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Re: Character Subcategories
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 26 Jan 2000 03:29:58 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
> A minor nit: not all roleplaying games use dice or even randomizers of
> any kind to determine the outcome. In fact, not all of them have rules,
> although I'd personally hestitate to call those "games" (although they are
> still "role-playing")
I never played a D&D style game in my life, so I was expressing myself as a
true ignoramus here -- nitpick all you want -- almost anyone would know more
about this topic than myself. And I wasn't criticizing it at all, just
pointing out that it wasn't for me...
> Anyway, since nobody's made mention of dice or even rules, I think you are
> safe in assuming that this is a roleplaying "game" only in its very
> broadest sense - that is, a bunch of people telling interactive stories.
Interactive stories I can sink my teeth into. I hope your clarification of
the issue holds true...
-- Richard
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| (...) I think it does. I don't know too much about D&D or any roleplaying either, but this is definitely more continuous stories about your creations and such, maybe just a touch of roleplaying by the fact that over the web, people can have virtual (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) A minor nit: not all roleplaying games use dice or even randomizers of any kind to determine the outcome. In fact, not all of them have rules, although I'd personally hestitate to call those "games" (although they are still "role-playing") (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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