tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post2275937207423073745..comments2024-03-12T22:45:16.936+01:00Comments on The Disoriented Ranger: A very different take on Monster Stats - Part 2 (about complexity, emergence & encounters in LSotN)Jens D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18394303166081684904noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-39299258968440644182017-12-10T20:20:10.096+01:002017-12-10T20:20:10.096+01:00Thanks! I'm experimenting with this for a coup...Thanks! I'm experimenting with this for a couple of years now and I can say it can be somewhat intimidating at first, but it definitely pays off. Here's what I mainly use nowadays (it'll be updated with some of the principles above soon, though):<br /><br />http://the-disoriented-ranger.blogspot.de/2016/09/the-random-narrative-generator.html<br /><br />Served me very well in the immediate game so far!Jens D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18394303166081684904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-8169020576469740652017-12-10T15:59:51.749+01:002017-12-10T15:59:51.749+01:00Informative read. I'm mostly in agreement with...Informative read. I'm mostly in agreement with the whole fractal approach.<br /><br />I'll add this: one needs to temper all the chaos with a few ledges upon which a Ref can solidly prop his running's beams, elsewise the running's bottomline risks dropping off, becoming as an internet running feed with no endgame or conclusion.<br /><br />Also, it's only a game about problem solving if there's a problem on the horizon that the players can engage with. I agree that the particulars can emerge as chaos-made-manifest, but things must have an endpoint, preferably one that the players know in advance so that agency can be a thing.<br /><br />In effect, as regards your example, I'd start with definitely deciding for the Liche's existence and begin extrapolating the in-setting consequences from there.<br /><br />I've done this kind of winging before and it merits saying: it takes a robust ruleset and a consummate mastery of it (or a very rule-light system), but it can really pay off.<br /><br />The Alexandrian's "Don't Prep Plots" was where I first read about this. It remains as relevant today as it was then.<br />Drainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724863160300686402noreply@blogger.com