Quantum Ogres
Quantum Ogres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl0z5Z8bvro
In this video Seth talks about quantum orges, or what I call Schrodinger plot point. He had a mostly positive view. So do I, in fact I wa blinded sided that some people see this thing in a bad way.
What is everyone's view on this?
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I am absolutely opposed. The most important quality of games like we are discussing is player choice, and in order for player choice to be meaningful, the fictional world of the game needs to be internally consistent. Players need to be able to make decisions based on the information they have, and the consequences of those decisions have to be based on in-universe factors.
The second most important thing, of course, is player trust. When an unprepared umpire puts his foot down and says, "Look, I prepared for you go west, so you're going west," the players can at least trust that the rest of the time, when the umpire doesn't force them to make a specific choice, their choices still matter. Like fudging the dice, it's a rotten game tool that might save your game tonight, but as soon as your players catch you at it, it will ruin your whole game and probably the next several games afterwards.
It's Bad Advice from the Dark Ages of our hobby.
ok but can you answer this follow up question. What the difference between QO and just rolling for an encounter? Also if internal consistency is the most important then how can a gm improve anything, which they have to do since players will do unexpected things?