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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 7462318" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>That happens when the <em>player</em> sucks, not the character. </p><p></p><p>I've seen players incapable of doing anything but roll. They may stay idle until then, but the build doesn't matter. The vast majority of players are not like that, they contribute all the time with their ideas, leaving the <u>resolution </u>of tasks to the specialized PC does not threaten the fun. The Fighter's player suggesting where a trap might be or the Barbarian's player giving an idea on how to convince the king are normal situations, even if the responsibility to roll is then passed to another PC.</p><p></p><p>But if the whole game is reduced to roll-playing than yes, we have a problem. If the whole social interaction scene is handled by checks, only the Bard plays. I've otherwise never seen a game where everyone is forced to wait and watch because it's someone else's spotlight. And I DO often say NO to secondary characters rolling the dice in place of the specialist, but playing is a lot more than rolling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 7462318, member: 1465"] That happens when the [I]player[/I] sucks, not the character. I've seen players incapable of doing anything but roll. They may stay idle until then, but the build doesn't matter. The vast majority of players are not like that, they contribute all the time with their ideas, leaving the [U]resolution [/U]of tasks to the specialized PC does not threaten the fun. The Fighter's player suggesting where a trap might be or the Barbarian's player giving an idea on how to convince the king are normal situations, even if the responsibility to roll is then passed to another PC. But if the whole game is reduced to roll-playing than yes, we have a problem. If the whole social interaction scene is handled by checks, only the Bard plays. I've otherwise never seen a game where everyone is forced to wait and watch because it's someone else's spotlight. And I DO often say NO to secondary characters rolling the dice in place of the specialist, but playing is a lot more than rolling. [/QUOTE]
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