All Things Solo

PART III - Theory of Solo Combat Strategy & Tactics

Strategy

Strategy is the art of planning, organizing and directing overall military operations and movements in combat. It differs from tactics by staying on the theory side of things. In terms of game play, it is your overall plan to achieve your main goal by going through level progression and directing your efforts into winning your battles until the last boss is dead. This is done by thinking in terms of logistics:

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Gather 'round strong domini and sublime dominas, as I reveal to you the Art of Solo Warfare. Your humble instructor will not tell you mere ways to swing a sword, mind you. Take these words of wisdom as a foundation to build upon your combatant's role & stratagems. And be not hasty. I'll cover counter-tactics for our earlier lesson and other expansions in here for each of your combatant classes, later.

ROLEPLAYING COMBAT

This is a combat guide, what is this RP stuff ...

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What ruleset does a kid use for combat when colliding two action figures? I don't know the answer but let me try to shed light on my strategy of Playing Chess against Myself.

Meta-Game

I briefly explained what meta game is in How to Play Published Adventures. This is the biggest immersion breaker in Solo Combat, maybe even more than RPing alone because being both GM and Player feels like cheating to some.

As a solution, I see myself as the Dominus of an Arena ...

Mythic's Fate Chart v1 can be found in here for free: https://www.pbegames.com/mythic/
This is NOT the whole Mythic EMU but only the automated d100 Fate Chart in it. Usage is at the bottom.


# Scenes

Scenes are the framework of the Mythic GM Emulator. They are the smallest unit of time in terms of story -> adventure -> campaign. Their purpose is to divide your campaign into controllable small pieces to keep record of your session.

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Greetings, kind folks of the forums,

In this blog series, I'm going to discuss many ways to Play Solo in Fantasy Grounds Unity for you. Whether you want to create your own setting as-you-go, or play a published adventure by yourself, if I can help you have fun time with this hard-to-get-into play style, I will be happy as much as you. Thanks to Soloing Methods that creates immersion and surprise in your story, it will be just a breeze once you grasp the basics. I will also list many ...