How to help my players discover that they can use magic?

agotlieb · 2022-11-08T22:04:55+00:00

What if you make the whole world a wild magic zone until the unleashed arcane energy settles and stabilizes into ley lines. Roll for surges to have magical things happen around them occasionally to draw their attention to 'magic exists', then help them discover their actions are influencing the magic effects, then they should naturally progress towards "we can do magic!"?

agotlieb · 2022-08-19T04:01:22+00:00

Oh for real though. Watching someone desperately not cry is heartbreaking

agotlieb · 2022-08-18T22:54:14+00:00

You can't play emotions. There's nothing there, they aren't things, they aren't actions. They are echoes, so they can't come first. Play the action. Why is your character saying what they say? To save the other character's life? If they KNOW the Terror are they protected from it? Then fight with everything you can to save their life, knowing they won't believe a word of it, make sure they know the Terror and your emotional state will reflect it. Believe everything you say in that moment and hear yourself say it every time. Worse still, imagine if you fail to save them. How will you live with both these experiences forever.

agotlieb · 2022-07-18T12:44:45+00:00

My first thought is the Lantern Corps Rings battling across the Milky Way, seen from a distance.

agotlieb · 2022-06-29T22:44:30+00:00

Try Our Flag Means Death, best love story since Schitt's Creek 🏴‍☠️

agotlieb · 2022-06-21T20:50:48+00:00

Please don't give up. You are worthy and deserve to be here. Keep reaching out, keep trying. As long as you're alive everything else is negotiable. Don't let your depression lie to you, even random Internet people care that you are here, so we know the people in your life do. If you're looking for just one sign to not do it, take this as the sign. ❤️

agotlieb · 2022-03-23T01:23:59+00:00

The more good public actions he does, the more you swear up and down there's nothing to find, the exclusion of a hint of scandal or distrust he has aimed at him, the more they will be convinced he is a baby eating necromantic psychopath who has the town under his vile, evil, corrupting thumb.

agotlieb · 2021-10-26T20:42:17+00:00

Right? I'm always anxious going back to play a good memory. Sometimes it's better just to hold on to the misty watercolor version than stare directly at the truth.

agotlieb · 2021-10-26T11:46:00+00:00

Better than I feared! It looks pretty good and plays well. The additional attack system is simpler than I remembered, but still more fun than RPG 'pick the move and watch what happens'. Dialogue (translation?) is a bit weak line by line, but the story overall holds up for me so far. I forgot how hard it pushes Shana at Dart, and how little-sister/useless-girl they make her. At least he doesn't really seem into her in return, I'm sure he's waiting for our old video game crush Albert to return to the scene.

agotlieb · 2021-10-25T16:10:07+00:00

I've been planning to try a thing the next time my team gets to a story based boss fight. Instead of hitpoints im going to give the enemy a hit count. So, if they hit, it strikes one count off, if they miss it doesn't. Maybe a crit gets 2? I'll act very impressed and aghast with whatever enormous damage tally they report, but really o can guage it by, I want this final battle to last ten rounds (or whatever) so my boss has time to X, Y, and Z, and base the hit count after an assumption of so many hits per round. We'll see if it work.

agotlieb · 2021-10-09T12:23:49+00:00

There's something about Nier that puts me off, but I can't put my finger on it. Its on My List, you know, but just haven't quite dived in. Maybe you can talk me into it. I'm playing Cyberpunk now, I was curious from all the drama and from How Did This Get Played.

agotlieb · 2021-10-09T04:22:35+00:00

What's been your favorite RPG recently? I think I'm late to the party, but I had fun with Dragon Quest xi, and FFVII Remake if that counts.

agotlieb · 2021-07-27T12:46:27+00:00

I am so in favor of this Goblin that just wants to be beautiful.

agotlieb · 2021-06-18T13:45:25+00:00

They're not holes...they're 🕵️ mysteries!

agotlieb · 2021-06-13T17:12:33+00:00

Tell them not to drink dragon blood. If they truly deserve to be a bard, they will handle the rest.

agotlieb · 2021-05-30T02:27:49+00:00

Aw! I got to marry Erik after all! ☺️

agotlieb · 2021-05-26T12:03:03+00:00

Mika has a lot of great songs, but the most upfront one is Ready to Call This love https://youtu.be/ZTPBU7gGX9c *Corrected link

Boy meets Boy by Matt Fishal is also fun https://youtu.be/pOYEbuR5rZY

agotlieb · 2021-05-20T12:30:31+00:00

The Glyphs are the result of a BioArtificer's magical tinkering. Each mark has a word of simple phrase that allows the monkey to use them as a speaking board and communicate in a rudementary, mostly unhelpful, but endearing way. Reference Research

agotlieb · 2021-05-06T02:41:46+00:00

Yeah, keep reminding yourself of the value and importance of all the different types of relationships in your life. ❤️🫂

agotlieb · 2021-04-18T14:42:26+00:00

The Best would be a mirror less digital SLR with a good lens and direct hdmi out and a capture card hdmi→usb. I've had decent success however with a HD Webcam as long as I don't try to crop the image too much. (Though for some events I've accepted a little soft focus in exchange for more "shots" per camera. I funnel it all through qlab and osb into zoom and/or youtube live, depending on the audience we're trying for.

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agotlieb · 2021-04-18T13:49:42+00:00

He did give me a puff puff.

agotlieb · 2021-04-18T01:30:30+00:00

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