssims.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 06, 2024 at 10:36 UTC

Not yucking yums, but it seems the popularity of things rehashing existing things is due mostly to timing and marketing. One can still get the old thing, cheap, but the new thing sells wildly with no to little innovation. "Have you seen new thing?!" "Yes, in 1981. PDF now $5."

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Chris S. Sims @chrisssims.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 23, 2023 at 17:51 UTC

I'm sad Rebel Moon is a bad taste. Not surprised. Only sad.

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Chris S. Sims @chrisssims.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 21, 2023 at 20:48 UTC

Yes, although it's almost bedtime here. Pre-DMing pump up, really.

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Chris S. Sims @chrisssims.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 21, 2023 at 20:16 UTC

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