>>6103136>tabletop combat is far too slow unless in videogame crpg engine etcYes I definitely agree with this, but you as DM nobody can make you follow the rules hehe just invent your own! It goes back to that narrativist / simulationist theme ie storygames vs the GURPS etc which is really a false dichotomy.
The style which I prefer is "simulationist in narrative/fictional detail" but not simulationist in dice rolls etc I suppose the Ron Edwards / Vincent Baker pbta crowd call it fictional positioning though that has a lot of purple hair pronoun connotations nowadays nooo. Basically I like strong simulation elements when it comes to the world descriptions, rooted in historical or real world technological / engineering / architectural / anthropology cultural, economic historical political details, it has to feel believable or intertwined with some relevant real world phenomena, but when it comes with dice rolls I really feel any mechanic is workable it does not need 300pages of rpg rulebook to tell you how to jump or roll initiative etc. I find it often helps to shamelessly model the world / locations / npcs on some shadow real world / historical era setting (it can be an unorthodox parallel mash-up of several eras, cultures) to provide that sense of plausibility, verisimilitude. My preferred dice mechanic is either just 1d6 for utmost simplicity (a scale from 1-worst to 6-best outcomes) 2d6 pbta type >7, >10 etc for the humped distribution, or 1d100 roll under for probabilistic transparency (my nostalgia for WFRP1e lol) because all dice systems are ultimately obscurations of 1d100 % probability. I think as a DM you should always override any cumbersome dice rule if it disrupts the fictional coherence, the believability / dramatic tension of your imaginary world
Anyway, here is some banter from NwN2 between Neeshka and Khelgar. Old Bioware is forever lost to us
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9KmeWCHRdigKHELGAR
Ha! You call that an insult, goat girl? Even the tree worshipper could scrape up something better than that!
NEESHKA
Goat girl? I've never heard that one before, Stumpy!
KHELGAR
Ha! You're not trying - that's a nickname, not an insult. We Ironfists call our own children Stumpy...
(...)
QARA
Amateurs...
NEESHKA
Amateurs? Why, the spoiled princess thinks she's better than us, Khelgar!
KHELGAR
A bold claim from an Academy dropout, it seems to me.
QARA
You two wouldn't know an insult if it walked up and bit you.
NEESHKA
Well then, why don't you show us how it's done, Firehair?
QARA
Firehair? Imaginative and biting, with just the slightest hint of wit. Is that really the best your demon blood can squeeze out, tail-for-brains?
NEESHKA
My brains are not in my tail!
QARA
So what are they, right next to it? If so, you might wanna loosen the back of your pants a notch, because even with the hole, they're obviously not getting enough air!
