Great post as always, Justin. I actually have a somewhat extensive refit of Pay the Price in the next revision, which I think reflects your thinking.
One point we differ on, a little, is that momentum is a reasonable mechanical complement for a narrative cost. Anything that impedes my progress or puts me in a bad situation can be interpreted as also forcing me to suffer -momentum.
You are right, though. Narrative cost always has the sharpest teeth. That's the place to start.
Shawn Tomkin I think we agree actually, definitely suffer -momentum when appropriate, but I just want to encourage the player to really think about what that means for their character, rather than just moving the track and rolling on. I read the draft for Pay the Price on the other post and I think our thoughts line up more or less perfectly (in fact it's what inspired the post)
Great post as always, Justin. I actually have a somewhat extensive refit of Pay the Price in the next revision, which I think reflects your thinking.
ReplyDeleteOne point we differ on, a little, is that momentum is a reasonable mechanical complement for a narrative cost. Anything that impedes my progress or puts me in a bad situation can be interpreted as also forcing me to suffer -momentum.
You are right, though. Narrative cost always has the sharpest teeth. That's the place to start.
Here's a preview of the Pay the Price update. Hopefully it doesn't undermine your (very good) article. Let me know what you think.
drive.google.com - Pay the Price - Updates.pdf
Shawn Tomkin I think we agree actually, definitely suffer -momentum when appropriate, but I just want to encourage the player to really think about what that means for their character, rather than just moving the track and rolling on. I read the draft for Pay the Price on the other post and I think our thoughts line up more or less perfectly (in fact it's what inspired the post)
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