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<blockquote data-quote="Geeknamese" data-source="post: 7080118" data-attributes="member: 6785999"><p>Myself, when I run my games, I love shared narrative and being able to improvise on the fly. I love when my PCs do something unexpected that allows us all to improvise affect the world sandbox style. To accommodate this, in addition to the standard reroll from the rules, I also allow them to use their Inspiration point to take control of the narrative to be creative in some way which then allows me to improvise on the shenanigans.</p><p></p><p>For example, let's say the PCs get screw up and get caught by a tribe of orcs and they're currently caged up while the tribe is celebrating their victory. The PC can use their Inspiration point to let's say ask to be allowed to make an Int (History) check because they remember hearing that today out of all days is the Blood Feast celebrating the beginning of the new raiding season and that during this feast, anyone can challenge the Chieftain in single Combat for control of the tribe. If they make the check, bam! That piece of knowledge is true and they can attempt to offer up their champion to challenge the chieftain to single combat. Chieftain may oppose it because the PCs aren't orcs but perhaps someone persuasive in the group can make the chieftain look bad for fearing the challenge. Or something along those lines. Or perhaps they spend the Inspiration point to add to the narrative that the cage isn't metal but wood, and now the wizard is going to try and blast their way out of there or the group will try to break out of the cage.</p><p></p><p>I much prefer creative uses of Inspiration to some mechanical benefit.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using <a href="http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=93205" target="_blank">EN World mobile app</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geeknamese, post: 7080118, member: 6785999"] Myself, when I run my games, I love shared narrative and being able to improvise on the fly. I love when my PCs do something unexpected that allows us all to improvise affect the world sandbox style. To accommodate this, in addition to the standard reroll from the rules, I also allow them to use their Inspiration point to take control of the narrative to be creative in some way which then allows me to improvise on the shenanigans. For example, let's say the PCs get screw up and get caught by a tribe of orcs and they're currently caged up while the tribe is celebrating their victory. The PC can use their Inspiration point to let's say ask to be allowed to make an Int (History) check because they remember hearing that today out of all days is the Blood Feast celebrating the beginning of the new raiding season and that during this feast, anyone can challenge the Chieftain in single Combat for control of the tribe. If they make the check, bam! That piece of knowledge is true and they can attempt to offer up their champion to challenge the chieftain to single combat. Chieftain may oppose it because the PCs aren't orcs but perhaps someone persuasive in the group can make the chieftain look bad for fearing the challenge. Or something along those lines. Or perhaps they spend the Inspiration point to add to the narrative that the cage isn't metal but wood, and now the wizard is going to try and blast their way out of there or the group will try to break out of the cage. I much prefer creative uses of Inspiration to some mechanical benefit. Sent from my iPhone using [url=http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=93205]EN World mobile app[/url] [/QUOTE]
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