Jemals school of hard knocks - Page 16

Rhun · 17th June 2009, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Rathan

*kicks flesh in the crotch and hands him a diet mtn. dew...* "SURPRISE! YOU FOUND IT!... Here have a diet soda!"

*chuckles*

Hee hee!

Hey Flesh, just consider this the OOC banter that happens during tabletop games when there is a lull in the RP action. That's what OOC is for, right?

Rathan · 17th June 2009, 02:39 AM

sadly this is how alot of the table top games I play in go around at home.... sidetrack city LOL

Andor · 17th June 2009, 02:47 AM

Where are we and why am I holding these funny dice?

Rhun · 17th June 2009, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Andor

Where are we and why am I holding these funny dice?

Put the funny looking dice down and back away slowly, and nobody gets hurts.

Andor · 17th June 2009, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rhun

Put the funny looking dice down and back away slowly, and nobody gets hurts.

But they're all sparkly and colorful. And they give me this strange sense of power. *rollrollroll*

renau1g · 17th June 2009, 02:51 PM

No,no, you're confusing the power they give with the DM, they give him the power

"oh... lookit, I rolled a 5...*nudge*, make that a 15" (insert evil DM laugh)

Rhun · 17th June 2009, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by renau1g

No,no, you're confusing the power they give with the DM, they give him the power

"oh... lookit, I rolled a 5...*nudge*, make that a 15" (insert evil DM laugh)

Now I know what your secret is, renau1g!

Myth and Legend · 17th June 2009, 03:50 PM

*sulks* hey DMs don't do things like that... Do they?

Rhun · 17th June 2009, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Myth and Legend

*sulks* hey DMs don't do things like that... Do they?

Umm...some DMs do.

ishalleatyourflesh · 18th June 2009, 03:27 AM

but on the other hand some dms do go the other way, " and he rolls max damage on his coup de grace...knee hits table...oh look they didn't stop rolling you take 10 damage..."
It all depends on the situation, are the hero's having unimaginable luck-good or bad- would it be better for the game that this happens? this is why a loot of dmn's hide their rools, that and the fact taht if the players can guess at their stats then the game devolves to a numbers crunching session.

Jemal · 18th June 2009, 03:34 AM

I try not to 'bump' the dice unless I think letting them sit will be bad for the campaign as a whole. IE "Um... so the badguy kills you all on the first turn by rolling 20 crits... oops."

I believe that if a PC dies, it should have some meaning to it, not just a random fluke in a random encounter.

The primary reason I hide NPC/badguy dice rolls for the first few turns is, as flesh said, so that the PC's don't know the badguys stats and do the number-crunching "if i do this i have a 57% chance of success, whereas if I do THIS i have a 59% chance of success.. but if you flank him and then i power attack...".

I've had RL games that devolved into hours of math instead of gaming.

Granted a little math and working strategically is a good thing, but.. I've seen the far end of that road, and it's not very fun.

Rhun · 18th June 2009, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Jemal

The primary reason I hide NPC/badguy dice rolls for the first few turns is, as flesh said, so that the PC's don't know the badguys stats and do the number-crunching "if i do this i have a 57% chance of success, whereas if I do THIS i have a 59% chance of success.. but if you flank him and then i power attack...".

I generally hide my NPC rolls as well. It is too easy to do a little basic math and figure out things like Attack Bonus and such.

Andor · 18th June 2009, 05:59 AM

Hey Jemal, Any chance you could vet my character proposal?

I see a good way to work him into the current conversation at the arena, but it's going to pass soon.

Rhun · 18th June 2009, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Andor

Hey Jemal, Any chance you could vet my character proposal?

I see a good way to work him into the current conversation at the arena, but it's going to pass soon.

Woot! The more the merrier. So I hear.

So I take it when in the Arena, we will have to break into two teams of PCs?

Jemal · 18th June 2009, 07:20 AM

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So I take it when in the Arena, we will have to break into two teams of PCs?

At least. The 'teams' are up to you. You can go solo or in teams of up to five members, each week that you sign up you would have to decide who you're signing up with.

Andor - Sorry, been a bit busy lately. Will try to look over it soon.
I have glanced over it, and after checking the stats, I AM going to have to ask you to pick a mount that isn't the equivalent of an extra party member. That 'carver' is an example of a likely challenge you guys would face in the arena, so having one in addition to the entire party is a bit unbalanced.

Rhun · 18th June 2009, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Jemal

At least. The 'teams' are up to you. You can go solo or in teams of up to five members, each week that you sign up you would have to decide who you're signing up with.

Okay, good deal. Just seems it would be easier on the DM if we go in groups.

Andor · 18th June 2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Jemal

Andor - Sorry, been a bit busy lately. Will try to look over it soon.
I have glanced over it, and after checking the stats, I AM going to have to ask you to pick a mount that isn't the equivalent of an extra party member. That 'carver' is an example of a likely challenge you guys would face in the arena, so having one in addition to the entire party is a bit unbalanced.

No problem, he'll have just left it behind then. Probably out of concern for how to feed a thousand pound carnivore at school. I forgot to give him a lance anyway. I'll edit it out.

Myth and Legend · 18th June 2009, 05:03 PM

The school would feed it for you but that's not the main issue. And regarding dice and math.. I'm so bad at math there's no chance i'll be bothered figuring percentages out of some rolls

But yes i can see now that in the name of fun and avoiding absurd TPK it's worth it. The DM is sort of like the overdeity isn't he

Theroc · 18th June 2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Myth and Legend

The school would feed it for you but that's not the main issue. And regarding dice and math.. I'm so bad at math there's no chance i'll be bothered figuring percentages out of some rolls

But yes i can see now that in the name of fun and avoiding absurd TPK it's worth it. The DM is sort of like the overdeity isn't he

Yep. DM is the realms Unnamed, unknown Overlord. UNless of course, the DM somehow integrates himself into the game world...

But yeah, DM's job is to promote everyone having fun(usually without making things too easy) regardless of whether it follows every rule all the time. (Sometimes waving a roll or 'forgetting' a rule may make for more fun for everyone, sometimes not.)

Andor · 19th June 2009, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Myth and Legend

The school would feed it for you but that's not the main issue.

Sure, I know that and you know that but does Lionel know that? The point being I don't want to just switch it out to a horse, it wouldn't match the background I constructed.