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The bolded is in itself a fairly big assumption. IME, let it happen. Aimless wandering only goes on for so long*, and then the players...
Jun 12, 2025
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Man this conversation moves fast. The way I see random encounters, the NPC's don't appear from nowhere- they're present in the area...
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Way to tell people they don't GM hard enough for your liking.
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First, I didn't say for sure that it was most, but I very strongly believe that it is. Second, 4e was not a traditional D&D game...
Jun 12, 2025
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Improvise. I've explained my position at length in earlier posts. Even when I I explicitly tell you I'm not sayng something, you...
Jun 12, 2025
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The problem that I, personally, have with this (and which is only a problem because of the style of play I'm generally looking for, and...
Jun 12, 2025
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It is even better than this! Why did the random encounter happen? Because the random encounter clock ran out and a check was required...
Jun 12, 2025
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I mean it makes it so the actions I describe would be more "hunting" actions than they would in a fixed world game. I play the mechanics...
Jun 12, 2025
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As this is still an RPG forum, I dont know who needs to hear this. We are what we do. Time keeps going, you dont have to like it, but...
Jun 12, 2025
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Well, actually... here's a theory for you, they're actually created by failed checks during exploration. The dwarf decides their MUST be...
Jun 12, 2025
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It can. I don't want to play a game where it does.
Jun 12, 2025
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Last time I checked, Yahtzee ain't a role-playing game. :)
Jun 12, 2025
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Nope. You can't succeed - even with a complication - unless the roll says you succeed. Also, I don't buy that success always has to...
Jun 12, 2025
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A failed lockpick check. ;)
Jun 12, 2025
The Firebird
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Well, no. You could listen at the door or try to get the work schedule ahead of time or ask (or coerce) the night watchman if anyone...
Jun 12, 2025
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