Comments on: Mining Tropes for RPG Nuggets: What a Coincidence!

By: The end is near « Cogito, ergo ludo.

The end is near « Cogito, ergo ludo. — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:31:38 +0000

[...] it happens (damn these coincidences; credit goes to Thalin, more-or-less), Nifur happens to meet Halvard (but not his men) while Mori [...]

By: Musings of the Chatty DM » Blog Archive » Adventure Prep: Tomb Re-engineering 101

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:15:13 +0000

[...] also made good use of Monday’s Trope concept and injected quite a few coincidences… including one that should lead to a very [...]

By: wizofice

wizofice — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:28:14 +0000

That’s true. Your players can still provide structure (eg, it’s not random). Something I have yet to get used to (that is, letting the players drive more).

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:42:57 +0000

Thanks for dropping by WizofIce. You can have climatic Epic finales without Coincidences, it just takes longer….. I think it’s a useful, player-friendly shortcut…

The Blog’s RSS feed is:
http://chattydm.net/?feed=rss2

By: Yan

Yan — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:43:17 +0000

The RSS feed is found at the end of the blog entry but it seems to be visible only when showing the comments.

By: wizofice

wizofice — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:33:47 +0000

I tend to use this one a lot, probably because I love Alexandre Dumas stories—fate or whathaveyou intermingling and conspiring to help and harm. Also, I dislike randomness where stories are concerned. How can you have a climax if there is nothing building toward it (eg, structure)?

Where is the RSS feed, BTW? Can’t find a link to it.

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:45:15 +0000

I most certainly will Dave. It’s now on top of my reading list. I’ll try to hunt it down…

Thanks for the recommendation…

By: Dave T. Game

Dave T. Game — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:35:11 +0000

“Super Extra Crispy Jack L. Chalker version of the trope”

If you haven’t, I recommend reading the Dancing Gods series, starting with The River of Dancing Gods. (And if you can’t find it, let me know, I may be able to help.) High fantasy adventure that recognizes and codifies all the tropes…

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:14:57 +0000

Hey Andy! Thanks very much for the Shout-out over at http://www.Geeknews.net! I’ll have my resident php experts see what can be done about the header’s text color…. One of the shortcomings of this theme I fear.

By: andy

andy — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:44:19 +0000

Hey Chatty, i dig the new site, congrats on making the big move! Overall i like the new look and feel, i’ll update my feed. The only nitpick to mention would be the white text on the header graphic blends in and starts to disappear, like the nav links at the top.

Good work!