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<blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1796941" data-attributes="member: 5171">Umbra: That's my guess -- my day job involves some kids who have autism, and I'd wondered if Aspergers might be involved... but it's not the kind of thing one usually just brings up. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Shilsen: To be fair, he did say that he didn't have the time to create an adventure, so he wanted to run a module... and in his mind, that apparently meant &quot;Must follow module exactly,&quot; despite the fact that Speaker is apparently supposed to be rather open-ended.In fact, there was another scene, in the temple, where we captured a cleric with my time-honored minmax method (after my first well-thought-out, thoughtfully played character died horribly, I made a dwarven fighter4/cleric2 with Weapon Focus and Specialization in Armor Spikes and Grapple, as well as Improved Grapple, and I also gave him a wand of Silence... he pretty much shpinged himself with silence and latched onto enemy spellcasters).&nbsp; We thought, &quot;Hey, got one alive!&nbsp; Let's interrogate him!&quot;&nbsp; It went like this:Us: Who do you work for?Him: The Speaker in Dreams.Us: And what does this dude look like?Him: You'll find out.Us: Okay, you know we've got you captured, right?Him: ...Us: Is the Speaker in Dreams in _____ (building name)?Him: Don't you know?&nbsp; Bwahaha.Us: Is the Speaker in Dreams a spellcaster?&nbsp; Does he wear armor?&nbsp; What race is he?Him: Don't you know?&nbsp; Bwahaha.Us: Er, do you know anything?Him: You'll find out.Party Archer: Hey, I'll bet you 5 gold I can put an arrow through his eye.Us: Really, tell us something useful.Him: Don't you know?&nbsp; Bwahaha.Party Cleric: You're on.(twang)DM: Well, that's a relief.&nbsp; That guy knew nothing.&nbsp; He had no useful information.&nbsp; He knew so little that the module didn't even describe what information he knew!Us: Well... see... you could have... um... reasonably interpreted... something...DM: And now you should go into this room!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="takyris, post: 1796941, member: 5171"] Umbra: That's my guess -- my day job involves some kids who have autism, and I'd wondered if Aspergers might be involved... but it's not the kind of thing one usually just brings up. :) Shilsen: To be fair, he did say that he didn't have the time to create an adventure, so he wanted to run a module... and in his mind, that apparently meant "Must follow module exactly," despite the fact that [i]Speaker[/i] is apparently supposed to be rather open-ended. In fact, there was another scene, in the temple, where we captured a cleric with my time-honored minmax method (after my first well-thought-out, thoughtfully played character died horribly, I made a dwarven fighter4/cleric2 with Weapon Focus and Specialization in Armor Spikes [b]and[/b] Grapple, as well as Improved Grapple, and I also gave him a wand of Silence... he pretty much shpinged himself with silence and latched onto enemy spellcasters). We thought, "Hey, got one alive! Let's interrogate him!" It went like this: Us: Who do you work for? Him: The Speaker in Dreams. Us: And what does this dude look like? Him: You'll find out. Us: Okay, you know we've got you captured, right? Him: ... Us: Is the Speaker in Dreams in _____ (building name)? Him: Don't you know? Bwahaha. Us: Is the Speaker in Dreams a spellcaster? Does he wear armor? What race is he? Him: Don't you know? Bwahaha. Us: Er, do you know anything? Him: You'll find out. Party Archer: Hey, I'll bet you 5 gold I can put an arrow through his eye. Us: Really, tell us something useful. Him: Don't you know? Bwahaha. Party Cleric: You're on. (twang) DM: Well, that's a relief. That guy knew [b]nothing[/b]. He had no useful information. He knew so little that the module didn't even describe what information he knew! Us: Well... see... you could have... um... reasonably interpreted... something... DM: And now you should go into this room! [/QUOTE]

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