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Well, first you want to establish with the players that they can use player skill and toss the silly rule book on the floor. Also if the player is just doing the Stumble and Bumble where they say "whatever, search the fireplace, Huzza!", then the PC just triggers the trap. A lot of traps have...

I agree that as a standard PCs should be paranoid and take repercussions. I agree rules wise here. I very much agree. Plenty of the PCs even leave a trail of dead bodies to follow.... I agree the DM should not tell the players. Some DMs are just Best Buddies with their players. And some DM...

That does sound nicer, though in my view the players should have control over almost nothing. This one does not fly for me. That the players think everything is always the same is wrong. Just because you hit Orc#1 and did X damage, does not make Orc#2 exactly the same. Game rules are fine...

Odd, what table rules are you talking about here? Some rule that says what exactly? How to you word the table rule to be "whatever the player expects will happen?" without it just being pure chaos?

This is a big problem with a lot of adventures, even more the more modern ones. But it is very much more a problem with DMs. When a DM only gives vague descriptions like "a room" or "a forest", it does not give the players anything to work with. Even worse is when the DMs let the players add...

A lot of players are influenced by Movies, TV shows and most of all video games : they think there should always be a "Cool Cut Scene " where they the player is given an explanation of everything Then the player can have their PC "check to see if we are being followed" for no reason while they...

I don't have a problem with this. I really hate the idea that the players think the can Alter Game Reality. The player says "my character does this" and so "this happens and this happens, By My Command!". A player should never have a PC take an action, and then demand the result be exactly...

This is true for most players, and not just about Warlock Pacts. Players hate the idea that the DM can force their character to do anything or loose powers, abilities or skills. This includes Gods, Rulers, Governments, and Affiliation bosses. Players demand the freedom to pick whatever they...

Generations are a huge part of this, with also adding in where you live country vs city and how active you are in life. When you go Beyond the Game Rules, things can get spicy. There is not. Bad Players give this false impression. I see three types of skilled play: 1.Game skill and mastery...

8. Now consider that the PCs have pissed off someone important, who hires an assassin to target them. The fact that this assassin will find them, follow them and "appear out of nowhere as they try to sleep" feels less contrived, because of the in-game rationale for the assassin to a) follow them...

Other games don't really have such "rankings". Are you saying give out abilities at random? Not allowing the players to pick and choose them?

But why? You do accept 100% "Monsters" can do lots of things PCs can never, ever do. But when it's NPC, they must follow the PC rules? Why? The PC rules are for Players. What is the point of the "theoretical"? Like NPC Bob is a Servant of the Dark One.....so if a player is will to do the...

So, just personal preference? 2E did have rules for a lot of "monsters" as Pcs... This is very popular, it is not really my thing though. So....is D&D 2024 direction "new DMs?" And, of course, the advantage of "the npc can cast X spell unlimited times per day, once a round" is that when the...

Difference in scale is a thing between the two. Both are rolls in an RPG, so they are very similar. I find this common too.

This does get into semantics. It depends if the Nymphs are "true gods" or merely "god-like beings" or even something else. Of course some primative people call everything "a god". Just the idea that a Nymph is tied to nature and the Prime World, would say to many they are not "gods",

This is all about the Pacing, Speed, Focus and Duration of the game play. Roll for Intent [Goal Oriented Rolls] is made for the simpler game play. Things happen in huge sweeping effects. It is simple and direct and does not get into details: things just happen. The player makes a role and...

I'm not sure I agree here. A one shot game is not really a Railroad. It is a linear game, yes. And as it is a one shot it is very simple and very direct. It is Event building, not World building. The players in general just have random PCs, the setting is generic and the adventure is very...

If your point is the Athas folk can fake it....okay. Well, if two kings fight over something like a plot of land, that does not effect or kill a god. And even when Kingdom A conquers Kingdom B and outlaws the worship of God B, it does not effect god B much as they are worshiped everywhere...

Wait? If there are non-Pc-playable species, then there is a split between PC and NPC, right? What is a non-PC-playable species? Agreed! I lot of this is from the 3E manic character build obsession. It was a huge big deal to build the perfect character. For a gamer to show off their game...

Very much so. Even the game writers will admit the "break the rules" to make things like NPC stat blocks if they want a set character. In general, most NPC should have abilites and powers and spells the PCs don't and can't have. A lot of this is just simple character bulids: A 10th level...