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Flying Toaster reacted to GreyLord's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with
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This is from AD&D. Use this as gospel. If they roll a character without these traits...reroll. 16 or above in at least one, just to... -
Flying Toaster reacted to plecostomus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Thoughts on Infinite Staircase? with Like.
Later this month I am DMing for the first time with Infinite Staircase and the 2024 rules. I will let you know my thoughts in...a few...
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Flying Toaster reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
Awesome to see you posting! I haven't seen you for ages. Pulsipher's skilled play is basically the same as what Gygax describes in his...
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Flying Toaster reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
Agreed. It seems like a concession to the sorts of approach that Pulsipher criticises. I think it's interesting in that it shows that...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Doug McCrae's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
Good to interact with you again, pemerton! I completely agree that Gygax and Pulsipher are describing the same playing style. There is...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
Some video game RPGs would be a good training module for GM on how to handle consequences of player actions, good and bad. Examples...
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Flying Toaster reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
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...
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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...