Necessary and important, especially if you dont know for sure they’re down for it, yes.
because someone else wants them to
And has an unrifled pistol for the occasion.
hence my advice
I’m not talking about introductory tables; have been playing these things fir 30 fuvking years. My SOP running a group of first timers is ‘here’s character creation rules we’re using, here’s the lore, here’s the scenario, why is that your characters thing’ like ‘why do you want to kill a dragon? If its because your scaly bf cheated on you, talk to petra; she’s already using that.’ or ‘why are you trying to summon a demon?’.
Yeah i dont like these broad sweeping absolutes limiting what ttrpg’s can be, and I dont like attitudes/norms saying you can’t go for weird edge cases. I’m arguing for (sub)cultural norms that dont cut anyone off from a potential rare fun thing, but instead focus on depth of understanding how/why things can go wrong and growing from there.
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Necessary and important, especially if you dont know for sure they’re down for it, yes.
And has an unrifled pistol for the occasion.
I’m not talking about introductory tables; have been playing these things fir 30 fuvking years. My SOP running a group of first timers is ‘here’s character creation rules we’re using, here’s the lore, here’s the scenario, why is that your characters thing’ like ‘why do you want to kill a dragon? If its because your scaly bf cheated on you, talk to petra; she’s already using that.’ or ‘why are you trying to summon a demon?’.
Yeah i dont like these broad sweeping absolutes limiting what ttrpg’s can be, and I dont like attitudes/norms saying you can’t go for weird edge cases. I’m arguing for (sub)cultural norms that dont cut anyone off from a potential rare fun thing, but instead focus on depth of understanding how/why things can go wrong and growing from there.
I’m arguing for possibility, not the usual.