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forwardslash  ·  4469 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Trouble with AC

Totally agree, though I must say the "Treat your Story like a TV Show, Book, or a Movie" works really well in pulp rpgs like Spirit of the Century. Of course that's because you're not trying to emulate real life but a story in a Indiana Jones-esque world.

My friend who is in engineering made a story where Nicola Tesla was going to launch a large mirror into space to make the sun's light reach all around the world. It was very fun and campy, a nice break from our DnD sessions. Not that we didn't have fun in DnD, sometimes to the chagrin of our DM, but it was different.

Also, in a similar vain, I hate seeing games like Star Wars: The Old Republic where a slash from a lightsaber is easily ignored. Just rubs me the wrong way.