Recent content by cranberry

Only occasionally, and only if the NPC/monster is important.

Mine worlds are typically settings of hope.

From the Undisputed Truth. :);) Smiling faces sometimes Pretend to be your friend Smiling faces show no traces Of the evil that lurks within (can you dig it?) Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes They don't tell the truth Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof

Yes, if the monster understood your language, which I pretty sure was a requirement.

The only thing that bothers me about this illustration is the smiling beholder. It is just So wrong. But I guess it's a trend now - Minecraft recently added friendly ghast.

My question still applies if they talked their way through most encounters.

A serious question - For those of you who indicated that you talked your way through every single encounter in 1E - exactly how did you do it? Did your DM handwave languages? Did the DM just assume every monster and his uncle spoke Common? Did you ensure that at least a few PC's had Comprehend...

Oh, I'm sure it happened at some tables, but it wasn't the norm in any of the groups I was in.

I was a 1E player... The default position was to fight the monster (or run if it was too powerful). Talking was almost never an option.

Was Gygax even born then? :)

Like I said, IMO. However, it's hard to deny that there are more distractions than there were 50 years ago.

And the problem today, is that the teenagers like pastel colors (and want to talk with the monsters, instead of kill them). ;)

Well maybe, but IMO, 1E players are/were a more loyal/consistent group than 5E 2024 players will be (in hindsight)

One difference between "back then" and now, is that there are more distractions. What this means is that WoTC will have to work harder to either maintain the interest of the majority of current players (the BG3/Stranger Things/Critical Roll generation ), or reinvent itself from time to time to...

Cheetos? It's always been Doritos! :);)