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This is so important. I'm 100% in the play how you and your group want to. And but as soon as you start saying "this other way? The way...
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Now you are being disingenuous. Weird. The subject seems to be about effect versus intent. You decided to reframe the conversation to...
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No, the player wants to distract the guard. Explicitly so in the example being discussed.
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Right, which is why there’s a die roll. To resolve the uncertainty in whether or not you accomplish what you wanted to do.
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Yeah, it’s like the jerkass genie trope, where the genie actively looks for ways to (mis)interpret your wish that will result in a...
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Asking questions is actually not described as part of the play loop in either 5e PHB. Both say the DM describes the scenario and the...
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Both 5e PHBs say the players describe what they want to do. A want is an intention. The rules don’t state it in terms of goal and...
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Depends on the campaign concept: In my last 5e campaign (2018-19), the four level 2 characters were brothers and sisters, and children...
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My position is that it I'd the GM's job to listen to the players and adjudicate THAT, not to play a shell game against the players...
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I've expressed my view before but it's worth another listing. I realize this is not the standard D&D way. A. Levels 1 to 6 are...
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