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FFrozenNorth reacted to Hriston's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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I have a hard time imagining the sort of play that would make it desirable for any participant to violate table expectations to control... -
FFrozenNorth replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I agree with this with the further point that you kind of have to lean into the fuzziness. In D&D, the wizard may be an Arcana savant...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Stats don't and have never mapped even close to perfectly over 'real people'. You're always going to have issues when you try to...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Okay, so let’s take an example. It’s silly, but I hope it’ll be something that everyone gets. Rodney Dangerfield’s character in...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
No. they acknowledge that Int modifies certain die rolls, so those aspects must be relfected. But that isn't the only thing these...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Ways to have a low Int without being dumb: The character has a learning disability. The character is from a faraway place, maybe even a...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It's not up to you to accept the way other people and designers choose to design/play. You can handle your table however you want to...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
By "defined as" you mean the descriptions under the headings in the PHB? Assuming we ARE talking about D&D, I gave away my 5e PHB a...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I think this discussion is actually about immersion for some folks -- the dumb PC coming up with smart ideas by way of the player breaks...
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FFrozenNorth replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.This is focussing on the wrong part of the issue. « People should play their stats » is uncontroversial. There may be some argument...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Who said I refuse to let it influence behavior? I mean, penalties on rolls certainly influence behavior. And that’s before we even...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
If I have a 3 Strength I wouldn't expect the GM to challenge me every time I got out of a chair, picked up a backpack, or tried to climb...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Do you want to show me in the rule books where it says that the GM can deny you your action because you are playing your attributes wrong?
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
From the perspective of mental attributes, a character is only what the player decides to play them as. Most of the time, a PC is...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to billd91's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I don't have a problem with mental attributes and using mental attribute terms - as long as they are used for execution of actions when...