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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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Not relevant to my mind. Why should that matter? How does that justify ignoring the situation your PC is in because the Player doesn't... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
And I would accept that, if the response by the PC didn't so very often end up avoiding anything detrimental to the PC's situation...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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There is no "apparently honest." Just "You can't tell if he's lying or not." If the DM is saying that they seem trustworthy, the DM is... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
See, the problem I have with that is that I don't believe PCs and NPCs are significantly different, and thus they shouldn't IMO be...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
While I think disregarding the tendencies in that direction is overly blithe, I'd argue its more that this also factors in elements that...
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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, at least in part that's because even the social bandwidth that goes between the two characters is not full; there are a lot of...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.The use of the dice isn’t about any lack of trust in the players, it’s about the fact that your GM hamming it up at the table misses out...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
This can get alittle muddy, though, from the perspective of who can see what when their initiative comes up. If the leopard has not...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Marc17's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
Nah. They just saw the leopard after it jumped and attacked it in mid-air. Them yelling to look out really doesn't affect anything as...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
The whole point of surprising your opponent is to, as far as possible, trivialize the combat. Why is this a problem? And yes, it...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
This nonsense has a Viva la Dirt League skit written all over it. Another 2024 5E "improvement" no one asked for. So the party sets up...
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Yes. Explicitly clear Is Jeremy Crawford in the weapon mastery announcement video itself not authoritative enough source for you on...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Those Players are IMO, intentionally choosing to not play their PCs logical reactions to the situation by basing their response on...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.is that not why we outsource the decision to dice rolls?
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I expect the GM to play their NPCs fairly, within the limits of what those NPCs know and are capable of, as much as I expect the same...