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djotaku reacted to Koloth's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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IMO - Question 1 - No, the party had at least two options - A - help the locals deal with the Winter Court takeover. B - Wish... -
djotaku reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Any time a scene is framed as "your characters are trapped", players are going to be somewhat unhappy. We instinctually want to escape...
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djotaku reacted to Artamo's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I guess my question back to the player is what kind of game do they want to play? What specifically are they objecting to, and what...
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djotaku reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
So I had this situation last night when a player got upset because he felt the party was being "railroaded" and I take issue with his...
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djotaku replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) A Time-Based Combat System for 5e (2014): Replacing Actions with Seconds and Making Movement Matter.I feel like you've recreated the Paizo 3-action economy in the sense that you have 3 actions for your turn and they have categorized all...
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djotaku reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) A Time-Based Combat System for 5e (2014): Replacing Actions with Seconds and Making Movement Matter with Like.
The only way to really evaluate a house rule like this is to try it out with a group. To me it doesn't seem like there's enough benefit...
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Monster Manual Expanded 2024 will be unleashed in May 2026 on the DMs Guild! The 2024 update to the 2019 Adamantine best-selling...
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djotaku replied to the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static?.2 quick comments on what you said based on my post: 1. "So in order for the game to stay interesting, the DCs will need to scale with...
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djotaku reacted to stonehead's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with Like.
Personally, I prefer static DCs as framed by the original post, as it seems like everyone else does. I do think though that scaling DCs...
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djotaku reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Paizo Do the flipmat subscriptions come with JPEGs? with Like.
I’ve bought 20 or 30 flip mats over the years. I’ve never gotten a digital file with them, but then I mainly grabbed them off Amazon and...
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djotaku replied to the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static?.Good point there. I think it's interesting to consider when TTRPG rules tell you what you can do and when they tell you what you can't do.
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I think DCs should correspond to actual difficulties, but the game should also have guidelines about what sort of DCs correspond to...
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Ultimately, this is 5e in a nutshell. This edition encourages the DM to make a determination of Yes/No based on what the PC brings to...
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Honestly, that's real life where events will follow as complex a set of factors as they must in order to resolve a question such as "who...
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djotaku replied to the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static?.One of my favorite Discworld stories is when Cohen the Barbarian and the other geriatric heroes have one last ride