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Let's not cut the gordian know with a flamethrower, shall we? First, framing this as a binary choice is silly, it's a spectrum. Second... -
Xamnam replied to the thread Let's Talk About Core Game Mechanics.This is actually already partially an idea in the Sundered Isles expansion for Starforged! (though more about theme than success) Edit...
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Xamnam reacted to J-H's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) D&D Beyond's Development Roadmap Is A Complete Rebuild Of Platform with
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Rewriting Beyond is probably the right solution. To level-set expectations, as with almost every corporate software project it will be... -
Xamnam reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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Yeah, I don't ever enjoy that. If it got to that point I think I'd rather just ask the GM to just narrate the outcome. Right. Which... -
Xamnam reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
I can’t see post you are replying to, but one thing I learned as a teacher - if someone is not engaging, punishing them isn’t going to...
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Xamnam reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I think you are combining two very different things. I believe there are two different categories of "come up with a solution" to a...
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Xamnam reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
I agree with all of this. The point where we may differ, I believe, is that I don't feel like removing a character's power (like is...
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Xamnam reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
More seriously (not that I'm not serious about the 5 Int Genius)... Is there another stat, other than Intelligence, in which characters...
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Xamnam reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
It's not really the transformation that's problematic. It isn't even really about invoking a consequence. It's more about the idea...
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Xamnam reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I really don't think GMs or other players at the table should be auditing one's roleplaying performance.
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Xamnam reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I mean, my general expectation (and what I do for my own 5e characters) is that a low stat (generally anything at <=7) will have some...
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Xamnam reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
IQ is nearly useless as a model for intelligence. I feel like we've hit 88 miles an hour and gone back in time to 1973 for our...
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Xamnam reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Also, there’s the chance that the low-Charisma character could conceivably succeed on every Charisma-based check they ever have to make...
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Xamnam reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Ok, let's say I roll up a character and end up with a 3...a three...in Charisma. I come up with a story about my character, about her...
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Xamnam reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
No. they acknowledge that Int modifies certain die rolls, so those aspects must be relfected. But that isn't the only thing these...