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<blockquote data-quote="rootbeergnome" data-source="post: 154675" data-attributes="member: 3462">MUNCHIESIt sounds to me like your DM is an ex power-gamer/munchkin that only believed in mindlessly slaughtering everything that moved before he started running his own game.&nbsp; Now dont get me wrong, I enjoy good tooth and nail combat just as much as the next enraged Dwarf, but I also reward xp for Roleplaying.&nbsp; When was the last time the whole table laughed at &quot;You slash the lizard king with your greatsword, he falls into a bloody heap!&quot;?&nbsp; Oh no no no, they wouldnt laugh at that, but when a character is churning out witty words and snappy patter, or just being plain funny by playing in character, then everyone is having a good time.&nbsp; Roleplaying is a great thing!&nbsp; It seems like your DM is definetely discouraging any kind of negotiations with enemies too, if someone manages to negotiate their way out of a horde of slavering ghouls bent on sucking the marrow from the PCs' bones, then you should give them xp even IF they never drew a weapon or blasted something with magical energy!*sigh* Hack and slash sucks by itself. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />-*the jingling of a bell atop a pointy hat as the Rootbeergnome runs away into the night*</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rootbeergnome, post: 154675, member: 3462"] [b]MUNCHIES[/b] It sounds to me like your DM is an ex power-gamer/munchkin that only believed in mindlessly slaughtering everything that moved before he started running his own game. Now dont get me wrong, I enjoy good tooth and nail combat just as much as the next enraged Dwarf, but I also reward xp for Roleplaying. When was the last time the whole table laughed at "You slash the lizard king with your greatsword, he falls into a bloody heap!"? Oh no no no, they wouldnt laugh at that, but when a character is churning out witty words and snappy patter, or just being plain funny by playing in character, then everyone is having a good time. Roleplaying is a great thing! It seems like your DM is definetely discouraging any kind of negotiations with enemies too, if someone manages to negotiate their way out of a horde of slavering ghouls bent on sucking the marrow from the PCs' bones, then you should give them xp even IF they never drew a weapon or blasted something with magical energy! *sigh* Hack and slash sucks by itself. :( -*the jingling of a bell atop a pointy hat as the Rootbeergnome runs away into the night* [/QUOTE]

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