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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.So they can choose not to be persuaded? And by "set" you mean calculate by formula given by the GM. And that's it? They lower their... -
Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I have been in several LARPs where the applicable capabilities of my character were by necessity limited to those of the player. Never...
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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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Your original post made that one check sound like the completion of the social phase and the results were the conclusion ("...these... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to bsss's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
You don't seem to understand the ramifications of game language, or you are presenting the options poorly. To a player, this reads as...
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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.
I've always found those labels very....odd. It has always seemed to me that the version where you have to roll to be told how to...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Morrus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) D&D 2024 Is Now OFFICIALLY Called "5.5e" with Like.
Settling a debate that has lasted for over two years, the current edition of Dungeons & Dragons, which has been known by various names...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
We don't need holodecks, but it would be nice if we had them. LARP has been around for a long time now. Now, to be fair, i'm not biggest...
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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 does apply to the PCs. The DM can decide that your persuasion auto fails for reasons. The players can decide that the NPCs...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
IMO. In 5e the DM determines whether a PC even gets to make a persuasion check against an NPC and the DC and the results. So as long as...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Morrus's post in the thread D&D General ShortQuests Are Digest-Sized D&D Adventures with Like.
ShortQuests is a brand new series of digest-sized adventures (levels 2 to 7) ready to plug into your existing D&D games. This...
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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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134 pages in and one thing we've learned for sure is that @Micah Sweet and I both have too much free time. -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Like I've said previously, if the player isn't sure what to do and wants help from the dice, they should by all means ask the GM to make...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to bsss's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Like, in general (not in AnotherGuy's example above, where it's the orc rolling it)? I don't know, that's up to the GM. Maybe they're...
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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.
Limits? The DM has to believe that the NPC(s) might be plausibly, but not definitely, persuaded by the argument. For that matter, a...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
Typically an ambush is a tactic one uses to get a major advantage over a superior foe you cannot, or would not want to, take on in a...