tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post6111131716967350487..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Two in the Back of the HeadAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-30404012040418741022014-04-28T18:27:42.065-06:002014-04-28T18:27:42.065-06:00does that man I have to be Mr. Pink, again!!
darn...does that man I have to be Mr. Pink, again!!<br /><br />darn you Alexis<br /><br />I am going to sulk in a quiet corner of the blogosphereClovis Cithoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208194219083373456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-1937950330028492912014-04-27T19:51:19.400-06:002014-04-27T19:51:19.400-06:00I both agree and disagree with Noisms here, Clovis...I both agree and disagree with Noisms here, Clovis.<br /><br />On the one hand, regarding the kind of background he is referring to, the "player invented background, out of the player's mind," is totally not needed.<br /><br />However, I argue that the stats, height, weight, race, class and so on are all 'backgrounds' . . . and my character background generator uses those to FORCE more background on the character that does not define what the character believes (like most player generated backgrounds) but rather what has happened to the character. This <i>additional</i> set of randomly generated events, relationships, effects, limitations, additional abilities and so on ENCOURAGES the sort of "taking on" of a personality that Noisms defends.<br /><br />Like with most things, Noisms wants to immediately kill something the moment that Noisms himself can't think of a better way to do something. It isn't the character background that is the fail. It is the player's CHOOSING of character background that is the fail. The same fail highlighted brilliantly in Reservoir Dogs.<br /><br />Poor Noisms. So limited in his thinking. So unaware of his limitations.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-23569395988610486102014-04-27T13:28:33.090-06:002014-04-27T13:28:33.090-06:00I know that you and NOISMs have your disagreements...I know that you and NOISMs have your disagreements in the past; however,<br />..<br />“You really, absolutely, definitely, indisputably do not need a detailed character background before play begins. In fact, all you really need is a name, a class, stats, and some equipment, and you're good - because within five minutes of the game beginning you will without fail find your character beginning to take on a personality of his own. This strange and almost mystical emergence of character through play is one of the best things about the hobby, and it amazes me that people have been so determined, for decades, to kill that concept.”<br /><br />Monsters and Manuals Blog, <br /> 21 October 2011Clovis Cithoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208194219083373456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-11695517414096937352014-04-25T11:48:47.011-06:002014-04-25T11:48:47.011-06:00I mean, yeah, I am incredibly interested in your b...I mean, yeah, I am incredibly interested in your book. I am holding off on a campaign until it comes out because I expect it to help me greatly. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-32126973997923932512014-04-25T11:42:15.459-06:002014-04-25T11:42:15.459-06:00Wait, you have a book coming out?
That was why I ...Wait, you have a book coming out?<br /><br />That was why I specified about players. I did not realize that the rewrite of your post would answer that very question, however. It makes sense considering how much it looks like you have been dancing around that exact point.<br /><br />I suppose it'd be smartest to hold off my question then until that time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-80622221014492981942014-04-25T11:38:07.505-06:002014-04-25T11:38:07.505-06:00James, I suggest that that you read this.
Include...James, I suggest that <a href="http://tao-dnd.blogspot.ca/2013/12/the-first-day-of-november-and-news.html" rel="nofollow">that you read this</a>.<br /><br />Included is the preface to the book I am writing.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-72651296974416540432014-04-25T11:22:06.568-06:002014-04-25T11:22:06.568-06:00James,
I am hoping by the 10th of May to have a r...James,<br /><br />I am hoping by the 10th of May to have a rewrite of the How to Play a Character essay on this blog published in a book, with other essays, that answers the player question.<br /><br />In July, I will have a book called How to Run: an Advanced Guide to Managing Role-playing Games, that will answer the DM question.<br /><br />You may not have known.<br />Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-54391633472712805152014-04-25T11:10:08.301-06:002014-04-25T11:10:08.301-06:00So you have mentioned several times that roleplayi...So you have mentioned several times that roleplaying is something you can get better at, as if there were some objective standard. So what is the objective standard?<br /><br />In this post, you basically acknowledge that sheer entertainment value is insufficient.<br /><br />Maybe I am wrong, but I also doubt you are discussing mechanical superiority, what is often known as power gaming, minmaxing or being a munchkin (all terms I hate, but they exist).<br /><br />In chess, the goal is to achieve a checkmate. What is your goal in a RPG?<br /><br />More specifically, what should the goal of the player be? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-17427403323927361472014-04-25T10:40:48.211-06:002014-04-25T10:40:48.211-06:00Have I already spent my weekly allocation of appla...Have I already spent my weekly allocation of applause? No? Ok, there it goes:<br /><br />Bravo! Great! Well said! Olé!<br /><br />And just because you prefer to know I read, and enjoyed, and thoroughly agreedScarbrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354844943665937610noreply@blogger.com