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Thread: FATAL: A Campaign Journal
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2010-05-24, 02:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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This sounds like an amazing game. My friends would probably have a few laffs rolling up characters. Then we'd all die, or lose interest, and do something else. But come on, a soap maker? That's just epic.
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2010-05-24, 02:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-24, 02:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Really enjoyed reading this. Will be
stalkingfollowing.A wise monk trains both mind and body, but a smart monk is actually a swordsage.
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2010-05-24, 03:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well I applaud your attempt to learn and inform us on this particular game. Fatal is a hard game to take seriously, and attempting to do so certainly earns you kudos in my book. Your friends by the way, earn double kudos as well for (unknowingly) being subjected to it.
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2010-05-24, 03:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-24, 03:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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The soap making level advancement had me cracking up.
Keep it up.
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2010-05-24, 04:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Wow, meme pun thread.
Funnies all around
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2010-05-24, 04:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Such a
goodawesomebadwhat are you thinking?...interesting idea. I amhorrifiedintrigued.Avatar by me.
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2010-05-24, 04:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: FATAL: Actual Gameplay
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2010-05-24, 04:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-24, 04:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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I tried, I really tried to read that thread. And the review. And the review of the review. But I couldn't... I just... Can't.
A wise monk trains both mind and body, but a smart monk is actually a swordsage.
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2010-05-24, 05:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-24, 05:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-24, 05:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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RULES FOR HUMAN CLOACAS!
Just some white text!Last edited by Lord of Syntax; 2010-05-24 at 05:33 PM.
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2010-05-24, 08:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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FATAL is what you get if you took the essence behind The King in Yellow and made it into a 'game'.
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2010-05-24, 08:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-24, 08:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-24, 10:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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I’ve gotten a lot of messages about what a terrible, terrible person I am for having subjected people to this nightmarishly absurd THING without their knowledge. I want to say right now that you’re all probably right. However, I trust that’s something we can put behind us, just like I’m putting behind the fact that what I’m playing cannot seriously be called an RPG in good conscience, as it is more of a collection of scatological humor, algebra and extreme troll porn.
(It’s really, truly difficult to cope with Byron Hall’s brain. On the one hand I want to call him infantile and disgusting, but on the other, he does actually seem to have the mental capacity to rub two neurons together. I think that’s the worst thing about this book. It’s intelligently typed and referenced, and it attempts to pass off sexist, vomit-worthy ‘information’ as fact. It’s like listening to a monotone University lecture on the grossest paraphilias. Imagine, for a moment, a roomful of male gamers rolling dice to see what injuries are sustained when, instead of freeing the captive princess, they follow the book’s suggestions?)
When I first picked up FATAL I attempted to ‘cheat’ the rules and build characters that actually modeled things that people would WANT to play, and I realized several things about the system. (Each time I realized one of these things, it felt like a very large man was punching me repeatedly in the larynx.)
For example, within the confines of the system, the smartest woman conceivable still has significantly less intelligence than a ‘very smart’ man. This was pointed out in the famous review, and Hall responded saying “I am very proud of how closely this models reality, especially considering the simplicity of the model. It is less biased to consider the mean to be more important than an outlier.”
But this isn’t a game review.
This is a campaign journal, and that is what I intend to provide. There’s a total of two more game sessions before people start walking out and the game ends mid-session, and I need to get to typing from my notes.
And besides, after flipping through the entire book a second time my brain no longer has the cognitive faculties to concoct a more articulate and accurate insult. So.
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2010-05-24, 10:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-24, 10:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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You're staring into an abyss here Dust.
It's a really deep one because it rolled an arbitrarily high number.
It's also incredibly narrow because depth and width are governed by separate sub-stats. Each of which is randomly generated with no influence on the other.Last edited by InkEyes; 2010-05-24 at 10:55 PM.
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2010-05-24, 11:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-24, 11:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-24, 11:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Byron Seems to be really glad that his RPG is difficult.
If that meant you had to be smart or you died then I guess I could see why he considers that a triumph. However, looking at reviews he apparently means "I revel in making this the most annoying and long character generation process ever. Also, everything is randomly generated so you get no choice what kind of character you want to play, it isn't realistic at all and you have to randomly generate things that will never come up period."
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2010-05-24, 11:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-25, 12:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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2010-05-25, 12:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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NOW COMPLETE: Let's Play Starcraft II Trilogy:
Hell, It's About Time: Wings of Liberty
Does This Mutation Make Me Look Fat: Heart of the Swarm
My Life For Aiur? I Barely Know 'Er: Legacy of the Void
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2010-05-25, 04:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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This is so awesome i high fived my cat into the next room.
Please please continue.Aside from "have fun", i think the key to GMing is putting your players into situations where they need to make a choice that has no perfect outcome available. They will hate you for it, but they will be back at the table session after session.
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2010-05-25, 05:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Oh, my. I 'm impressed that someone is actually willing to try that abomination. I'm glad to hear that your friendship manage to survive this trial.
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2010-05-25, 05:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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