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Flying Toaster reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with
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Given the kinds of negative consequences that come from treating bad people as if they were "nice" people, I'm not so sure about that... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
Honestly, your patronizing tone is tiresome. You seem to think you are the only one who knows how the game is meant to be played, and...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
As has been mentioned many times on this board, folks should absolutely read The Elusive Shift by Jon Peterson for a great exploration...
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Flying Toaster reacted to SpellObjectEnthusiast's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
Basically, the 'player skill' focused OSR mentality (as popularized by Matt Finch's Primer written in 2008) is a fairly recent...
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Flying Toaster reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
Above and beyond anything else in the thread, this is a lesson I wholeheartedly embrace and wish more GMs would heed. Doesn't matter...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
I gotta push back on this a bit. Obvious is good when it comes to challenging the players in this sort of context. Unless the players...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
The way to challenge the player as opposed to challenging the character with traps is to make the detection and disarming of the trap a...
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Flying Toaster reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
Maybe a little bit, but honestly isn't the sheer statement of "skilled play" and all the context around it pretty uncharitable as well...
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Flying Toaster reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
In essence, yes. While this is an extreme example, it could be done. That would be one way to do it. True, but also potentially doable...
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Flying Toaster reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
This means all social situations are decided by GM fiat. Not a good thing IMHO.
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Flying Toaster reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
this is what bothers me so much when people try to eliminate using social skills/checks in the game and just determine success/failure...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
One of the issues with this, particularly when using the old school rules, is that much of it is driven if not by GM whim, by pure...
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Flying Toaster reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
Depends on how you define player skill. I've never really cared for things like math puzzles for example. I am not my character and if...
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Flying Toaster reacted to kermit4karate's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with
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I swear, you must have rolled for AD&D 1E Psionics because you pulled this straight outta my head! Ditto almost across the board. Well... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
This is a consistent place where the game rules and worldbuilding mesh... poorly? Inexactly? Something along those line. There are any...