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What happened after that reveal you are talking about? Was there some kind of conflict after you learned this guy is “on the dark side,” or did you accept it straight away, because he was a member of...
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I actually feel bad for people who try to read my character sheets. They became a complex tangled web of notes that I take during the game as well as drawing abstract art… That said, when other...
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1. I am not looking for a system-specific solution. I was merely using Burning Wheel to show a different approach to the problem, suggesting that Fiddleback’s interpretation may not be the only one...
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Two thoughts, @Norandil: (1) With Burning Wheel, the only way to find out which works better with revealing/not revealing Beliefs is to try it out both ways. I’m not familiar enough with the game to...
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3: Only two people NEED to know what is on my character sheet, me and the GM. Ah, and there it is. This answers my question, but it also spawns a few other ones. It is also pretty much in opposition...
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As @vladepsyker and I are fond of pointing out, there should always be the session zero discussion about what is and what isn’t okay in your game. Not just from an ‘I don’t want to offend anyone’ POV...
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What happened after that reveal you are talking about? Was there some kind of conflict after you learned this guy is “on the dark side,” or did you accept it straight away, because he was a member of...
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I haven’t been in the GM’s chair much longer than @wood-jasond, but I can share some experience as a player. Decades ago I made a rookie mistake in a D&D game. The DM was attempting to get us to...
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Well, being honest with DM is out of the discussion to me, since I can’t imagine holding anything back from him. The more he knows about players’ intentions, the better he can prepare and the better...
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I certainly think having characters at loggerheads with one another is more like real life and adds to a sense of challenge and conflict between PCs. But, on the other hand, it can be destructive to a...
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Hello, I want to discuss a certain matter with you. Namely, player-characters with secrets! Those secrets can be harmful and of little notice, but I would like to focus on a different type, on secrets...
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