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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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Once again, I think the solution to that is: 1) The player doesn't actually know what the NPC is. Leverage that doubt to try to... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
But GM can ignore such effect when it suits them too. The GM can just decide, that Lord Dreadskull of the Death Knights of Inconvenient...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Honestly, they are not. The player's sole focus is on their character, they probably have a elaborate backstory, they have been played...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
What's the problem with that? Seems to me that the player of that character is about to start rolling a new one.
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Sure it is. I'm fully capable of deciding whether my character would fall for something or not. I can and do roleplay to the detriment...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I enjoy Deception, Insight, Persuasion and Intimidation. The loose system invites GM and players to establish goals, negotiate, create...
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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 "used Intimidate" it would look like this: The player describes a goal and means, which might be "I want to intimidate the orc so...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
But what if it's objectively NOT an intimidating situation? What if the player is thinking that if violence breaks out the NPCs don't...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Agreed. But what I've been hoping to illustrate is that what that looks like...what any one sentient creature is going to do in...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
There is no "apparently honest." Just "You can't tell if he's lying or not." If the DM is saying that they seem trustworthy, the DM is...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread Is "finding the right players" a solvable problem, or just luck? with Like.
Same. I have friends. We also had period when we didn't play rpgs. Friend who was main DM at a time, was only one married and had just...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread Is "finding the right players" a solvable problem, or just luck? with Like.
Everybody who joins my group is someone I already know outside gaming, or someone another member of the group knows outside of gaming...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Is "finding the right players" a solvable problem, or just luck? with Like.
No idea. I don't have gaming tables; I have tables of friends where we choose to play RPGs as a fun activity. If those tables decided...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Cergorach's post in the thread Is "finding the right players" a solvable problem, or just luck? with Like.
While that might seem to be the the most logical feature to want in a group, in my experience it isn't (just that). As @Deset Gled said...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread Is "finding the right players" a solvable problem, or just luck? with Like.
I'll go a step further: The players you have XX months/years later aren't the same players you have at session 0. Because people...