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 ===== A PSA for old-school gaming ===== ===== A PSA for old-school gaming =====
  
-[[dict>old-school_gaming|Old-school gaming]] can be a bit brutal.  For instance, if you can’t handle that character fatalities can and do happen or feel like mapping isn’t necessary to success then there may be a problem.+[[dict>old-school_gaming|Old-school gaming]] can be a bit brutal.  For instance, if you can’t handle that character fatalities can and do happen or feel like mapping isn’t necessary to success then there may be a disconnect in expectations.
  
 Also, old-school gaming often has no interest in your character backstory or concept other than how you play your character ("levels 1-3 //are// your character backstory").  Story is what you make, not something preordained for your character.  There’s a different style of play going on here. Also, old-school gaming often has no interest in your character backstory or concept other than how you play your character ("levels 1-3 //are// your character backstory").  Story is what you make, not something preordained for your character.  There’s a different style of play going on here.
  
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DM, what is best in life?

To crush the characters, see their dice driven before me and hear the lamentations of the players