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The Water Fountain [Shadowrun] (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network
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[–] 1 point 6 months ago* (2 children)

I dont get it, dont you find zany outcomes fun? Not that theres anything wrong in that just trying to understand :), for me, its like winning in a slot machine + creative problem solving (how do i make this insanity sound somewhat plausible). Lowkey many of my groups most memorable moments arose from embracing a series of audaciously bad or good rolls.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I don't find "lol 5% of the time something WACKY happens!" very fun very long, no. That is too high a frequency for freak events. Actually, it's 10% because people do wackiness on natural 1s and natural 20s. That's too much! That's so much it's distracting.

    I outlined the dice system I liked from nWoD in another comment. You can get some wild outcomes there, but it's not the absurd flat "10% of every roll is insanely good or bad". You get the occasional "I can't believe I rolled three tens convinced the vampire I was a wizard!", still.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago*

    Alright, fair you feel that way, makes sense. Seems to be an unpopular opinion i have on that, judging from the vote count. Good thing we all get to decide for ourselves, which rules to implement in our games haha

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