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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shallown" data-source="post: 3198093" data-attributes="member: 1368">Gizmo33Yea, that's what happens when you let the players roll dice. They're the bane of story-telling. By "intent" I think you mean "intended result". I wouldn't bother randomizing elements of the adventure that you don't want to be random.It's not a matter, in my mind, of randomizing the event or element as much as providing an alternate frame work around an encounter that uses the diplomacy skill. I knwo how I run encounters and I don't usually need that frame work But I wondered if it would be useful to others. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Gizmo33But if the adventure is linear enough, all of these variables have only one possible outcome, in which case the options for randomizing the outcome really aren't there. I guess the secret to using Diplomacy is to design things so that events can follow more than one path. Reconsider the design that says that "gaining the safe area" is the ONLY way to handle the upcoming tough encounter.The adventure is not designed as a set path but a number of set encounters. Which way the players head defines what they encounter. It is however difficult (At least for me) to design an adventure that doesn't have some plans for what the PC's would do. Some safety valves to help the players achieve goals. Having the safe area is not required but admittedly does make the encounter easier and also more appealing.  Quote:Originally Posted by ShallownCould, on a bad roll, alter the intent of the encounter, which may be to introduce a meta game idea such as rest area / safe place for a future tough encounter; or a source of information to help guide the characters. Dave TurnerThese are problems of adventure design and DMing, not the Diplomacy skill. I realize that but there is some limit to what you can put into an adventure so sticking with the most likely outcomes is the only, to me, logical way to write one. I know for some GM's Metagaming is a huge no no but I bend more towards the have fun and put something in front of the players they enjoy and I thinbk Metagaming is a useful tool in accomplishing that goal. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />AuraseerThanks for that example. I haven't bought anything Eberron xcept the base book so Hadn't seen that sort of thing yet in an adventure.Thanks for all the useful repliesLater</blockquote>

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