tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post3060871639802619633..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Crossing BoundariesAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-44253392288427796002017-12-06T12:41:01.292-07:002017-12-06T12:41:01.292-07:00+5
[is that allowed?]+5<br /><br />[is that allowed?]JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-91017371449427033712017-12-06T06:40:51.249-07:002017-12-06T06:40:51.249-07:00Just to subscribe your point of view.
It's no...Just to subscribe your point of view.<br /><br />It's not so much that a good running needs to elicit mixed feelings, but that a memorable one <i>should</i> actively stir the pile. As long as it's not personal, all else is part of the experience. <br /><br />Tone-policed PC language caterers can right fucking exit at stage left, we're having fun with friends over here.<br />Drainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724863160300686402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-45255804302502896342017-12-05T22:13:07.012-07:002017-12-05T22:13:07.012-07:00I tend to find myself running for strangers less a...I tend to find myself running for strangers less and less often, so the overwhelming majority of my players are my friends; and I'm less worried about offending my friends than I am complete strangers, so this works out rather well. (Knowing what we do about our backgrounds, personalities, and beliefs, it's difficult for me and my closer friends to truly offend each other, either at the game table or away from it.)<br /><br />That familiarity, admittedly, does lead me to temper my games slightly to take the peculiarities of my friends/players into account. As a relatively benign example, at least two of my friends are quite freaked out by spiders, so I try not to use them as monsters too often. But this could actually work to my advantage: if used properly, the presence of spiders could both provoke a strong emotional response, and possibly clue them in that something unusual must be happening if I'm willing to push their buttons in that way. (Purely hypothetical at this point... but there was that time that I pushed the buttons of a vegetarian friend in high school by playing a lizardfolk PC.)Fuzzy Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606454596061907461noreply@blogger.com