I’m pissed off about a minor thing that could be easily ignored and I’m willing to do way too much work to fix it and now you have to read about it. But I feel really s$&%y ranting about a problem I’ve solved without also sharing the solution. So, why am I posting this article? Because I want to talk about the problem, even if only one other person in the world is willing to put on a tinfoil hat and a sandwich board and scream on a street corner about it with me. But it gave me a tool to solve it nonetheless. Because, as I said, it’s more work than it’s probably worth. Because Pathfinder inadvertently gave me a tool that let me solve the problem I had in a way that was easy. On top of all that, ultimately, the solution is for Pathfinder. Not until the Angry RPG is a reality, anyway. But it isn’t and it probably never will be. It’s the sort of thing that would work much, much better if it were baked into the system. And while you can use it to make your game better, it’s really the sort of thing that is probably too much work to justify just for your campaign unless you’re doing something really specific. Even though that sort of lazy-a$& bulls$&% makes me sick.Īnd honestly, the solution can turn into a lot of work. “Well, that’s just the way it is,” any GM can say. It’s the sort of thing that can be easily hand waved away. The trouble is the problem is so easy to find a solution for if you’re willing to spend a few minutes with a doctor, a rubber glove, and a flashlight.
I’m like that guy with the broken glasses screaming that “there’s something on the wing it’s a cookbook!” And, f$&%, I tried to force my players to care and they didn’t. Because I’ve tried to make people care about it over various channels before and no one would. Except, in the end, I already know I can’t make anyone care. That is, I want to share it after I spend some time ranting about how the very specific problem only I care about is something everyone SHOULD care about because it really is an awful thing and it’s a sign of terrible things in modern mainstream RPG design. It’s one of those articles that starts with me having a very specific problem that probably doesn’t bother anyone who isn’t me, attempting to solve that problem, and then stumbling on a neat tool that opens up a lot of possibilities and wanting to share it. Because this article is a pain in the a$&.
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