User blog:SensibleCenobite/I'm tired of Lawful Neutral Evil dice.

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'''WARNING: Suitable for all Acolytes and Mages. This is just fiction, duh. NOT FOR SLEEPERS. If my blog offends you at any point, you have the option to not read it. MONITOR YOUR SLEEPERS.'''

Dice are inherently lawful neutral evil. They cause WIN/LOSE situations which can be fun, but... As I've said a billion times and more, it's better to lie and be likable as the referee, than to be right. I liked how "Paranoia" handled game situations. If you really couldn't decide what was best, roll a D20 once and that's it. I'm tired of hearing dice clatter and want to get other ideas standardized that could either add fluff, stream line it, make it more silent, make us laugh, make us do something physical like Geo caching, or something. I was contacted by one of the members from the "Macchiato Monsters" studio. Paulo said that they were interested in any idea that would hack their system. Heads up on you creative types out there. I suggested tarot cards and animal spirit cards. I also like paper, rock, scissors, lizard, Spock. Coin flips could be a nice mechanism.

MY MAIN NEW WAY TO GENERATE PSEUDO RANDOM ENTROPY INTO A GAMING SYSTEM BESIDES DICE:

Use tarot and animal cards. I like the idea of forcing the players and their characters to accept both ends of the card. If you NEED a binary system, just use the card for positive effects and get rid of the negative or vice versa. All the cards are numbered in a certain order and/or arranged in suits [Major Arcana, Minor Arcana, Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Spirit, Void]. Remember you are there to help ref the game and move the players along, not be their enemy. Hold your players accountable while having fun, don't punish them out of anger.

'''DON’T DO THIS AT HOME SLEEPERS. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CHANTRY. I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SLEEPY CREEPS TRYING TO THINK THEY ARE THE ANCIENT ROBOT MAGE! PLEASE AND THANK YOU!'''

Hope that intrigues some Creatures of the Night out there. Hallelujah, Hail Satanis, Praise Evolution,

SensibleCenobite