Questions tagged [gaming-style]
For questions relating to how the gamemaster and players approach gameplay.
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Avoiding alpha gaming when not alpha gaming gets PCs into trouble
Another question discussing alpha gamers which might be relevant.
Alpha gamer is a type of player in cooperative games, who effectively makes a decision for another player.
On tables, I'm usually ...
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How can I make sure my Roll For Shoes character gets XP or new skills?
I played some RFS (Roll for shoes) recently and I was having so much fun I didn't really check to see what XP or skills I had acquired.
Going back I noticed over the 45 minutes of play I hadn't gotten ...
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What are some alternative methods for running encounters where a PC loses control of their character? [closed]
There are a number of spells and monsters in various fantasy and sci-fi RPGs that can significantly influence a PC's behavior, take control of a PC altogether, or even replace a PC without the ...
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In session 0, how can I indicate that I'm not interested in a heavily optimized game without denigrating it as a play style?
This is a question about how to scope out prospective games where I'm a player.
"Casual" isn't really accurate as a description of me as a player, since I'm very invested in story elements, ...
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How to approach other players with opposing play styles?
Recently, I joined a game of 5e with some strangers I contacted over the internet. Everybody met up beforehand, got to know each other, and everything was coming along great. We have a character ...
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What Does 'Pulp' or 'Pulpy' Mean in the Context of RPGs?
From time to time, I see people describe either campaigns or systems (not necessarily at the same time) as 'pulp' or 'pulpy'.
At first I thought it referred to pulp fiction (the literature, not the ...
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What is this player style classification method where player types are animals?
A couple of years back I saw a video of a guy who presented a list of different kinds of players as animals. One player type was represented by a lion, another a cow, another an eagle, another a bull, ...
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How can I be fair while using a GM vs. players style?
I am planning to run an one shot where it will be me against the players, with me running the game as the dungeon lord (AKA final boss) and the players will be playing as adventurers. However, as the ...
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How to emotionally distance myself from my own character?
I really like playing D&D. There's something about the environment that I find to be amazing for making friends; everyone has their emotional defense barriers slightly lowered, and there are a lot ...
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How to handle spontaneous multiclassing? [closed]
Some players like to plan their characters all the way up to level 20, even if the campaign starts at level 1. I would prefer my players to react organically to the story I’m presenting, taking into ...
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What defines a "West Marches" campaign?
There are a few questions on this site that mention "West Marches", but they all seem to assume that a reader already knows exactly what a "West Marches" game is. Some questions link to multiple blog ...
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Why is it necessary to have a balanced party? [closed]
As I've been reading around the site, I've noticed a ton of questions regarding a balanced party. Also I've seen many questions regarding if something will "imbalance or unbalance a party." I'm still ...
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Our DM keeps interrupting our long rests
In the latest campaign, we're still around the third level, but every single night we've spend in the wild so far, we were interrupted by hard combat encounters (as in DMG-worded "hard"), forcing us ...
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What's the name of style where GM assumes idiotic behaviour unless stated otherwise? [closed]
When I played my first two actual RPG sessions in 2013, the GM treated me in a bit... peculiar way.
The first session was in Prehistoryk. (For context: it's an RPG system where all PCs are hunter-...
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How do I get my players to stop treating our game like a Video Game? [closed]
I play with some really great people, but I feel as though years of Witcher/DragonAge/Skyrim/Warcraft
has left them incapable of exploring a world or making any story of their own. I am often asked:
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