I've said this about James Raggi and Zak S, and I'll say it about Adam Kobel: I deeply wish we could as a society go back to caring about the work people produced rather than the ideologies of the creators. I don't like the politics of a lot of the people whose content I consume, but so long as that content isn't an obvious pulpit for said politics, I'm more than willing to judge it on its own merits. I'm fairly certain that Kobel identifies himself as a progressive, but I can also say that said politics don't play an overwhelming role in what I've seen of his work on roll20.nemedeus wrote:This pretty much answers my question. I had presupposed "roleplay then rollplay", but unless i have misunderstood something in the BW book, it describes at some point the other way around, first making the test, then roleplaying, so that's why i wasn't sure.Agamemnon wrote:If there is role-playing left to be done, (as is occasionally the case in NPC talking scenes) go ahead and do it. Then roll the dice (perhaps with a dis/advantage based on the content and context of the RP). The result tells you how the scene develops.
To be very frank, i'm not quite sure wheter i should/want to follow Kobel's works. I've heard he's somewhat of an SJW (and his hairdo is certainly not helping to dispel that notion ;p ).If you ever watch Adam Kobel's Burning Wheel campaign, he works in a very similar fashion.
I guess i should give him the benefit of the doubt. What says you?
Take people's work on its own merits.