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12th Jun 2018, 6:00 AM
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GM has a roomy house it seems.
GM having to remind Discord she's going to be involved to...wondering if that's foreshadowing of how she'll try to get her game back when he goes too far.
In my experience, doing anything for only one player is a huge mistake unless you do it while everyone else is busy doing something else anyway. Private RP during normal session time leaves everyone feeling like they wasted most of the night waiting while someone else had fun.
Yeah, that's my feeling as well. It can be done well, but mostly if you schedule it between full group sessions so that people aren't spending most of their gaming evening faffing about doing anything but gaming.
I'd argue that in small doses it can be a great experience. You can act in certain ways that you might not be able to when under a group scrutiny. Most of the girls (barring Fluttershy's player) seem into it (Twilight's maybe being a little inconvenienced).
I like how the GM is making sure that they're accompanying them to the microsessions so that the players feel safe when DM (Discord Manager)is around.
I like how the GM is making sure that they're accompanying them to the microsessions so that the players feel safe when DM (Discord Manager)is around.
If you want to do extended 1-on-1s, side sessions outside of when everyone is gathered (and thus, the others aren't waiting on the scene) is the best time for this. Alternately, if life will be causing half or more but not all of your players to miss an upcoming game session, depending on where the narrative is that can be a good excuse for a side session with just those who are there. (In the game I am running now, we had two weeks where half the players would be absent one session and the other half the next. So I ran a session for each half, focusing on themes each half favored that the other half was not as engaged in, arranging the encounters to give the same XP.)
An example of what not to do: one of my GMs once split the party 3 ways just before running combat - 3 separate combats at once, one of which broke out the grappling rules that the GM then read up on and worked through at the table, sidelining (and mostly ignoring) everyone but himself and the 1 player involved for over an hour, within the first few sessions. (Predictably, the campaign went on to hemorrhage players before crashing to a halt.)
If you're gonna split a team for one-on-ones, you gotta give everyone a fair share of the time.
Who to pick, who to pick.
Perfect way to choose.
Ennie menie minne mail.
Catch a pony by the tail.
If she hollows, string her up.
Ennie menie minne <b>you</b>.
Perfect way to choose.
Ennie menie minne mail.
Catch a pony by the tail.
If she hollows, string her up.
Ennie menie minne <b>you</b>.
Curiouser and curiouser... Now I am trying to come up with a way of how *I* would imitate Discord's Discording in-game for my players (and turning their PCs un-cooperative), *and* make it satisfying for the players.
The only similar example I remember, is when a PC got mind-enslaved by a dark wizard (or a vampire), and the player was instructed to subtly steer his party to the HQ of the Big Bad, so they could be captured.
End result: fellow players have a nice surprise when their friend's character KNEELS before the Big Bad and says "I have brought them here like you requested, Master."
The only similar example I remember, is when a PC got mind-enslaved by a dark wizard (or a vampire), and the player was instructed to subtly steer his party to the HQ of the Big Bad, so they could be captured.
End result: fellow players have a nice surprise when their friend's character KNEELS before the Big Bad and says "I have brought them here like you requested, Master."
Off-hand? Forced alignment change. The problem is if some of the players aren't into that, but so long as they are it works out OK.
Another possibility, however, is illusions. For instance, describing to the others what they're actually doing, but not to one player. Rarity for instance is told it's a diamond while the others are told it's a rock.
Of course, proper communication or a disbelieve can mess this up, so it's not exactly foolproof.
Another possibility, however, is illusions. For instance, describing to the others what they're actually doing, but not to one player. Rarity for instance is told it's a diamond while the others are told it's a rock.
Of course, proper communication or a disbelieve can mess this up, so it's not exactly foolproof.
Did they say who Discord was because I swear this is Manny from DnD Aangvanced.
I just realized that Rainbow's path immediately dead ends it looks like.
Could be a very small opening on the left wall, next to the curved "ant antennae" showing...
Surely you don't expect the maze to remain *unchanging*, do you?
Can't help but note that RD's portion of the maze is completely blocked in.
RD's not the only one who's section ain't quite right, if you look closely there's only actually 5 sections at the door, Fluttershy's somehow been thrown into a dead end somewhere along Pinkie's path...which wouldn't be a big deal, if not for the whole group first step...well, that and the fact that charging out 3 or so steps ahead of the group for that to work is more a Dash thing
I want to say that one of the best moments in my FoE game was created from a one-on-one.