fun way to combat power creep when a PC has reached the level where they should be able to just breeze through every roll--or at least every roll related to their specialties--for any obstacle that isn't increasingly overpowered to match: drop a couple of mines in there.
you still have to beat an 18, but now you also have a chance of failing automatically if you roll, say, an 8. you can raise or lower the difficulty of the roll by adding in more mines, and give players the opportunity to remove them if you want--keywords if you want; it leaves you the option to keep some rolls from being canceled out by PCs gathering up enough of the right abilities, and ending up right back where you started. but as long as you don't mind wanting to flip a table when your +5 bonus lands you directly on the losing number, it seems like a good way to keep some tension in the game without having to do major rehauls for just, like, the basics of how stats and leveling work in that system. it's a thought.
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how to explain to non-americans that the better call saul ads aren’t exaggerated for comedic effect they are super normie
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girl help my friends keep trying to do things that will definitely make them insane
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hmmm.... fun part of designing a solo game that involves some degree of dynamic generation is trying to give people some freedom to discover things as they go, so as to preserve some tension/mystery without overloading players with constant crunch, vs giving people the option for more pregenerated stuff without falling into Oddly Specific Tables and removing player personalization/replayability/tension. hm.
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I went to the dispensary looking really hot earlier
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that moment when you cross the point of no return with a character should be accompanied by a specific chime i think. like 🔔 congratulations! this one has been installed in the Permanent Collection and you will never stop thinking about them as long as you live
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i have such a love for characters who descend into madness or villainy out of deep, deep empathy. characters who fundamentally cannot cope with the cruel realities they find themselves in and blow up about it in spectacular fashion. fallen angel type characters with tears of outrage in their eyes. characters who break before they bend, and break so badly they splatter blood all over their noble ideals. every variation on it gets me so good
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