D&D General Harshest House Rule (in use)?

[cbwjm]

I'm sure you could. It just comes down to I don't have the desire to comb through the editions to decide what I like and what I don't and then combine them into a single cohesive system.

Yeah, fair enough. It can be a lot of work and I often find my enthusiasm waning when I start trying to do something similar.

 

[John Quixote]

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[bloodtide]

Then what's that 'roleplaying' part on about then?

The Role Playing "like acting".

 

[Vaalingrade]

The Role Playing "like acting".

Actors don't usually have all the skills of the character they play.

Mark Hammill for example cannot use the Force. He can only firebend and manufacture Joker toxin.

 

[bloodtide]

Actors don't usually have all the skills of the character they play.

This is most often true. I guess this would only come up in a typical RPG if you were playing with an actor?

Mark Hammill for example cannot use the Force. He can only firebend and manufacture Joker toxin.

Well, if Mark was to play a Star Wars RPG as the character Luke Skywalker, then that character could use the Force.

 

[Vaalingrade]

I have no idea what point you're trying to make there.

My point was that roleplaying is about playing a character who often does things you can't, not about your skill as a player.

 

[bloodtide]

I have no idea what point you're trying to make there.

My point was that roleplaying is about playing a character who often does things you can't, not about your skill as a player.

Oh, well my point is Role Playing is about playing the role...acting...as a fictional character. Quite often the character can do things the player can't.

But the player is the one in control. The character might be a 41 year old trench veteran from the Second Inhuman War: but the player is a 22 year old that works at Circle K. So when the character acts, it's the player that is in the driver seat.

Now the player can choose to act like a "41 year old trench veteran from the Second Inhuman War", or they can "act like themselves".

 

[Vaalingrade]

Oh, well my point is Role Playing is about playing the role...acting...as a fictional character. Quite often the character can do things the player can't.

But the player is the one in control. The character might be a 41 year old trench veteran from the Second Inhuman War: but the player is a 22 year old that works at Circle K. So when the character acts, it's the player that is in the driver seat.

Now the player can choose to act like a "41 year old trench veteran from the Second Inhuman War", or they can "act like themselves".

Just a quick rewind, Uni said:

Isn’t the whole point of playing a game like DND to role-play a character that can do things that I cannot do?!

And you responded 'No?'.

And I asked what the 'roleplaying' part was about then.

And now the answer appears to be that 'whole point of playing a game like DND to role-play a character that can do things that I cannot do'

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

It is a challenge.

And weird, people typically know things about the world they live in.

This is even more of a challenge. As DM I will recommend a player does not attempt to play a character smarter then they are unless they have deep role playing experience

how so do you enforce weak players portraying really strong characters? Do they roll to smash in a door, or do you let them beat on a door in your house?

No?

Then why do people play magic users or fantasy races or in a fantasy world? Or do you only allow humans and nonmagical races, equipment, or abilities?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

And weird, people typically know things about the world they live in.

But sometimes "the world they live in" is a 20 mile radius around the place they were born.