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discordant chaos

4 (33.3%)

chaotic discord

3 (25%)

order 🤓

5 (41.7%)

Total Members Voted: 12

[Horizon]

Only one low roll and yet all of your creations defy you!
Well, I guess that's how it goes. Two things are guaranteed, entropy and free will.

And Fire.

And Sunlight

[Whisperling]

The steering wheel is nowhere to be found, but I have been enjoying the scenery.

Spoiler: If you'd care for a more nuanced opinion... (click to show/hide)

On one hand, chaos can be fun, and I think the creative mishaps you've been inflicting on us serve an important purpose. I wouldn't be enjoying this game nearly as much without them.

On the other hand, there's a lot of weight resting on the assumption that taking an action will increase your odds of achieving a certain result, and the standard RTD ruleset doesn't always play nice with it. Four of the six possible outcomes could plausibly be considered "successes," but depending on how they're interpreted, sixes can cause problems and threes barely count. So it often feels like there's a 1/3 chance of getting what you want, a 1/3 chance of making matters worse, and a 1/3 chance of doing nothing. At best you can poke a situation repeatedly and hope it settles into an equilibrium you like.

The end result is what you see here. Participating makes interesting things happen, so we're all happy to be along for the ride - but there isn't much reason to formulate or pursue goals. So when determining how to do action resolution, you end up with a tradeoff between wacky chaotic antics and strategic planning.

Personally, I think that chaos has diminishing returns and the potential for strategy is very shiny. So I would take some marginal strategic planning. But your mileage may vary.

[Egan_BW]

There is an element of that in Driftwould, since some actions require no roll, and consequences are naturally less bad if you're not trying to directly effect very much. Doing things with your own body, convincing other creatures, and utilizing what already exists is less risky than big acts of magic and creation, at least in theory.

...But mechanically there's only those two levels of difficulty: d6 or no roll. Could be expanded on in another game. Would allow for more reliable strategy while bringing more chaos and flexibility than the traditional godgame method of "spend your allowance to do the thing".

[Knightwing64]

It says vermillion was active today, should I try to contact and ask them to post or something?

Maybe my asskicking really banished them to the shadow realm

[VermilionSkies]

Slightly tied up lately, but I'll try and get turns in for a couple of things. Starting with this, probably.

[VermilionSkies]

Shed the shell. This form was made in a time of cold and darkness. Such is no more. Set aside upon what remains those weak and infirm, lest they be caught in the churning of rebirth.

Primary Action: The frosted tips of Fragment's shell shatter, magmatic flows emerging from somewhere unseen. One carrying a ring of ice in it's steps, now heated enough to burn the seed nesting deep within it's core.

Secondary Action: Figure a method by which to use Justice to balance the.. mild swings of Fate.

[Knightwing64]

….

I was going to let you live, but whatever. saves me some trouble.

[Knightwing64]

*puts on asskicking outfit 

[King Zultan]

Fight! Fight! Fight!

[Knightwing64]

BUMP

[Egan_BW]

Yeah yeah. You want an update, or just to put the thread higher?

[Horizon]

Yeah yeah. You want an update, or just to put the thread higher?

Make me a player o' glorious lord.

[King Zultan]

I'd like an update!

[Whisperling]

Yeah yeah. You want an update, or just to put the thread higher?

Oh, all right then.

...Update?

[Knightwing64]

Yeah yeah. You want an update, or just to put the thread higher?

Updoot