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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General Ranger Identity Patch (+).i've given my thoughts on this before: a ranger would have spells, but shouldn't be defined by them. i'd rather go for broad... -
CreamCloud0 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.5e had BITF, i wonder how this conversation would be going (in regards to DnD at least) if having low stats actually made you pick and...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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See to me, you play what you roll, if that's the game you decided to play. -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
The game sets what the stats are for. If someone with a mentally slow character, say an 8 intelligence, is constantly roleplaying as...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
That's not true. I'll often give extra information or rolls for things the player wouldn't think about because his PC is smarter or...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Yeah, people do that all the time. It's hard as a player not to push for every advantage, whether or not it's true to your PC.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Yup. And some people avoid games with psychological disadvantage mechanisms for the same reason. I think I'm going to present my...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Well, in some cases, its not a hypothetical. People trying to sidestep their in-character social or intellectual lacks has not exactly...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I'll note you've hopped systems and made an assumption I was never making in my posts ("rolled"). I again ask, how intrinsically is a...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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To give GMs and players an idea of the range of actions to which....wait for it...you would apply a die roll modifier. -
CreamCloud0 reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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Oh, yeah, totally, sorry. I love Pendragon, it's my favorite game! The Personality Traits are what make it such a great game. I have met... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It does have virtues and flaws, however, which can still force players to play their characters in ways they wouldn't, which was my...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
How is that functionally different from the way Psychological Limits or things like Berserk could force behavior, though? Both of them...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread D&D General Ranger Identity Patch (+) with Like.
I would love to see favored enemy mostly as single features you get 2 of at level 1 and then 1-2 more each tier, with the same mindset...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Sad.
The problem is always going to be that in the D&D sphere at least, combat usually takes up too much of the play-space to leave too large...