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This gets back to the thing I've brought up where the fact a social influence mechanic, just because it can work and is binding seems to...

Sorry. I’m doing the same typically and dipping in every several pages. I really have to stop replying to stuff as I read it. Sorry.

Though, I have to say as someone who's only dipping in every few pages, the ratio of comments to participants is clearly very high.

Well no. They don’t tell you anything because DnD is in no ways a sim game. And longsword isn’t vex. Vex grants you advantage. Long...

You could try all you want but it will always fail.

I'll outright say that there are mechanical elements of D&D that I think a large number of other games just handle better. I just don't...

This is very much a misreading and misunderstanding of how social mechanics work. In exactly the same way that social mechanics cannot...

Well at least the argument became more clear. This is what I was suggesting all the way along. Which kinda explains my confusion over...

To try and clarify, I don't think you need to ask permission as the DM for a social skill against the PC in this context. It would just...

Well, if nothing else, we seem to be containing our nonsense to a single thread which is nice.

Fully agreed. There definitely sounds like some desire to have one's cake and eat it too, here, from those waving the "player agency"...

If it’s something that the PC would “never do”, then obviously it can’t be the result of a successful resolution roll in the game. If...

Nothing you’ve quoted here contradicts anything I’ve said. It fully supports my point.

Why would you not just have a quiet word with the DM if the DM is making you do something you absolutely couldn't see your character...

But you have that veto power. (Edit - assuming a healthy group setting) When I made my own game way back, I introduced a somewhat...