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Should your TTRPG World be fair?
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Today we are discussing fairness in your TTRPG world and the important question "Should TTRPG worlds be fair to the players?" Now the acutal question is obviously more complex than that cause yeah fairness often leads to fun so everyone would answer "yes" almost instantly... But there is a lot of nuance to this.
So lets talk about it, we talk about enticing players and making accurate challenges for them that they can succeed in but feel challenged in doing so, we talk about failure and success and how fairness can come in many forms and you should be true to your game to get the best results.
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