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Ppemerton 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
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Ppemerton 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?.There are other FRPGs that use a "fade away"-style rule. For instance, ere is the Torchbearer 2e rule for an absent player (from the...
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Ppemerton 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
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If he is not there and is not going to let anyone play his character then it is going to kill him. It does in the only game that is... -
Ppemerton 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.
BUT THIS IS THE WAY THE DM IN THE CAMPAIGN THIS THREAD IS ABOUT DOES IT AND YOU KNEW THAT BEFORE YOU STARTED COMPLAINING ABOUT IT! That...
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Ppemerton 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.
Can you please provide where the rules state this. No one I have played with thinks a character should be hunted down by wandering...
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Ppemerton 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.
I don't see how fading away when a player is not there would create confusion or tension. Repeatedly missing sessions could create...
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Ppemerton 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.
And having someone else play a PC when the player does not agree to it is NOT one of the ways mentioned. Now that may be how it is done...
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Ppemerton 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.
That is because 2024 is the context we are discussing it in. How it happens in 1E or Pathfinder or Shadowdark, may be interesting and...
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Ppemerton reacted to DrJawaPhD'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 way of playing is very widespread nowadays. Every table I've played at has used Fade Into the Background rules, literally 100% of...
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Ppemerton 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.
Since I edited my post, presumably after you replied I will post again here. You can homebrew whatever you want, but this is what the...
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Ppemerton 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.
But what if there is not random encounters? The last time I played and adventure with random encounters was probably around 2010. If...
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Ppemerton 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.
Yes, and this is a 2024 forum. If you don't know the rules ..... So I guess it would be fine if the player said at the end of the...
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Ppemerton reacted to DrJawaPhD'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.
Yes you actually did mention that already a few several many times. No one is trying to convince you to change how you play, and it's...
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Ppemerton 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.
I am saying a colleague/ally/friend being right next to you one minute and not with your group the next is not any more immersion...
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Ppemerton reacted to DrJawaPhD'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.
Fair enough, sounds like you play DnD entirely differently than any table I've ever been at or would ever want to play at. Not much...