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Sightless
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 14 May 2012 : 07:23:59
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To me games systems, like everything else in life, have their advantages and disadvantages. There is a part of me that enjoys the storytelling system. Yes, there are some clear advantages to the D20 system over it, I know, just as there are features of the Storyteller System (SS), which I feel are particularly good and worth utilizing. I and my DM have already adapted some of the combat elements of this system to our Forgotten relms setting. This thread therefore, is for three purposes:
(1), what elements of SS, do people generally feel would work well in a FR campaign?
(2), what elements, have DMs used, and what were the results?
(3) In general does a hybrade of the two seem a plossible idea? (using either 3.5, or 4 edition)
To get this ball a rolling, we’ve taken the block and dodge elements from the combat system, and placed into our game. Indeed, after only a couple of sessions, players thoroughly enjoy this system, even though it means sometimes fights last longer, and an enemy has managed to get away in the process. Very memorable enemies have been made as a result. It has also sparked players to be a bit more descriptive in their actions, instead of the typical I attack him with my sword of greatness.
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Kyrel
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 15 May 2012 : 17:39:27
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To be honest, I personally prefer a levelless SS system over d20 system, so on my part, I still have a dream of once seeing a full SS version of D&D, with a spell system inspired by the freeform magic system from White Wolf's "Mage the Ascension".
As I see it, the only "problem" with an SS system in FR, would be that fights would take longer, meaning that the system isn't as well suited for a classical dungeon crawl or encounter heavy style game, and then the need to make a significant rewrite of the entire core of the system. |
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Storytelling and FR
