Article on Roleplaying Failures

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#1

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Found this article on the web today. Talks about roleplaying your failures and channeling the negative energy that comes from it into the the character’s perspective. Its worth the read.

#2

Love this article. Great advice. Thanks for sharing!

I wonder if this concept deserves its own mnemonic. Something like, 4T, 3D, DEW, etc.

#3

Nice articule. Thank for sharing it.

#4

Basic stuff but it never hurts to put stuff down in words, right?

#5

I found the article interesting, but odd. The article almost seemed to suggest a “GM vs. the Players” mindset to encounters, which I’ve always viewed as antithetical to a fun and fair game session.

Maybe I’m in the minority, but I’ve never found myself frustrated by what monsters/enemies roll, and if something goes somehow askew because of dice rolls, it can most often be easily addressed/tweaked on the fly through role-playing or some other mechanic.

I can’t imagine ever saying (in a frustrated way) “man, these goblins are rolling horribly” and I definitely wouldn’t want to play in a game where a GM said such things.

Just my two copper pieces.