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  • copacetic@discuss.tchncs.detoScience Memes@mander.xyzPhysics
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    4 months ago
    • Fireball? We have rocket launchers.
    • Lightning people? We have tasers.
    • Mind reading? Ok, I’ll give you that.
    • Conjure familiars? Buy a dish washer or cleaner service or whatever.

    Many of the fantasy powers can be done. It isn’t a question of capability but of economics. The economics are ignored in most stories, no matter if it’s fantasy or a real world thriller.




  • copacetic@discuss.tchncs.detoRPG@lemmy.mlQuantum Ogres
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    9 months ago

    I consider it “short-term positive but long-term negative”. Using it occasionally is nice just like having a drink. If you do it every day however, it will bite you eventually.

    Like any fiction, roleplay requires some suspension of disbelief from the players. If they become aware of the quantum ogres it breaks that and ruins the fun.

    It hate it when computer games advertised something like “8 different endings!” Eight endings means there are only three meaningful yes-no decisions to make. All the other thousands of tiny decisions I make in the game will have no impact on the story. They only determine if I make progress or get stuck or maybe the order of scenes. The beauty of (sandbox) ttrpgs is that every small decision can actually matter.