Badass Dragon Scavengers of the Void - pregame

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@penguinchris

I think the complicated dice rolling in Delvers was an issue with regards to promoting storytelling, though as a gameplay mechanic it had a lot of potential if we’d gotten the chance to get used to it.

Agreed - the mechanic opens up some great collaborative possibilities, but at the expense of turn structure. Every thread seemed to block on player availability which itself is a highly variable resource.

@penguinchris

That said, your influences are in large part based on complicated calculations, resource management, economics, and everything along those lines. No reason not to incorporate those things if it makes sense to, but again, I see it as a game design challenge. Include the complexity you want, but don’t create work for yourself or the players. A big challenge, but solvable I think.

And not surprisingly, that’s exactly the knot I’m wrestling with unravelling now. At one end of the spectrum would be a reskin of BSD, which I don’t want to do; and at the other end is a complexity that can quickly mushroom into an unpleasant time sink for the players, exponentially so for the GM - which is why I’m meditating pretty hard on the excellent points made upthread about complexity and game balance.

And while I enjoy complex interlocking systems in my gaming experience, I haven’t managed to convince myself that a door game is the right place for them (yet).

@penguinchris

(but seriously, anything you need help with let me know - I’d be interested to really sit down and work out some of the game design problems for example)

I will happily take you up on your generous offer as soon - just I have something a just a little more coherent.

@Dungeon_Master

If you want to do a game with discourse npcs, allocate yourself about a month to grind up the stunt accounts / RPG puppets.

Duly noted - not sure if they’ll be needed yet, but that certainly means answering the question sooner rather than later. Thanks for the heads up!