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Puttin on the hurts!

Even when they don’t make the news I don’t know anyone who is happy with one.

I cant say ive encountered somebody who would cut their GM for dropping DoD on them... :ROFLMAO: Though, I know some folks dont like it. I was in a cyberpunk game once where the GM sprung it on an unsuspecting player. GM: You enter the Megacorp front lobby...what do YOU see? Player: ...oh me...

Bautista nods at Desiree as he grabs hold instinctively to the boat. He returns a stout reply, "Os espíritos vão nos proteger. Desiree, lance esses desgraçados!"

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It might not be. Whats the point of even being in the room? Thats for the players to decide. Sometimes the best thing to do in skill play is just close the door and walk away. This gets to the heart of the matter. In the modern abstraction you have a search/perception skill. It isnt intended to...

You should take a look at Adventure League modules. You dont have to be an AL member to use them.

Yeap, the game place mat has become very popular with board and card games. Folks will naturally gravitate over to D&D with stuff like this.

I know this was for Scribe, but its a good point of note for skill play. I think a trap needs an obvious reset or disable point. However, if the PCs find some clever way to bypass that doesnt require using the designed method, you should let them.

Thats a classic bit that notifies the players of a trap. Sometimes knowing its there but how to outsmart it is very fun too. I like the obvious trap as much as the invisible trap when im skill playing. Variety is the spice of life.

I think there are a few solutions to the "used to struggle to fight gobos, but now they are easier to kill than insects" type tall advancement. The first is the 5E approach in bounded accuracy. They basically lowered the ceiling while raising the floor. I like this approach best becasue I think...

Yeap, one of the pitfalls can be the conveyance one way or another between GM and player(s). I recall a story about a group of players who spent three grueling sessions trying to get out of a maze in their campaign. After they finally reach the exit after numerous tracking checks and random...

I've come to prefer broad advancement. If I am using a system with tall advancement, i prefer its not too tall. For example, Id prefer if D&D was only 10 levels (including cutting off much of the power in 11+ which I know isnt for everybody). The reasons I find for broad is players tend to...

I did tell them about things to interact with. A study with a desk, shelves of books, and a reading chair by a fireplace. Without warning is at the very heart of skill play. You have no idea what any given room beyond the most obvious has in store for it. My example might have worked better if I...

Unlike the Dodge Rampage which was designed to be hella funny.

All in the description? Cause in all my experience with skill play that comes from probing questions from the players as they start interacting with the room. There isnt going to be a spot check roll, or a simple disable roll. They need to first find the trap, then learn how to disable it, perm...

You cant just mention the fireplace in detail, thats obvious. Also, im curious about "anyone searching must make a save..." Does this mean there is no chance to spot the trap before encountering it? If so, you cant really player skill or character skill that situation as it just happens...

All RBs? Fantasy Football like your grand pappy played it! Im coming around the idea that RB heavy can work exactly because it bucks the trend. So, I dont hate it. I've just always been WR crazy.