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Lakesidefantasy replied to the thread D&D General Heritage Dungeons & Dragons Auction.So, it's in the gun safe you say? -
Lakesidefantasy reacted to kermit4karate's post in the thread AD&D 1E Edition Experience: Did/Do you Play 1E AD&D? How Was/Is It? with
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I'd call it simple because we just ignored the convoluted stuff. What we ended up with was simple. -
Lakesidefantasy reacted to kermit4karate's post in the thread AD&D 1E Edition Experience: Did/Do you Play 1E AD&D? How Was/Is It? with Like.
Played it. Loved it. We did NOT use all the rules.
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread D&D General Weapons should break left and right with Like.
Simple enough in D&D, just have weapons always break on a fumble/crit fail. Like, every, single, time. Fumble? Weapon breaks. Also house...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to loverdrive's post in the thread D&D General Weapons should break left and right with Like.
N.B.: This has nothing to do with realism. Real life weapons are pretty damn durable (who would've thought, things designed to parry...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
Oh I would never be on board with someone else playing my player character. Not to mention my characters are generally extremely...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Reef's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
I’m sorry, but this is really the answer. You chose to maximize your strengths at the cost in certain areas, and now are confronted...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
Yeah we don't usually do that, and I think it is kind of a violation of player agency. Back when I first started playing A LOT of...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
This is why dump stats are a bad idea. No stat is dumpable, because all are important. If one of my PCs has a low stat, it's because...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
I mean, RAW, the player is supposed to describe what their character is doing- then the DM calls for what kind of check they think it...
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Lakesidefantasy replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door?.The Player is absent, but where is the Character?
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Hriston's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
Do a flashback where you asked around for rumors about where secret doors are located in the dungeon before you left town.
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Rune's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
I think the answer is pretty obvious: Cha (Investigation) would represent your character’s attempt to convince the secret doors to...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
I’m philosophically not keen on players actively wanting to make rolls. Rolls mean a chance of failure, which should be an acceptable...
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Lakesidefantasy replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door?.Is the rogue no longer there? Did he just disappear into thin air or did he just not enter the dungeon with you at all?