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Some folks seem to think that any social mechanic with any possible effect on the PCs is tantamount to "mind control". I disagree, and...

I told you already. It's not force. You can do whatever you want. Certain actions that ignore the social situation in the setting at...

I think there is a definitely a disagreement on what constitutes "convincing", "forcing" or even "influence".

I think discounting all of this and instead focusing on the loss of agency in the moment of play as the sole indicator of how this kind...

Well, if there’s no chance of being afraid, then why are any kind of fear rules being invoked? Again, getting away from D&D-esque...

Sorry. I have a hard time understanding certain kinds of humor.

Was just trying to make people laugh....

I’m thinking special effects department missed the memo that space is Big(tm) and believe it to roughly the same size as a small village...

This is more-or-less the approach I've been suggesting, though perhaps a bit more brute-force than what Bill is suggesting there (I'm...

I did use it in limited fashion for a solo 3pp adventure I ran for someone which adventure made sense to have something along these...

N'Var, I think. It's a plot point from Discovery.

If I remember correctly the Romulans and Vulcans reunited, on Vulcan, and renamed the planet.

These too are nice ideas for the use of social skills by NPCs! Like I have been saying this space is very unexplored in D&D. I'm likely...

I wouldn't be averse to importing something like Pendragon's Virtues & Vices system to a D&D style game wholesale, just to see how it...

It is wilful by the player that that agency be limited. In the same way one can choose to fail a saving throw or be persuaded. They...