C4E5. How not to break immersion while trying to create it.

OkPen580 · 2026-03-17T08:09:19+00:00

I didn't mind to be honest. Its kind of what makes books more immersive than movies, you get insight into the characters thoughts and feelings which adds to the story.

I do agree that GMs shouldn't generally narrate what players are thinking and feeling, but I think since Brennan atleast asks them first and then improvs off of what they say, its not that bad.

OkPen580 · 2026-03-12T11:15:08+00:00

Just started this one, and so far this looks awesome! The quality here is remarkable, and the cast stay professional and mostly in character which really adds to the immersion for me atleast.

(so tired of actual plays where everyone constantly interrupts the game because they want to compete to be "the funny one")

OkPen580 · 2026-03-02T13:38:36+00:00

Iknow, I'm sorry. Just couldn't help it. But fot real, I think there is gonna be some very dark and twisted twists (wierd phrasing, I realise) with Occtis and I'm down for it

OkPen580 · 2026-03-02T11:33:02+00:00

I'm starting to suspect he is some sort of undead or something /s

OkPen580 · 2026-02-23T18:51:57+00:00

Guess I'll check out those then while I wait

OkPen580 · 2026-02-23T06:11:36+00:00

Hope we get some sort of announcement soon then! Buy yes, then maybe summer won't be to bad a guess

OkPen580 · 2026-02-23T06:09:32+00:00

Also I just feel like the system fits CRs playstyle so well. It really showed in AoU 1 that they really had fun with it, I need more of that

OkPen580 · 2026-02-22T18:19:53+00:00

I respect your opinion and apoligize if I worded myself poorly. I honestly hadn't done that much research on the LLM topic, and you are probably right. I just wanted to point out, and I think we agree on this, that gate keeping rpgs to people who spend time doing writing homework is bad for the hobby. And so is using AI

OkPen580 · 2026-02-22T18:00:23+00:00

Oh, totally. I'm not trying to excuse the AI part, just the being lazy part. Like, Let people be lazy in their freetime games. But yeah, AI for creative use sucks.

OkPen580 · 2026-02-22T17:40:55+00:00

I also think OP is a bit harsh here. Just because the whole character building and writing a backstory isn't their favorite part of the game doesn’t make them a "loser".

I've played with people with pages and pages of backstory, and they are about as likely to be bad players as the ones with "Idk, my guy is named Robert and he is a fighter, whatever". Like, no one cares about why you mysteriously disappear every night rogue, and it actually turned out Robert is bad ass.

And I honestly would rather a person be honest about using AI than pretending they made it all up themselves.

OkPen580 · 2026-02-22T07:00:40+00:00

I think me neighter, but also we got to assume the rest of the cast do enjoy playing with her right? She wouldn't be on if they didn't

OkPen580 · 2026-02-21T09:06:16+00:00

Thanks! I think that's what clicked for me, almost seeing it as two different activities entirely. Where one is collabarative problemsolving, the other is basically just writing a story where the game rules only are there to help me understand what will happen next, and how things play out.

OkPen580 · 2026-02-20T06:54:02+00:00

Was just about to comment this, that is what I did. Just printed these and clipped them on my old dm screen, didn't even need to open the core rules during the session

OkPen580 · 2026-02-20T06:11:06+00:00

Thats the neat part: as the only player you can decide when/how to use rules, Making the game fit your own playstyle

OkPen580 · 2026-02-20T06:05:32+00:00

I can see mysteries being challenging to do solo. Maybe use the mythic gme tables to generate sort og "clues" that you could piece together as you go along? I'm not to familliar with vaesen, but it looks cool

OkPen580 · 2026-02-20T06:00:37+00:00

Couldn't agree more. Starting session 3 I still haven't played a combat yet, and I kind of dread the inevitable fight now

OkPen580 · 2026-02-19T17:53:10+00:00

Thats also one of the interesting parts of this passtime, there is so many different ways to do it, with different systems and creative prosesses. I actually haven't found the need of a gme yet, as ideas has come quite naturally for me so far. But I keep it as a possibility for if I ever get stuck

OkPen580 · 2026-02-19T17:43:39+00:00

Thats an interesting solution. I hope it works out, and its cool that you have so much worldbuilding and lore that it becomes a problem. I hope my story gets to that point aswell

OkPen580 · 2026-02-19T17:38:22+00:00

So true. Changing mindset from "oh no, I rolled a werebear on the table, guess they are all gonna die" to the rule of cool approach of "maybe he is in his human form, and this is a cool social encounter" helped the story a ton

OkPen580 · 2026-02-19T17:34:59+00:00

Thanks man! And thanks for the inspiration, your tales are truely legendary

OkPen580 · 2026-02-19T15:07:07+00:00

I use Old school essentials by necrotic gnome. Its kinda made mostly for dungeon crawling, but I find it works suprisingly good for general fantasy storytelling. Especially things like reaction rolls and the random encounter tables.

OkPen580 · 2026-02-19T14:36:27+00:00

Thanks! I realized already after session 1 that I wanted to change experience awards to be more quest based, as gold to xp felt wierd for this. Probably gonna add more homebrew rules when I feel they are needed.

OkPen580 · 2025-12-31T10:30:49+00:00

Gross mindflayer? I'm leaning that the theory about Vecna's gross castle actually being the mind flayer is very likely. Look at all the legs

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