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If an NPC is telling the truth, what's the Insight DC to know they're telling the truth?
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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 7594467"><p>You apparently missed my response the first time you leveled this accusation. This thread has grown so long that it's easier to re-type it than go searching for it, but here's the gist:</p><p></p><p> - I was focusing on the problem solving, not on character differentiation, so didn't try to address that. But since you bring it up:</p><p> - The wizard (who took on the task of figuring out the house, while the other characters focused on other stuff) used both Investigation and Arcana in finding the clues I mentioned.</p><p> - In the interactions with the "Lady" I mentioned, leading up to the dramatic rescue, other characters used both Wisdom and Charisma based skills, as well as some class and subclass abilities.</p><p> - Although the players followed one particular path of breadcrumbs (that I expected, knowing how they were playing their characters) there were some other possible solutions that I had left clues for, and if they had come up with something totally unexpected I would have adapted to that as well. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You seem to have this picture in your head of us/me only ever resolving things by players using their own mental faculties.</p><p></p><p>Then again, I have a picture in my head of your players only ever resolving things by rolling dice, without ever doing any thinking for themselves. </p><p></p><p>Probably both images are wrong.</p><p></p><p>But I will say that I care about "Jorune the character" far more in terms of the personality and quirks that the player has created, than I do about the numbers written on a character sheet. And maybe that's the biggest difference between the way the two factions see the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 7594467"] You apparently missed my response the first time you leveled this accusation. This thread has grown so long that it's easier to re-type it than go searching for it, but here's the gist: - I was focusing on the problem solving, not on character differentiation, so didn't try to address that. But since you bring it up: - The wizard (who took on the task of figuring out the house, while the other characters focused on other stuff) used both Investigation and Arcana in finding the clues I mentioned. - In the interactions with the "Lady" I mentioned, leading up to the dramatic rescue, other characters used both Wisdom and Charisma based skills, as well as some class and subclass abilities. - Although the players followed one particular path of breadcrumbs (that I expected, knowing how they were playing their characters) there were some other possible solutions that I had left clues for, and if they had come up with something totally unexpected I would have adapted to that as well. You seem to have this picture in your head of us/me only ever resolving things by players using their own mental faculties. Then again, I have a picture in my head of your players only ever resolving things by rolling dice, without ever doing any thinking for themselves. Probably both images are wrong. But I will say that I care about "Jorune the character" far more in terms of the personality and quirks that the player has created, than I do about the numbers written on a character sheet. And maybe that's the biggest difference between the way the two factions see the game. [/QUOTE]
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