doctor who, improving my own storytelling (in improv games)
I watched HBomberguy's new video on Dr Who, and I realised what the problem with a lot of my own storytelling is - there either aren't any stakes, the stakes aren't high enough, or the stakes are revealed to be fake.
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doctor who, improving my own storytelling (in improv games)
@lizardsquid HBOMB HAS A VIDEO ON DOCTOR WHO???? Man, fuck AGDQ I gotta go watch that!
hbomb video link
@lizardsquid @witchfynder_finder I've watched the sherlock vid like 8 times
hbomb video link
@Gaypow @lizardsquid I watched it one time when @Keltoi was over and she immediately adopted the phrase "Horrible nonsense mess" into her ideolect because Hbomb said it once.
He is a powerful man.
doctor who, improving my own storytelling (in improv games)
@lizardsquid We clearly need to play some Fiasco together. }:3c
doctor who, improving my own storytelling (in improv games)
@jaycie I've been wanting to try fiasco for years!!!
doctor who, improving my own storytelling (in improv games)
@lizardsquid I need to send you my magic girl playset for Fiasco.
@lizardsquid "hating your characters/players" is a fundamental cornerstone of storytelling XD
@Efi yes, and I need to get better at it!
I'm too used to being soft!
@lizardsquid try this: side with the antagonists, be soft with them, let them win and acheive their goals =P
@Efi ....that's good advice
@lizardsquid I'm just great at evil =D
@Efi *is soft with you*
doctor who, improving my own storytelling (in improv games)
now I know I'm better than *some* others - I once spent ~245 in an Ars Magicka campaign, where nothing ever went wrong or had any consequence
but this is still an area I need to improve - I need to put characters in situations where either:
* If they don't succeed at <task>, the consequences are awful
* Both choice A and B result in difficult consequences