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Crimson Longinus reacted to bsss's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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To be fair to D&D and because this is germane to the debate, the bolded part is not how Sense Motive is written. Failing to make the... -
Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Seriously, go read the pages 244 and 245 of 5.9 DMG. Do you seriously and honestly think that it is a reasonable interpretation that the...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
RAW = What is written. There is no RAW that says those skills can be used against PCs. There is tons of RAW showing those skills being...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Micah has argued many times for PC <--> NPC symmetry. ("What's good for the goose...") So if the GM decides what chance a PC action...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".The stress is to me similarly partly meta like HP in D&D. It sorta represents something that is real to the characters, but it behaves...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Nytmare's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Is Stress in FitD games not considered a metacurrency? The player is using a resource the character is unaware of to retcon the...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
If you want to allow them to use them on a rock in your game, you can. As written, though, all examples and all writing is for use by...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
The above scenario makes sense to me. I find that when things happen with NPCs I care about (in good or bad ways) then I am emotionally...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Mustrum_Ridcully's post in the thread Homebrew Whacky Half-Formed Idea for Armor as DR... with Like.
The advantage of basically adjusting the weapon die step by step is that it solves the issue that low damage attacks can be negated by...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.So at least in 5.0 there is somewhat concrete guidance on how to apply ability checks in social situation on pages 244 and 245 of the...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Uh, no? Intimidation is a real thing, and you can represent it in the game world by describing how a character tries to intimidate...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Yes. I get that you house rule social skills to work on PCs. I would not play in your game. From a RAW standpoint I am not wrong...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It's not like we haven't said it 10+ times. For PCs... Insight checks are simply to determine if you see signs of deception or truth...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
Sure. That's the key. Without slowing things down. Combat is already slow. I will roll individual initiatives unless there are large...