Search results

You are not wrong that GMs should plan accordingly. If you know people are only going to be at school for a certain amount of time (for example) then yes, the GM should plan for that. However, when I referred to life getting in the way that also includes things you can't accommodate for; an...

I can't speak for anyone else but the number of times pacing has been an issue and caused a campaign I played in to fall apart is rare. Most of the time real life got in the way (jobs, school, family, etc.) and sometimes a particular DM enjoyed playing more so he would "pause" his campaign to...

I have a group I have been playing with for decades and I am usually the GM and we almost always finish campaigns (more than 90+% of the time). A while ago I got bored running Pathfinder (about when 2.0 game out) and stopped so one of my players decided to pick up running it instead. He has only...

As someone who is more of a DC fan than a Marvel fan (although I enjoy both) I would prefer to keep them separate. If I had to pick I would say Robin/Damien Wayne could move over to Marvel. Or maybe Arm-Fall-Off-Boy?:LOL:

I was just using the term in the post I quoted but I took it to mean as stated there: "GM from saying ‘yeah ok i think you said all the right things there I’m just going to waive making the roll/check/using whatever mechanic is meant to be used and auto succeed that one" After re-reading my...

Did you know that copyright concerns are an issue currently being fought by creatives but chose to use it anyway knowing it's possible copyright could be broken? If so then it seems like it's, at least in part, "on you".

Nothing does and there is nothing wrong with that sometimes. Unfortunately, part of the issue here is that some seem to be taking the position that in-character roleplaying should be all that matters which ignores the different skill levels and personalities of other players and, depending on...

Honestly, I have no idea about 4E or 5E since I never played them and so can't speak to every edition. However, when comparing, for example, 2E to 3.x the answer is yes. 3.x was a much different game and gave you the ability to build significant parts of your character around social interaction...

This all falls apart if you have a player who isn't socially competent to begin with or isn't particularly charismatic or persuasive. I have a player in my group who embodies all of that and another who isn't very creative and often falls on his face when making up "fake" conversations on the...

I'm not really familiar with 5E I can't speak to that, I stopped playing D&D with the release of 4E and moved to Pathfinder and only play the first edition of it. In 3.x/Pathfinder skills can be a big deal and if I dumped a bunch off skill points into Bluff, Diplomacy and/or Intimidate then...

If all things were equal that would be fine but all things rarely are equal. I have run games with players who are smarter and more persuasive than me (and my hence, my NPCs) and have had players who care more about combat and don't care about or are not good at the conversation roleplaying...

Vampire: The Masquerade (second edition I think) was a revelation to me. My group pretty much abandoned all other RPG's in favor off it for a few years when I ran games. It was the first time I really felt deeply drawn into the setting of a game when reading the rulebook.

I had no problems learning to draw on a grid when I first started playing but as an adult I couldn't do it very well if I needed to. I have essential tremors so my writing is often a mess, I can't paint miniatures very well anymore and mapping a dungeon, even on a grid, would be a pain in the...

It's the 50th anniversary? Even though I don't play D&D any more in favor of other games I would have expected to notice something.....

No, even if EGG's estate was ok with it he didn't give his ok so I would avoid it for that reason alone.

Well, thanks for telling me what I meant. Maybe someday I'll return the favor.

Wasn't the same true of Lost and just about any TV show up until the streaming era (with a few exceptions like Babylon 5)?

Oh please, no. X-Files was awesome and should be left alone. The world is currently awash in conspiracy theories so unless Disney is going to make it a serialized documentary I don't see the point.

I think you keep reading things into this that people aren't saying. As I sit here reading this thread no one has accused anyone of outright lying including me. As someone who has been laid off and rehired I intentionally don't bad mouth former employers if there is a chance I may be rehired...

Maybe they were and maybe they weren't, we have no way of knowing. However, if I were laid off I might be less inclined to publicly speak negatively about my former employer for fear of not being hired by them again, especially if I were a freelancer.