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Xamnam reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with
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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... -
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...
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Xamnam reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It's not about what's allowed and what is not allowed. For some groups and players, it would be acceptable, others would set boundaries...
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Xamnam reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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Late to the thread but my definition is pretty straightforward: railroading is when a player's action declaration would ruin the plot... -
Xamnam reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread We All Won – The OGL Three Years Later with Like.
I disagree. The CC license is much more sweeping and permissive than the OGL was and there's even less question about it being revocable...
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Xamnam reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread We All Won – The OGL Three Years Later with Like.
Read the first line of my post again please. Let me save you the click "I'm working on a show topic for my Lazy RPG Talk Show tomorrow...