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Hah, yeah. But once the group realizes there are save or die traps in the dungeon, they will definitely have the expectation of death with every step they take, every door they open, and everything they touch.

I like it. Also seems to be in the spirit of 5e, as other people have mentioned. I still think I'll give tents and bedrolls and campfires some kind of plus to the check, so they will still be meaningful items and players will be motivated to bring appropriate gear.

Thank you all for input and thoughts. Yeah I might ditch the penalty to sleeping in armor. I still want to add a bit to the extreme weather rules because I plan to be running some some campaigns soon in desert and arctic climates, and I want there to be a challenge. I also want tents and...

I thoroughly enjoyed reading all of this. Sent from my VS990 using Tapatalk

This is a great looking map. Did you create it yourself? Sent from my VS990 using Tapatalk

I don't get why you think I've been offensive to you or anyone, or why you think I can't give my opinion on a topic that you are giving your opinion on. I don't get why you think I'm not interested when I've been in this thread having this discussion. I've said many times here that this is...

And I wasn't saying you specifically didn't have a backstory in your games. I am saying certain people could forgo those things and still consider it role playing. There are a lot of different ways to do it. Sent from my VS990 using Tapatalk

You really come across as abrasive to me, elf crusher, and I am trying not to be that way I this thread. I'm not saying you don't have character development. I presume you do. I just find metagaming to be a hindrance to role-playing a characters' traits and knowledge, because you as a player...

Because it would alert me to a personality type that often has a play style that does not mesh well with my own, and as a DM it would alert me to a potential problems ahead. We have such different views on what we each want in our games that I'm not sure if this will make much sense to you, but...

Right. I agree with you here. Aaron's DM can't read his mind. I have to admit to him though that if I knew he was a player with a good amount of playing experience who likely knew about a trolls weakness to fire (and many people do know that) and the first thing he did in a fight with one is to...

And look, I wouldn't really care if you decided to use a fiery log in combat in one particular case If were your DM. I wouldn't keep you from that. Monster weaknesses and player knowledge of them is not the biggest meta gaming concern I have. There is a line there somewhere, like if you got out...

Did your character know trolls had a weakness to fire? Sent from my VS990 using Tapatalk

Oh and this I am legitimately curious about. The whole point of how I prefer to role play is to seek immersion in my character. That includes the knowledge my character has, and doesn't have. That's precisely why I don't like metagaming, because It breaks the immersion for me. Perhaps you mean...

I mean I think I get it. You may have a broader definition of role-playing than I do. People can play it however they want. They don't have to have a backstory. They don't have to have flaws or personality quirks. Heck, they don't even have to have a name for their character. They don't have to...

Reporting from the sick bed. We as SMs also set the stage and make it possible for PCs to steal from and kill other PCs. We expect them not to do so. If they do, then they are not welcome in the kind of game I run. It is the player's fault, not my fault as the DM, if they try to kill other PCs...

Seriously? Ok well I'm really sick right now. Massive cold, ear ache coming on. Fever. I'm going to have to bow out for now. I tried to answer your questions faithfully. Sent from my VS990 using Tapatalk

Because maybe part of the conflict the team is facing is PC1 getting to the main ship with the code in time while PC2, PC3, and PC4 hold off the intergalactic trolls long enough. If the group knows all the answers and don't have to go through a process of character discovery, then it can...

I was at work all night with not much to do other than read and reply to enworld posts, so I think it's mostly my fault. :blush:

I'd say you've probably pinpointed a key difference in our approaches.

:P But you get my point, if it wasn't the Konami code and was something truly random and unknowable to that specific character? That's all I've been trying to argue in this thread. I didn't mean it to blow up and I'm sorry if I came across in a bad way.