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Roll for Effect or Intent?
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I have heard that before. So many players think the "toss a rock" should be an Epic Level Power Event where any NPC automatically...
Sep 5, 2025
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GMing and "Player Skill"
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Well, first you want to establish with the players that they can use player skill and toss the silly rule book on the floor. Also if...
Sep 5, 2025
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The Great Railroad Thread
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I agree that as a standard PCs should be paranoid and take repercussions. I agree rules wise here. I very much agree. Plenty of the...
Sep 4, 2025
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That does sound nicer, though in my view the players should have control over almost nothing. This one does not fly for me. That the...
Sep 4, 2025
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Odd, what table rules are you talking about here? Some rule that says what exactly? How to you word the table rule to be "whatever...
Sep 4, 2025
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This is a big problem with a lot of adventures, even more the more modern ones. But it is very much more a problem with DMs. When a DM...
Sep 4, 2025
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A lot of players are influenced by Movies, TV shows and most of all video games : they think there should always be a "Cool Cut Scene "...
Sep 4, 2025
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I don't have a problem with this. I really hate the idea that the players think the can Alter Game Reality. The player says "my...
Sep 4, 2025
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The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts
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This is true for most players, and not just about Warlock Pacts. Players hate the idea that the DM can force their character to do...
Sep 4, 2025
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GMing and "Player Skill"
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Generations are a huge part of this, with also adding in where you live country vs city and how active you are in life. When you go...
Sep 4, 2025
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8. Now consider that the PCs have pissed off someone important, who hires an assassin to target them. The fact that this assassin will...
Sep 3, 2025
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Other games don't really have such "rankings". Are you saying give out abilities at random? Not allowing the players to pick and...
Sep 2, 2025
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But why? You do accept 100% "Monsters" can do lots of things PCs can never, ever do. But when it's NPC, they must follow the PC rules...
Sep 2, 2025
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NPCs, and the poverty of the core books
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So, just personal preference? 2E did have rules for a lot of "monsters" as Pcs... This is very popular, it is not really my thing...
Sep 1, 2025
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Difference in scale is a thing between the two. Both are rolls in an RPG, so they are very similar. I find this common too.
Sep 1, 2025
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