Leatherhead
Possibly a Idiot.
"Outside of the rules" is incredibly nebulous. It could even be used to imply situations where you trade IRL favors for in-game bonuses.
The original "pay to win" system! "If I buy pizza for the DM, maybe he'll give me that holy avenger I've been wanting for my Paladin!""Outside of the rules" is incredibly nebulous. It could even be used to imply situations where you trade IRL favors for in-game bonuses.
It is kind of interesting. So yeah, the pizza buyer here is behaving cheesily(ahem).. but..is it a bad thing to reward good table citizenship with in-game advantages?The original "pay to win" system! "If I buy pizza for the DM, maybe he'll give me that holy avenger I've been wanting for my Paladin!"
It's another fine line. On one level, you're acknowledging someone did a cool thing. On another, it's basically dropping a few bucks on a "loot box".It is kind of interesting. So yeah, the pizza buyer here is behaving cheesily(ahem).. but..is it a bad thing to reward good table citizenship with in-game advantages?
I mean, if you're going to patch the game to fix a problem, it shouldn't create a new one.
i had this argument back in 4e with a guy that is no longer in our group... my argument then (to a man that smoked, was overweight, and spent hours on nerd hobbies with us...Pretty much exactly what it says on the tin.
If you as a player see an advantage you could exploit, whatever it might be, whether in the rules or outside them, are you always justified in pursuing it?