i really greatly enjoy the looser, more rules-light storytelling focus of a lot of indie TTRPGs but also sometimes for me, dnd really does scratch my innate urge to roll a fuckton of dice and go “oooh, book #1939 says that next level i can learn to cast tommy’s cromulent fuckcrustable and do 15d14 fire damage!”
Everybody talks about cutting ppl off but nobody really talks about the grief that comes with having to stand firm on that decision knowing it’s not what you wanted but what was necessary for your well-being.
“It wasn’t something I did arbitrarily. When I read Takahashi-sensei’s source material, I thought, ‘This character has that kind of personality so they might do this kind of thing.’ For example: Joey is the hot-blooded ‘big bro’ character -> He might like martial arts -> I suppose he likes wrestling -> I bet he likes Inoki -> The chin! That’s how it went.” — Takahiro Kagami, 2012.
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