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Flying Toaster reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with
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But that's exactly the point. They did experiment. The OP literally explained that they did. That's how they solved this. They... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with Like.
Yeah, I definitely don't like it, personally. I've seen DMs do that - like, one of my players who sometimes DMs has done that more than...
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Flying Toaster reacted to TaranTheWanderer's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with Like.
I don’t know the adventure but why was food involved in the riddle anyways? Like, what’s the story behind it? If the dungeon was...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with Like.
Back on-topic, "stop looking at your character sheet." This really depends on the system, and how much the PCs care about succeeding-...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with Like.
Food is often suspicious... so I'll frequently mechanically reward PCs for partaking. Something like a temporary bonus, or inspiration...
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Flying Toaster reacted to billd91's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with Like.
The wording here was particular interesting because referring to the food as a "trick" evokes references to 1e DMG Appendix H where a...
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Flying Toaster reacted to MGibster's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with Like.
Ha! In Curse of Strahd (again), the PCs were invited into the Abbot's home where he treated them as guests. The PCs noticed at item...
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Flying Toaster reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with Like.
We played a Greek-like if you squint themed campaign called Odyssey of the Dragonlords that had a standing mythological “law” that...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Brendan Byrd's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with Like.
Does this perhaps indicate a misfit with the gaming system? EDIT: Or the genre of the game? As a player, I don't care to be given toys...
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Flying Toaster replied to the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet.I remember DMs trying to mess with players this way back in the 80’s, and never in a consistent way that would let players learn and...
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Flying Toaster reacted to MGibster's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with Like.
To be fair, it might not be the OP's fault as a GM. Over the course of my years, I've run into many players who seem to suffer from...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with Like.
Aside from the dodgy example, I think the whole premise is wrong. The character sheet is two things. First, it is a letter to the GM...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet with Like.
I mean, was it? I'm guessing "No" because, for my money, that's deeply bizarre and counter-intuitive, not "very simple". It also...
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Flying Toaster reacted to mearls's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
That's true. We started work in early 2011 on what 5e could be. At the same time, I had to make the case that: Having an active...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Richards's post in the thread TSR Who or What am I? Dragon 94 Cover by Clyde Caldwell with Like.
Sure, Tim if it's male - but if it turns out to be female, you can't go wrong with...Doris. Doris the Loris. Johnathan