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In this situation did the players do anything before finding the site cleaned out? Did they fight ANY monsters, deal with ANY mysteries, anything at all? Same question, as they leave to investigate this until they figure out their information was out of date, do they encounter ANY challenges...

False Rumors =/= "We RP doing nothing with no threats, no rewards, and no puzzles for a week of game time"

Okay, but what do we mean by hesitate? Are we going to allow an intimidation check cause all of the enemies to lose their entire turn? That's a powerful ability, and I know a lot of DMs who would immediately be calling that far too powerful, because it is too easy for a level 10 bard to get a...

This is largely where I fall as well. There are some stories that are odder than others. A story that focuses on describing a a field during the hour of sunset would be perhaps on the edges of what a story is, but I think it would still be a story. I think a start, an end, and at least one...

Just as a function of pointing out where "Realism" gets scrubbed to the side in these situations, I want to note that there is never really an expectation that these rumors are actually baseless rumors that are a waste of time to follow up on. There will be SOMETHING to do after choosing the...

If you find my arguments uncompelling, it would be nice to have that directed to me, instead of my needing to guess as to the context you are discussing under. Do you find it uncompelling to claim that Intimidation is the tactic of bullies? Do you find it uncompelling that DMs might seek a...

No one cares about your playstyle. We care about your use of terms, especially as they impact our own playstyle's presentation.

I think the issue is, as much as I hate to call upon the word, simulationism/realism/verisimilitude. Intimidation is, at its core, the tool of a bully. It is meant to cow people into submission. And no one likes being bullied. Even if you are terrified to the point you will never willingly...

But, you need to consider where those effects could possibly happen without derailing the game. Paying a lower price isn't going to be a huge impact on the game usually. The consequences are barely interesting between having 50 gold left and 300 gold left. It usually doesn't matter. The only...

True, but this doesn't really change the point I was making, or make Intimidation any better. You are looking at this from the wrong perspective perhaps. DM is RPing, the bad guy stole the thing, he is running, you don't get ten minutes to carefully consider all of your actions because...

Sure, but my character isn't working as a Bouncer, and I don't particularly think that frightening of a pickpocket while walking through the market is going to have campaign ramifications. Like, deception to convince a noble that you are the long lost heir to the kingdom can reshape an entire...

While the Platonic ideal of the game says that the check only happens if the DM finds the resolution to be in question, the reality of the situation is a little messier. You, as the player, cannot know when you pick which skills to be proficient in when the DM will rule in a specific...

There are very narrow circumstances where I can be okay with PvP. Edit: I guess we call it CvC now? Two characters fighting. I'd never be okay with two players fighting. 1) It has to be the correct group. I need to know the people involved well enough to trust everyone is going to handle...

Yeah, it is incredibly bizarre to think of the idea that disparate people coming together to work for a common goal is "unrealistic" when... gestures to human civilization It is sort of our thing. Like... that's what human's do.

Not Blue, but most illnesses don't really need to be identified. A quick spell will cure a disease or poison regardless of whether it is Troll Fever or Boiling Bumps. So even in the rare case that illness comes up, identifying it is still rarer. Most of the more common uses for Medicine...

So the music existed in the moment of creation. Therefore the story of an RPG session exists in the moment of its creation. Same process. Same result.

So, you saw where he was referring to Ezekiel Raiden about how Improvisational Jazz only exists in the moment it is being created, in the purest philosophical form of what that music is supposed to be, it only exists at that point. And his response was "The experience, yes. The act of creation...

Right but this gets right back to the exact problem. Yes Mister Mouth of Sauron can intimidate an innkeeper. Could he intimidate the Balrog? Could he intimidate Ancalagon the Black? Sure, maybe a mobster can intimidate someone with soft words and implied threats, "Oh, this would be a very...

Or their groups constantly devolve do to things like their players giving birth to children, or getting into car accidents. Or maybe things like Covid forcing them to move out of state. This is DEEPLY insulting to basically say that anyone whose life has been chaotice enough not to have a...

Fair enough. It just irritates me, as a writer, to see the word being misused like this.