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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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To be clear, I'm talking broadly, though something similar should be possible to implement in most games. And yeah, I don't consider... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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It doesn't have to be him, and it doesn't have to be any specific reason beyond "Heroes are not intimidated". It can be a lot of ways... -
CreamCloud0 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.then i think all skills should have a good comprehensive list of spelled out uses, because otherwise what's the point of having them?
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
So you don't use the 24 surprise rules and continue using the 14 ones. Got it. Under the 14 rules an ambusher will get one or two...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
That gets back to the "you can only get on the ride if you're this tall" approach, which is, if you can't properly do intimidating...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
On the other hand the GM is expected to do a lot of firewalling of NPC intentions and his awareness anyway, and if he can't do that this...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Are you under the impression I care about what D&D 5e does here (or really anywhere)? In regard to what I'm talking about (note 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, that's all I'm recommending for. That seems to be a critique directed at Intimidate as a skill in general, which I'll flat out...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.it was more that 'magic abilities have special privileges to influence characters in ways mundane skills can't'
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I disagree. Draw cuts are cool. Doing a draw cut and immediately sheathing the weapon, while in the same motion doing another draw cut...
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Wotc was very clear that weapon juggling and irrelivant carry capacity was the intended design. Can you quote any rule not being used...
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Weapon swapping during combat is absolutely ridiculous in terms of actual, practical, real-life martial arts technique. But it’s very...
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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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"Because magic." If there is a rule in the game that overrides the basic premise that players make their own decisions, it needs to be... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to bsss's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Clearly this approach has to have limits, though. If a monster has, say, a fear aura, as a player it is your agreement to acknowledge it...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General Using Paladin and Warlock to Remake Bard (+).okay, quick rundown of what i might give them/have them be, it's not everything but an outline. baseline d8HD INT halfcaster simple...